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Re: [PATCH 10/10] push: teach push to be quiet if local ref is strict subset of remote ref

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Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
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Nov 1, 2007, 08:36 UTC
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On Nov 1, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> (actually, shared repository people seem to
>> prefer "fetch + rebase" over "pull" which is "fetch + merge").
>
> That's definitely true. The number of useless merge-commits we
> have in our repos is annoying, and has twice made bisect a bit
> troublesome for no good reason.

Can you describe a bit more what's "annoying" about them? Is it the visualization? Or are there more problems; like the trouble with bisect?

I'm trying to estimate if it's worth teaching _all_ developers rebase or if we should just live with the "useless" merge-commits.

	Steffen
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Message 40 of 53 in “improve refspec handling in push”
  1. 0/10 improve refspec handling in pushSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  2. 01/10 push: change push to fail if short refname does not existSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  3. 02/10 push: teach push new flag --createSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  4. 03/10 push: support pushing HEAD to real branch nameSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  5. 04/10 push: add "git push HEAD" shorthand for 'push current branch to default repo'Steffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  6. 05/10 rename ref_matches_abbrev() to ref_abbrev_matches_full_with_fetch_rules()Steffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  7. 06/10 add ref_abbrev_matches_full_with_rev_parse_rules() comparing abbrev with full ref nameSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  8. 07/10 push: use same rules as git-rev-parse to resolve refspecsSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  9. 08/10 push: teach push to accept --verbose optionSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  10. 09/10 push: teach push to pass --verbose option to transport layerSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  11. 10/10 push: teach push to be quiet if local ref is strict subset of remote refSteffen Prohaska, Oct 28, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2007
  13. Steffen ProhaskaOct 30, 2007
  14. Andreas EricssonOct 30, 2007
  15. Steffen ProhaskaOct 30, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2007
  17. Steffen ProhaskaOct 31, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2007
  20. Steffen ProhaskaOct 31, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2007
  22. Steffen ProhaskaOct 31, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2007
  24. Steffen ProhaskaNov 1, 2007
  25. Andreas EricssonNov 1, 2007
  26. Steffen ProhaskaNov 1, 2007
  27. Junio C HamanoNov 1, 2007
  28. Steffen ProhaskaNov 2, 2007
  29. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2007
  30. Steffen ProhaskaNov 2, 2007
  31. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2007
  32. Steffen ProhaskaNov 2, 2007
  33. Andreas EricssonNov 2, 2007
  34. Tom PrinceNov 2, 2007
  35. Andreas EricssonNov 2, 2007
  36. Steffen ProhaskaNov 2, 2007
  37. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2007
  38. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2007
  39. Andreas EricssonNov 1, 2007
  40. Steffen ProhaskaNov 1, 2007
  41. Andreas EricssonNov 1, 2007
  42. Wincent ColaiutaNov 2, 2007
  43. Johannes SchindelinNov 2, 2007
  44. Steffen ProhaskaNov 2, 2007
  45. Wincent ColaiutaNov 2, 2007
  46. Daniel BarkalowOct 30, 2007
  47. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2007
  48. Steffen ProhaskaOct 30, 2007
  49. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2007
  50. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2007
  51. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2007
  52. Steffen ProhaskaOct 30, 2007
  53. Junio C HamanoOct 30, 2007

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