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Re: More merge questions (why doesn't this work?)

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SVSven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>
Date
Dec 2, 2005, 13:09 UTC
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On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 02:12:42AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> linux@horizon.com writes:
> > 3) Dumb question: why does "git-commit-tree" need "-p" before the
> >    parent commit arguments?  Isn't just argv[2]..argv[argc-1]
> >    good enough?
> 
> 3. It does not matter; nobody types that command by hand.
> 

I do. git commit won't let me commit an empty tree, or at least I haven't figured out how to make it do that.

I also used it when, after resolving a merge initiated by cg-merge, cogito (or at least the version I had installed at the time) wouldn't let me commit it because a new file I had pulled in contained non-ascii characters in its name.

skimo
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  1. linux@horizon.comNov 28, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2005
  3. linux@horizon.comNov 29, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  6. Petr BaudisNov 29, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2005
  8. Petr BaudisDec 4, 2005
  9. as promised, docs: git for the confusedlinux@horizon.com, Dec 8, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2005
  11. H. Peter AnvinDec 8, 2005
  12. Alan ChandlerDec 9, 2005
  13. Petr BaudisDec 9, 2005
  14. Josef WeidendorferDec 9, 2005
  15. linux@horizon.comNov 29, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2005
  17. linux@horizon.comNov 30, 2005
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  20. Linus TorvaldsNov 30, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
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  23. Linus TorvaldsNov 30, 2005
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  25. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  26. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  27. Linus TorvaldsNov 30, 2005
  28. Linus TorvaldsNov 30, 2005
  29. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2005
  30. merge-one-file: make sure we create the merged file.Junio C Hamano, Dec 2, 2005
  31. merge-one-file: make sure we do not mismerge symbolic links.Junio C Hamano, Dec 2, 2005
  32. git-merge documentation: conflicting merge leaves higher stages in indexJunio C Hamano, Dec 2, 2005
  33. linux@horizon.comNov 30, 2005
  34. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  35. More merge questionslinux@horizon.com, Nov 30, 2005
  36. Daniel BarkalowNov 30, 2005
  37. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  38. linux@horizon.comDec 2, 2005
  39. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2005
  40. Sven VerdoolaegeDec 2, 2005
  41. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2005
  42. Sven VerdoolaegeDec 5, 2005
  43. linux@horizon.comDec 2, 2005
  44. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2005
  45. linux@horizon.comDec 2, 2005
  46. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2005
  47. Linus TorvaldsDec 2, 2005
  48. linux@horizon.comDec 2, 2005
  49. linux@horizon.comDec 2, 2005
  50. Linus TorvaldsNov 30, 2005
  51. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  52. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  53. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  54. linux@horizon.comNov 30, 2005
  55. Daniel BarkalowNov 30, 2005
  56. Daniel BarkalowNov 30, 2005
  57. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  58. Daniel BarkalowNov 30, 2005
  59. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2005
  60. Daniel BarkalowNov 30, 2005
  61. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2005
  62. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2005
  63. Petr BaudisDec 1, 2005
  64. Randal L. SchwartzDec 1, 2005

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