From: Stephan Beyer <s-beyer@gmx.net>
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:35:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow cherry-picking root commits
Message-ID: <20080706113548.GC6731@leksak.fem-net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807041617320.9925@racer>

On Fri, Jul 04, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> +	if (!commit->parents) {
> +		if (action == REVERT)
> +			die ("Cannot revert a root commit");

I btw wondered why _reverting_ a root commit should not work.
Then I tried to quickly add this feature and saw what's the point:
merge-recursive wants a remote -- this
> +	argv[i++] = next_sha1;
to be set :)
So the change is not as trivial as I thought.
And yes, there may even be no use case for reverting root commits.

Regards,
  Stephan

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