Re: [PATCH 2/2] rebase -i: new option --name-rev
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Mar 9, 2012, 09:45 UTC
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Dominique Quatravaux <domq@google.com> writes:
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> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote: >> Rebase -i happily linearizes mergy history, so this >> does have some merits even today. > > Right, my personal itch is to "transplant" topic branches without their merge > history getting in the way,... > ... > pick 1234abc (topicB~2) Cool shiny new stuff > pick 234abc1 (master~2) Something something master > pick 34abc12 (master~1) Fix something something > pick 4abc123 (topicB) Fix shiny new stuff
Ok. I didn't consider the "flattening" aspect of the rebase, and the above makes sense to me.