From: Stephen R. van den Berg Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:15:48 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert Message-ID: <20080910231548.GE22739@cuci.nl> In-Reply-To: <48C7EE71.8080305@gnu.org> Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> Btw, so far nobody has even _explained_ what the advantage of the origin >> link is. It apparently has no effect for most things, and for other things >> it has some (unspecified) effect when it can be resolved. >> Apart from the "dotted line" in graphical history viewers, I haven't >> actually heard any single concrete example of exactly what it would *do*. It allows one to follow and view the evolvement of a patch over time during the various backports. -- Sincerely, Stephen R. van den Berg. "Am I paying for this abuse or is it extra?"