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Re: [ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Aug 4, 2008, 13:22 UTC
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On 2008-08-03 10:45:06 -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
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> It is very helpful to block git commands that will mess up the state
> of topgit. For example 'git rebase' is a good way to mess up stgit.
> Instead you need to do 'stg rebase'. It is quite easy to type the
> wrong command when switching between trees and some are under stgit
> and others aren't.

Indeed. This is mitigated somewhat by the new "stg undo" command, but it's still perhaps StGit's largest UI wart.

> I believe there is a stgit rewrite due any day now that completely
> changes how it deals with the index.

The master branch contains an infrastructure rewrite that makes it easy to make the various commands handle the index nicely. A lot of commands have been fixed to take advantage of it, but a bunch still remain.

-- 
Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
      www.treskal.com/kalle
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Message 7 of 14 in “[ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager”
  1. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaAug 3, 2008
  3. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  4. [TopGit] Check for pre-commit hook existence.Russell Steicke, Aug 3, 2008
  5. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  6. Jon SmirlAug 3, 2008
  7. Karl HasselströmAug 4, 2008
  8. linearising TopGit forests into patch series (was: [ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager)martin f krafft, Aug 7, 2008
  9. Bert WesargAug 7, 2008
  10. martin f krafftAug 8, 2008
  11. Bert WesargAug 8, 2008
  12. Petr BaudisAug 9, 2008
  13. Petr BaudisAug 10, 2008
  14. Sam VilainAug 9, 2008

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