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Re: [RFC] cherry-pick using multiple parents to implement -x

From
Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl>
Date
Sep 9, 2008, 08:51 UTC
Message-ID
<20080909085122.GC12631@cuci.nl>
In-Reply-To
<20080908150017.GD10252@spearce.org>
Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
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>"Stephen R. van den Berg" <srb@cuci.nl> wrote:
>> Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>> >"Stephen R. van den Berg" <srb@cuci.nl> wrote:
>> >> Whereas cherry-pick would (optionally) generate a cousin reference for every
>> >> commit it picks.
>> >Sorry for wandering into a thread in the middle.  But we've already
>> >been down this road before, and decided the additional header wasn't
>> >worth it from cherry-pick.  What's changed?
>> I'm not familiar with the old thread.  Any pointers?  (I tried googling,
>> but couldn't seem to find it).
>Here's at least one instance of it:
>http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0604/19514.html

Found it, thanks. Digested it, and yes, some things changed. I'll make a formal proposal which should take care of all the old objections.

-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

"Be spontaneous!"
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Message 24 of 25 in “[RFC] cherry-pick using multiple parents to implement -x”
  1. Stephen R. van den BergSep 7, 2008
  2. Jeff KingSep 7, 2008
  3. Stephen R. van den BergSep 7, 2008
  4. Jeff KingSep 7, 2008
  5. Stephen R. van den BergSep 7, 2008
  6. Jeff KingSep 8, 2008
  7. Stephen R. van den BergSep 8, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2008
  9. Stephen R. van den BergSep 7, 2008
  10. Thomas RastSep 7, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2008
  13. Paolo BonziniSep 8, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2008
  16. Stephen R. van den BergSep 8, 2008
  17. Paolo BonziniSep 8, 2008
  18. Stephen R. van den BergSep 8, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiSep 8, 2008
  20. Paolo BonziniSep 8, 2008
  21. Shawn O. PearceSep 8, 2008
  22. Stephen R. van den BergSep 8, 2008
  23. Shawn O. PearceSep 8, 2008
  24. Stephen R. van den BergSep 9, 2008
  25. Paolo BonziniSep 8, 2008

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