From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:22:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Let format-patch and rebase ignore trivial merges.
Message-ID: <4B2B8213.1090104@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <20091218130603.GA6193@pcpool00.mathematik.uni-freiburg.de>

Please do not cull Cc list.

Bernhard R. Link schrieb:
> format-patch has to choose a parent. Choosing the first one make the
> most sense for me (as the first is the only real 'special' one).
> In the workflows I envision the first parent would also be the one with
> the clean history.

Then use

   git format-patch --first-parent upstream..

-- Hannes