From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:09:31 GMT Subject: Re: Switching heads and head vs branch after CVS import Message-ID: <20050815080931.64F0D352633@atlas.denx.de> In-Reply-To: In message you wrote: > > One thing that "git cvsimport" does not know to do is to show when a > branch was merged back into the HEAD. That would be a very interesting > thing to see, but I don't think there's any way to get that information > out of CVS (so you'd have to basically make an educated guess by looking > at the changes). > > So in a cvsimport, you'll never see a merge back to the head, even if one > technically took place. I asked this question before without receiving any reply: Assume I know exactly where the merge back happenend - is there any way to tell git about it, so I don't see all these dangling heads any more? Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de "The number of Unix installations has grown to 10, with more expected." - The Unix Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June, 1972