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Re: Could this be done simpler?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 25, 2009, 22:29 UTC
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:
>> If someone creates a "git decompose-octopus <commit>" command then ...
I am afraid that misses the entire point of my discussion.

Such a decomposed octopus would _only_ be necessary during bisection, only when the user chooses to test two tips at once (instead of testing one by one), _and_ only its tree is needed for that purpose. In other words, we should be able to do this _without_ creating an extra commit, let alone replace mechanism.

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  1. Linus TorvaldsJun 24, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2009
  3. Randal L. SchwartzJun 25, 2009
  4. Matthias AndreeJun 25, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2009
  6. Matthias AndreeJun 25, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2009
  9. Michael J GruberJun 25, 2009
  10. Christian CouderJun 25, 2009
  11. Christian CouderJun 25, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2009
  13. Linus TorvaldsJun 25, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2009
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