From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:00:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix --cherry-pick with given paths
Message-ID: <7vsl7u1tzi.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707101449220.4047@racer.site>

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

> 	> Sam Vilain wrote:
> 	> > I'm interested in extending the cherry analysis to allow 
> 	> > specification of the diff options used when calculating diff 
> 	> > IDs, presenting the calculated diff IDs for analysis by 
> 	> > external tools, and even calculating and dealing with per-hunk 
> 	> > diff IDs.
> 	> 
> 	> On reflection I think so long as --cherry-pick works together 
> 	> with a file selection, it would probably be enough.
> 	> 
> 	> ie, if I have these commits:
> 	> 
> 	> A---B
> 	>  \
> 	>   \
> 	>    C
> 	> 
> 	> B changes a file foo.c, adding a line of text.  C changes foo.c 
> 	> as well as bar.c, but the change in foo.c was identical to 
> 	> change B.
> 	> 
> 	> I want this to show me nothing:
> 	> 
> 	>   git-rev-list --left-right --cherry-pick B...C -- foo.c

Thanks, both.