Re: [RFC WIP PATCH v8 00/13] learn --keep-base & more

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> This is a WIP series I have that I figured I'd send out as-is for
> >> comment since Junio said he'd be merging dl/rebase-i-keep-base down.
> >>
> >> So I wanted to test it, and as seen early in this series in 3/13 and
> >> 4/13 we had significant blindspots in our tests, i.e. there were no
> >> tests for whether --no-ff bypassed the amended logic as it should.
> >>
> >> As seen from those tests we may have some bugs here, either existing
> >> or new, needs more poking at it.
> >
> > Thanks.  I am actually OK to keep dl/rebase-i-keep-base out of
> > 'next' to iron out the kinks.  It's not like we are in a hurry to
> > deliber an important fix to our users---the topic is adding a new
> > feature and attempting to fix a minor irritation (i.e. lost
> > opportunity to fast-forward).
> 
> The 'next' branch has thinned down sufficiently that it may be a
> good time to resurrect topics like this one that we postponed. If
> there is (still) interest in them, that is, which I do not know ;-)
>