From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:05:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename ".dotest/" to ".git/rebase" and ".dotest-merge" to "rebase-merge"
Message-ID: <7vlk02wmtt.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807160428590.2841@eeepc-johanness>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>> Well, the original thing was not rebasing, it was patch application. You 
>> could _perhaps_ call that "rebasing" from another tree, but that's a 
>> stretch.
>
> Hey, I do not insist on that name.  I just explained why I thought it was 
> okay even for am.  If you know a better name, just tell me, and I'll adapt 
> the patch in no time (at least as long as I am awake).

I obviously do not care too much about the name, as long as you volunteer
to squelch any newbie questions here and #git "Why is it called rebase
when I asked for am???".

Anyway, it's all in 'master' now, and you will see a huge "What's in" and
much leaner "What's cooking" shortly.