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Re: [PATCH 0/9] add --ff option to cherry-pick

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 5, 2010, 23:45 UTC
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:
> Changes since the previous series are the following:

Could you please briefly describe what good does "adding -ff option to cherry-pick" do in the first place?

IOW, help reviewers to convince themselves that it is worth allocating a block of time to read through a 9 patch series. That is what the cover letter is for.

Thanks.
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Message 19 of 20 in “add --ff option to cherry-pick”
  1. 0/9 add --ff option to cherry-pickChristian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  2. 1/9 revert: libify cherry-pick and revert functionnalityChristian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  3. 2/9 reset: refactor updating heads into a static functionChristian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  4. 3/9 reset: refactor reseting in its own functionChristian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  5. 4/9 reset: make reset function non static and declare it in "reset.h"Christian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  6. 5/9 revert: add --ff option to allow fast forward when cherry-pickingChristian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2010
  9. Christian CouderFeb 28, 2010
  10. Paolo BonziniFeb 6, 2010
  11. Christian CouderFeb 6, 2010
  12. Paolo BonziniFeb 6, 2010
  13. 6/9 cherry-pick: add tests for new --ff optionChristian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  14. 7/9 Documentation: describe new cherry-pick --ff optionChristian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  15. 8/9 rebase -i: use new --ff cherry-pick optionChristian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  16. 9/9 merge: use new "reset" function instead of running "git read-tree"Christian Couder, Feb 5, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2010
  18. Christian CouderFeb 6, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2010
  20. Christian CouderFeb 6, 2010

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