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Re: What is the scenario for a commit with 3 or more parents

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jul 29, 2010, 21:01 UTC
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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 15:12, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Compared to that downside, it is not worth to use an Octopus, only to have
>> a smaller number of merge commits and a cool-looking lantern-shaped merge
>> commit in the history.
>
> Ok, do we have _that_ documented anywhere?
Outside the list archive, I don't think so.
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Message 9 of 9 in “What is the scenario for a commit with 3 or more parents”
  1. Bradley WagnerJul 29, 2010
  2. Shawn O. PearceJul 29, 2010
  3. Sverre RabbelierJul 29, 2010
  4. Bradley WagnerJul 29, 2010
  5. Joshua JuranJul 29, 2010
  6. Sverre RabbelierJul 29, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2010
  8. Sverre RabbelierJul 29, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2010

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