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Re: Git Notes - Track rebase/etc + reverse-lookup for bugs ideas

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 10, 2008, 19:51 UTC
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<20081110195120.GA3688@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 08:51:50PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> > Not that I know of, but then again, I'm not sure exactly what you mean 
> > by "track rebases".
> 
> I guess he means that you could have something like this
> 
> 	rebased from <SHA-1>
> 
> in the notes for any given commit, so that _if_ you have the commit, e.g. 
> gitk could show that connection (maybe dashed in the graphical history 
> display, and as a "Rebased from:" link).

You don't really need "notes" for that, though, since you can put that information into the commit message (or headers) if you choose. I guess it has the advantage of not polluting the commit for others.

-Peff
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  1. Thomas HarningNov 10, 2008
  2. Jeff KingNov 10, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 10, 2008
  4. Jeff KingNov 10, 2008
  5. Johan HerlandNov 10, 2008
  6. Miklos VajnaNov 10, 2008
  7. Johan HerlandNov 10, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinNov 10, 2008
  9. Thomas HarningNov 10, 2008
  10. Jeff KingNov 11, 2008

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