From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:42:26 GMT
Subject: Re: Octopus merge: unique (?) to git, but is it useful?
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In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0806030627440.13507@racer.site.net>

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

> Would it not be better (simpler, cleaner) to just use an object flag?

No.  Can you tell which flag is safe to use in this context without
digging around too much?