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Re: odd behavior with git-rebase

From
Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Date
Mar 26, 2012, 17:20 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:12:48AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> writes:
> 
> > Is there a way to differentiate a commit that is made empty as the result of a
> > previous patch in the rebase, and a commit that is simply empty?
> 
> An empty commit has the same tree object as its parent commit.
> 
Got it, thanks!
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> > I agree, I think perhaps adding an --allow-empty option to the rebase logic, so
> > that empty commits (or perhaps just initially empty, as opposed to commits made
> > empty) would be very beneficial.
> 
> Yeah, that probably may make sense.
> 

Ok, cool, I'll have a patch in a few days, thanks! Neil

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  1. Neil HormanMar 23, 2012
  2. Jeff KingMar 23, 2012
  3. Phil HordMar 26, 2012
  4. Jeff KingMar 26, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2012
  6. Neil HormanMar 24, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2012
  8. Neil HormanMar 26, 2012
  9. Neal KreitzingerMar 26, 2012
  10. Phil HordMar 26, 2012
  11. Phil HordMar 26, 2012
  12. Neil HormanMar 26, 2012
  13. Jay SoffianMar 27, 2012
  14. Neal KreitzingerMar 26, 2012
  15. Neil HormanMar 26, 2012
  16. Phil HordMar 28, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2012

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