Re: git-subtree: directory mismatch

From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 25, 2009, 18:28 UTC
Message-ID: <32541b130911251028h6db240d5yd171fa4941ef14ba@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091125080812.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> wrote:

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> Quoting Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
>
>> Yup.  This is basically a bug in "git merge -s subtree": it guesses
>> which subtree to merge into, rather than actually taking a prefix
>> parameter.  I've been meaning to either submit a patch for this, or
>> find a way to work around it.
>
> Probably you can save time by using what was already done
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/76650/focus=89021

Hi Nanako,

I've read through the thread (I do remember skimming it awhile ago) but can't find patches for the syntax actually under discussion. I found a patch that introduces "-s theirs", which was summarily shot down in favour of adding -X support, but I can't find any actual patch for this. Moreover, git-merge seems to have been ported to C since then, so I guess it wouldn't apply anyway. And I can't find any implementation at all for the discussed "-Xsubtree=" option, which I'm guessing didn't actually ever get done.

Am I missing something? It looks fairly easy to throw in anyway, but it's even easier if someone has already done it :)

Thanks,

Avery