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

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: May 26, 2007, 00:34 UTC
Message-ID: <200705260234.39095.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070526001423.GF32073@fieldses.org>

J. Bruce Fields wrote:

> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 12:37:39AM +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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>> +[[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.

Currently only t/annotate-tests.sh uses "evil merge" term, but it is I think quite commonly used in discussion.

Feel free to skip this patch, if you think it is not worth it, Junio.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland