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Re: [PATCH 0/8] "git apply --threeway"

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 10, 2012, 15:26 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>>  - After trying and failing to apply the patch text, we inspect our object
>>    database and see if there is a blob object that matches what is
>>    recorded on the "index" line of the patch as its preimage.
>
> Just being curious: why is it called "index"?

I don't remember exactly, but I think it has something to do with the "name"-ness of the hexdigit strings that can be used to identify objects in the object store, i.e. the object names serving as indices.

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/9694/focus=9794
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Message 19 of 19 in “"git apply --threeway"”
  1. 0/8 "git apply --threeway"Junio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  2. 1/8 apply: reformat commentJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  3. 2/8 apply: accept --threeway command line optionJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 10, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  6. 3/8 apply: split load_preimage() helper function outJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  7. 4/8 apply: clear_image() clears things a bit moreJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  8. 5/8 apply: refactor read_file_or_gitlink()Junio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  9. 6/8 apply: fall back on three-way mergeJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  10. Matthieu MoyMay 10, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  12. Matthieu MoyMay 10, 2012
  13. Jeff KingMay 10, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  15. Jeff KingMay 10, 2012
  16. 7/8 apply: plug the three-way merge logic inJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  17. 8/8 apply: register conflicted stages to the indexJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2012
  18. Matthieu MoyMay 10, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012

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