From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 19:07:26 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] git-repack --max-pack-size Message-ID: <7vlkg85pn5.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin writes: > Hi, > > On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Nicolas Pitre 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. In case you did not get it, making the above usable is not about _me_.