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Re: [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: Add definition of "evil merge" to GIT Glossary

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JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date
May 26, 2007, 00:14 UTC
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On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 12:37:39AM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> +[[def_evil_merge]]evil merge::
> +	An evil merge is a <<def_merge,merge>> that introduces changes that
> +	do not appear in any <<def_parent,parent>>.
> +

I'm a little skeptical. This term doesn't appear to be used anywhere in the current documentation, for example--are you sure it's worth including at this point? I don't know--I just don't want to end up with an entry for every piece of cute jargon that's been used as shorthand on the mailing list a few times. But if you think it's sufficiently useful and well-established, then OK.

--b.
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