Re: [PATCH 0/8] git-repack --max-pack-size

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> >
>> >> I was not sure if that is even a good idea, and I am now
>> >> inclined to think that keeping the failed attempt history is
>> >> probably better than potentially causing confusion to people who
>> >> follow 'next'.  But it _is_ a possibility to reset 'next' to
>> >> 'master'.
>> >
>> > And what is the advantage of doing that, exactly?
>> 
>> Not much and that is why I am not sure if that is a good idea,
>> but one thing is:
>> 
>> 	$ git log master..next
>> 	$ git log --no-merges master..next
>> 
>> would start showing what are still pending in next without
>> noise.
>
> Of course, you could graft a fake relationship there. Something like
>
> echo $(git rev-parse master master^ next) >> .git/info/grafts
>
> should do. And you can do it _locally_, since all you care about is the 
> higher-level relationship that _you_ know about. And this is the way to 
> teach Git about it.