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Re: linearising TopGit forests into patch series (was: [ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager)

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Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2008, 17:14 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 19:06, martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> wrote:
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> also sprach Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> [2008.08.07.1658 -0300]:
>> Should be doable, I think. At least you can get a topological sorted
>> list of the TopGit branches (with git show-branch --topo-order <list
>> of TopGit-branches>). But than it get complicated, because you don't
>> need the diff from branch-base to branch-head, this would only work
>> for a single dependent list of topic branches.
>
> Hm, I am not entirely following. I understand that I can get
> a topological list of branches, but why don't I need the diff from
> branch-base to branch-head?

branch-base is a merge of all dependent branches, and if there are more than one you need probably other diffs to get to this merged branch, than the simple base..head of these branches.

>
> Also, what happens if branches cross-merge?
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Message 11 of 14 in “[ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager”
  1. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaAug 3, 2008
  3. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  4. [TopGit] Check for pre-commit hook existence.Russell Steicke, Aug 3, 2008
  5. Petr BaudisAug 3, 2008
  6. Jon SmirlAug 3, 2008
  7. Karl HasselströmAug 4, 2008
  8. linearising TopGit forests into patch series (was: [ANNOUNCE] TopGit - A different patch queue manager)martin f krafft, Aug 7, 2008
  9. Bert WesargAug 7, 2008
  10. martin f krafftAug 8, 2008
  11. Bert WesargAug 8, 2008
  12. Petr BaudisAug 9, 2008
  13. Petr BaudisAug 10, 2008
  14. Sam VilainAug 9, 2008

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