Re: [PATCH] git-svn: remove --first-parent, add --upstream

> On 9/15/07, Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de> wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 04:08:31PM +0200, Lars Hjemli wrote:
> > > On 9/7/07, Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 9/7/07, Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > > >    lets reset 'trunk' to its state before the merge and
> > > > >    'branch1' to the merge commit, before fixing the bug in 'branch1'.
> > > > >
> > > > >        a-b-c-d-e    trunk
> > > > >           \      \
> > > > >            \ -x-y m branch1
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, this would certainly not be handled correctly by dcommit using
> > > > --first-parent (but it could be handled by (a correct implementation
> > > > of) --upstream).
> > >
> > > Actually, I don't think there's any way to handle this correctly. The
> > > current git-svn will do the right thing except in cases like the one
> > > you described, and in these cases it can be _forced_ to do the right
> > > thing by editing the grafts file, so I'll drop the whole --upstream
> > > idea.
> > >
> >
> > What do you mean by editing the graft file? Remove (the wrong) parent
> > from the merge commit by a graft?
> 
> I imagined just changing the order of the parents.
>