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Re: linearising TopGit forests into patch series (was: [ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager)

From
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
Aug 9, 2008, 02:09 UTC
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On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 14:06 -0300, martin f krafft wrote:
> Hm, I am not entirely following. I understand that I can get
> a topological list of branches, but why don't I need the diff from
> branch-base to branch-head?
Well, if the patches can be assembled into it, why would you?
> Also, what happens if branches cross-merge?

Not really a problem, just need to provide a diff against one (or even both) of the merge bases to the merge commit, and have it labeled as being a relatively disinteresting patch that merges X with Y.

Sam.
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Message 14 of 14 in “[ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager”
  1. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaAug 3, 2008
  3. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  4. [TopGit] Check for pre-commit hook existence.Russell Steicke, Aug 3, 2008
  5. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  6. Jon SmirlAug 3, 2008
  7. Karl HasselströmAug 4, 2008
  8. linearising TopGit forests into patch series (was: [ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager)martin f krafft, Aug 7, 2008
  9. Bert WesargAug 7, 2008
  10. martin f krafftAug 8, 2008
  11. Bert WesargAug 8, 2008
  12. Petr BaudisAug 9, 2008
  13. Petr BaudisAug 10, 2008
  14. Sam VilainAug 9, 2008

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