From: Sean Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 11:24:50 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFD] Add repoid identifier to commit Message-ID: <3745.10.10.10.24.1115897090.squirrel@linux1> In-Reply-To: <1115896713.22180.314.camel@tglx> On Thu, May 12, 2005 7:18 am, Thomas Gleixner said: > On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 05:46 -0400, Sean wrote: >> On Thu, May 12, 2005 5:39 am, Thomas Gleixner said: >> >> > Please do the complete test. Sync test2 with test1 and show me the >> > picture there. It will be the same as you see in test1, which is wrong >> >> It will get the fast forward head from test1, and so it _should_ show >> the >> exact same thing! The repositories are in sync, they should display the >> exact same way. What is the problem? > > What you see is a clone and not a sync / merge. > Right, that's what a fast forward head is. It replaces a sync / merge and the trees become exactly syncronized via a shared head. I have mixed feelings about fast forward heads, but they don't hide _too_ much information. Is there any _useful_ question you can ask where the answer is lost for all time because of this. Sean