Re: What's cooking in git.git (topics)

From: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
Date: May 31, 2008, 01:25 UTC
Message-ID: <20080531012511.GA5907@leksak.fem-net>
In-Reply-To: <48406D5C.4000703@freescale.com>

Hi,

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> One suggestion was to make a procedural model out of
> the commit graph and allow something like this:
>
>    b :- pick(B)
>    x :- merge(pick(A), b)
>    y :- merge(pick(C), b)
>    z :- merge(x, y)

Nice idea. But imho too hard for casual users. Someone who has to learn a new language won't use the tool.

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> My second and semi-equivallent suggestion was to
> allow a lisp-like notation:
>
>    (merge (merge (pick A)
>                  (pick B)
>           (merge (pick B)
>                  (pick C)

You forgot some right parenthesis here ;-) ...which shows, that it is also not easy enough for users.

Or is it intentional?

:) Stephan

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