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Re: How can I easily verify my diffs are in parent branch?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 5, 2007, 10:24 UTC
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David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
>
>> I think we should be able to use --left-right and ... operator
>> to express what the above cherry does with something like:
>>
>>     $ git log --left-right --ignore-common-patch cvs-upstream...my-branch
>
> --left-right is not documented, so I think it's hard for people (for
> me at least) to follow your reasoning.
>
> Would it be to much to ask for to want to have all options have some
> kind of documentation?
Not at all.  I often wish that ;-)
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> As in not accepting patches for new options
> that don't include documentation?
>
> "git log -Sleft-right" will actually give me the documentation I want,
> since the docs are written but only put in the commit message.
Fair enough.  Perhaps the list can help out ;-).
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Message 7 of 19 in “How can I easily verify my diffs are in parent branch?”
  1. Alex BenneeApr 4, 2007
  2. Alex RiesenApr 4, 2007
  3. Andy ParkinsApr 4, 2007
  4. Linus TorvaldsApr 4, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2007
  6. David KågedalApr 5, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2007
  8. Document --left-right option to rev-list.Brian Gernhardt, Apr 5, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2007
  10. Alex RiesenApr 7, 2007
  11. 1/2 git-log --cherry-pickJunio C Hamano, Apr 9, 2007
  12. 1/4 Add %m to '--pretty=format:'Junio C Hamano, Apr 10, 2007
  13. 2/4 Refactor patch-id filtering out of git-cherry and git-format-patch.Junio C Hamano, Apr 10, 2007
  14. Johannes SchindelinApr 14, 2007
  15. 3/4 git-log --cherry-pick A...BJunio C Hamano, Apr 10, 2007
  16. 4/4 Documentation: --cherry-pickJunio C Hamano, Apr 10, 2007
  17. 2/2 Add %m to '--pretty=format:'Junio C Hamano, Apr 9, 2007
  18. Alex BenneeApr 11, 2007
  19. Linus TorvaldsApr 11, 2007

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