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[PATCH] Re: Clarify documentation on the "ours" merge strategy.

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NSNicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
Date
Nov 11, 2009, 21:30 UTC
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The 11/11/09, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
> 
> > ++
> > +Because the sides in a rebase are swapped, using this strategy with
> > +git-rebase is never a good idea.
> 
> Looking very good.

If this strategy is _never_ a good idea in this case, I tend to think that git should forbid this option, or at least, warn and refer to the documentation.

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Nicolas Sebrecht
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Message 13 of 38 in “git pull --rebase and losing commits”
  1. Peter KreftingNov 2, 2009
  2. Thomas RastNov 2, 2009
  3. Nanako ShiraishiNov 2, 2009
  4. Björn SteinbrinkNov 2, 2009
  5. Peter KreftingNov 3, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 3, 2009
  7. Peter KreftingNov 3, 2009
  8. Clarify documentation on the "ours" merge strategy.Peter Krefting, Nov 11, 2009
  9. BazNov 11, 2009
  10. Thomas RastNov 11, 2009
  11. BazNov 11, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2009
  13. Re: Clarify documentation on the "ours" merge strategy.Nicolas Sebrecht, Nov 11, 2009
  14. Thomas RastNov 11, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2009
  16. Peter KreftingNov 12, 2009
  17. Nanako ShiraishiNov 14, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2009
  19. Peter KreftingNov 16, 2009
  20. Björn SteinbrinkNov 12, 2009
  21. 0/3 Document and refuse rebase -s oursThomas Rast, Nov 15, 2009
  22. 1/3 Documentation: clarify 'ours' merge strategyThomas Rast, Nov 15, 2009
  23. 2/3 rebase docs: clarify --merge and --strategyThomas Rast, Nov 15, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2009
  25. Thomas RastNov 15, 2009
  26. 3/3 rebase: refuse to rebase with -s oursThomas Rast, Nov 15, 2009
  27. Sverre RabbelierNov 15, 2009
  28. Thomas RastNov 15, 2009
  29. Johannes SchindelinNov 16, 2009
  30. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2009
  31. Johannes SchindelinNov 16, 2009
  32. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2009
  33. Sverre RabbelierNov 16, 2009
  34. A Large Angry SCMNov 16, 2009
  35. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2009
  36. Thomas RastNov 15, 2009
  37. Thomas RastNov 3, 2009
  38. Randal L. SchwartzNov 3, 2009

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