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Re: Merging commits together into a super-commit

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Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Date
May 12, 2007, 14:41 UTC
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On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 04:02:28PM +0200, Karl Hasselström wrote:
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> On 2007-05-12 13:34:30 +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
> 
> > I really think we should have a "stg uninit" command. Note that
> > currently "stg branch --delete" on master will just do that instead
> > of really deleting the branch, but that is a known bug (#8732 on
> > gna).
> 
> What we should do is delete all stgit metadata when the last patch
> goes away.

This supposes there is no valuable branch-level metadata. Currently we have the description - something which could arguably be moved to the git level as well. Otherwise that sounds reasonable to me.

> And we shouldn't have "stg init", either. Initing should be done
> automatically when needed.

Good idea as well, that would make stg more accessible to the average plain-git user.

Best regards,
-- 
Yann.
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Message 24 of 35 in “Merging commits together into a super-commit”
  1. Alex BenneeMay 10, 2007
  2. Raimund BauerMay 10, 2007
  3. Alex BenneeMay 10, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 10, 2007
  5. Johannes SixtMay 10, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 10, 2007
  7. Carl WorthMay 10, 2007
  8. J. Bruce FieldsMay 10, 2007
  9. Carl WorthMay 10, 2007
  10. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2007
  11. Carl WorthMay 10, 2007
  12. Using StGIT for tweaking already-committed stuffPetr Baudis, May 10, 2007
  13. Carl WorthMay 10, 2007
  14. Integrate StGIT into Git? (Was: Re: Using StGIT for tweaking already-committed stuff)Jan Hudec, May 11, 2007
  15. Karl HasselströmMay 10, 2007
  16. Yann DirsonMay 11, 2007
  17. Karl HasselströmMay 11, 2007
  18. Yann DirsonMay 12, 2007
  19. Karl HasselströmMay 12, 2007
  20. Robin RosenbergMay 10, 2007
  21. Yann DirsonMay 12, 2007
  22. Jakub NarebskiMay 12, 2007
  23. Karl HasselströmMay 12, 2007
  24. Yann DirsonMay 12, 2007
  25. Karl HasselströmMay 12, 2007
  26. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2007
  27. Karl HasselströmMay 13, 2007
  28. Yann DirsonMay 13, 2007
  29. Store branch description in the config fileKarl Hasselström, May 14, 2007
  30. J. Bruce FieldsMay 10, 2007
  31. Petr BaudisMay 10, 2007
  32. J. Bruce FieldsMay 10, 2007
  33. Transactions for git (and stgit) ?Yann Dirson, May 12, 2007
  34. Karl HasselströmMay 12, 2007
  35. Yann DirsonMay 12, 2007

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