Re: [Bug] Git subtree regression

From: george@mail.dietrich.pub <george@mail.dietrich.pub>
Date: Jan 6, 2026, 04:55 UTC
Message-ID: <20260106045528.2628818-1-george@mail.dietrich.pub>
In-Reply-To: <4a9c1a5f-336a-472c-af1d-7011fad776a6@howdoi.land>

> I suspect the best way out may be to remove the `should_ignore_subtree_split_commit` heuristic entirely.
> It is mostly useful for repos that use `split --rejoin` a lot, and the check itself is slow. WDYT?

I think this sound reasonable yea. Should be sure to include a spec to capture this case going forward too ofc. This would at least fix the breaking change, and some other heuristic could be applied in the future.

> git v2.51.0 also adds --gpg-sign compatibility to subtree.
> Perhaps this is what you are seeing?

Hmm, I don't think so as I'm just learning about this now. Will give it a shot next time I have to add another component tho!