Re: [PATCH] [RFD] Add repoid identifier to commit
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- Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
- Date
- May 11, 2005, 22:30 UTC
- Message-ID
- <1115850619.22180.133.camel@tglx>
- In-Reply-To
- <2807.10.10.10.24.1115850254.squirrel@linux1>
On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 18:24 -0400, Sean wrote:
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> On Wed, May 11, 2005 6:05 pm, Thomas Gleixner said: > > > Err, > > each parent is a commit, which is identified by its repoid. Why do you > > want to add redundant information ? > > > > It's not necessarily the repoid you pulled the object from though. It may > be the repoid of another completely separate repository. > > Repo A - creates object HEAD = (A) > Repo B - pulls objects from Repo A FAST FORWARD HEAD = (A) > Repo C - pulls from Repo B > > Now as you traverse the history in Repo C, the object will show as coming > from Repo A, not Repo B.
At this point it is completely irrelevant if you pulled from A or B. The originator of Head A is A forever.
tglx