From: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:34:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] merge: use new "reset" function instead of running "git read-tree"
Message-ID: <201002061634.02126.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vbpg3nsbd.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On samedi 06 février 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:
> > This simplifies "git merge" code and make it more efficient in some
> > cases.
>
> I vaguely recall somebody (perhaps it was you) tried to do something like
> this before to drive unpack_trees() inside the main process, broke the
> program rather badly, and then we ended up keeping read-tree invocation
> external to the process.  Am I misremembering things?

I don't think it was me and I don't recall that, but I don't follow all the 
threads on the mailing list.

I will search the archive, but any pointer would be very appreciated.

Thanks anyway,
Christian.

> If not, could you describe how is this round different from the old one?