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Re: Q: how can i find the upstream merge point of a commit?

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IMIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date
Jun 8, 2011, 15:18 UTC
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* Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
> 
> > Still it's not entirely logical that 'foreign' tags invade another 
> > branch this aggressively.
> 
> Is it a problem for "describe", or is the root of the problem that 
> git allowed you to slurp in 'foreign' tags that you do not care 
> about?

Well, if i checked out a linux-next related branch i'd expect those tags to go live, but if i stayed on -git i'd expect only Linus's tags to live.

I would not expect the linux-next tags to go away altogether - i added it as a remote, so i'd expect to see 'its' tags when i check it out.

at least that's my naive expectation from a 'remote' repository - if there's a better way to think about this then i'm eager to improve :-)

Thanks,
	Ingo
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Message 19 of 19 in “Q: how can i find the upstream merge point of a commit?”
  1. Ingo MolnarJun 8, 2011
  2. Johannes SixtJun 8, 2011
  3. Stephen RothwellJun 8, 2011
  4. Peter ZijlstraJun 8, 2011
  5. Stephen RothwellJun 8, 2011
  6. Peter ZijlstraJun 8, 2011
  7. Ingo MolnarJun 8, 2011
  8. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  9. Ingo MolnarJun 8, 2011
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJun 8, 2011
  11. Johan HerlandJun 14, 2011
  12. Jeff KingJun 14, 2011
  13. Johan HerlandJun 14, 2011
  14. Jeff KingJun 15, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2011
  16. Jeff KingJun 16, 2011
  17. Jakub NarebskiJun 16, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2011
  19. Ingo MolnarJun 8, 2011

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