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Re: [PATCH 0/2] apply.c: a fix and an enhancement

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jul 22, 2005, 21:20 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> Just teach "parse_commit()" to look at a ".git/fake_parents" file, and 
> insert fake extra parents for commits that way - you can graft any tree on 
> top of any other tree that way, and it's probably a nice idea for testing 
> things out.

Nicely put, thanks. That was exactly what I meant by "grafting".

And the file would obviously be per-project, so according to Pasky's suggestion that would be ".gitinfo/fake_parents" ;-).

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  1. 0/2 apply.c: a fix and an enhancementJunio C Hamano, Jul 22, 2005
  2. Ryan AndersonJul 22, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2005
  4. Ryan AndersonJul 22, 2005
  5. A Large Angry SCMJul 22, 2005
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  9. Santi BéjarJul 22, 2005
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2005
  11. Linus TorvaldsJul 22, 2005
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