{"thread":{"id":"26593","subject":"[feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick","startedAt":"2011-02-24T18:30:33Z","lastAt":"2011-02-24T19:17:53Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Chris Friesen","Jeff King"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"162180","messageId":"4D66A3C9.7050001@genband.com","threadId":"26593","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick","fromName":"Chris Friesen","fromEmail":"chris.friesen@genband.com","sentAt":"2011-02-24T18:30:33Z","receivedAt":"2011-02-24T18:30:33Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"chris.friesen@genband.com","avatar":null},"body":"\nIf I cherry-pick a  bugfix from a more recent version of a project, it\nwould be useful to have an indication somewhere in the commit\ninformation of where it originally came from.\n\nThat way, if I then upgrade to a newer version of the software it\nbecomes obvious that I don't need to worry about porting that commit\nforwards because it's already been handled upstream.\n\nAs it stands, it's not immediately obvious what was cherry-picked vs\nwhat was developed locally.\n\nChris\n\n-- \nChris Friesen\nSoftware Developer\nGENBAND\nchris.friesen@genband.com\nwww.genband.com\n"},{"id":"162182","messageId":"20110224191214.GC4318@sigill.intra.peff.net","threadId":"26593","inReplyTo":"4D66A3C9.7050001@genband.com","subject":"Re: [feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick","fromName":"Jeff King","fromEmail":"peff@peff.net","sentAt":"2011-02-24T19:12:14Z","receivedAt":"2011-02-24T19:12:14Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"peff@peff.net","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45925?v=4"},"body":"On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:30:33PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:\n\n> \n> If I cherry-pick a  bugfix from a more recent version of a project, it\n> would be useful to have an indication somewhere in the commit\n> information of where it originally came from.\n> \n> That way, if I then upgrade to a newer version of the software it\n> becomes obvious that I don't need to worry about porting that commit\n> forwards because it's already been handled upstream.\n> \n> As it stands, it's not immediately obvious what was cherry-picked vs\n> what was developed locally.\n\nHave you tried cherry-pick -x?\n\n-Peff\n"},{"id":"162183","messageId":"4D66AEE1.8010809@genband.com","threadId":"26593","inReplyTo":"20110224191214.GC4318@sigill.intra.peff.net","subject":"Re: [feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick","fromName":"Chris Friesen","fromEmail":"chris.friesen@genband.com","sentAt":"2011-02-24T19:17:53Z","receivedAt":"2011-02-24T19:17:53Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"chris.friesen@genband.com","avatar":null},"body":"On 02/24/2011 01:12 PM, Jeff King wrote:\n> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:30:33PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:\n>> If I cherry-pick a  bugfix from a more recent version of a project, it\n>> would be useful to have an indication somewhere in the commit\n>> information of where it originally came from.\n> \n> Have you tried cherry-pick -x?\n\nOkay, I'm an idiot.  Thanks for the pointer, sorry for the noise.\n\nChris\n\n-- \nChris Friesen\nSoftware Developer\nGENBAND\nchris.friesen@genband.com\nwww.genband.com\n"}]}