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Re: [PATCH] Allow cherry-picking root commits

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 6, 2008, 01:05 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> There is no good reason why cherry-picking root commits should not be 
> allowed.

Hmm, does "cherry-pick a root commit" even have a well defined semantics, other than "if there is no overlap in files just add the files in"? I have a feeling that it is more likely to be a user error, a sign that the user mistyped the name of the commit to pick.

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Message 34 of 52 in “git sequencer prototype”
  1. Stephan BeyerJul 1, 2008
  2. 1/4 Add git-sequencer shell prototypeStephan Beyer, Jul 1, 2008
  3. 2/4 Add git-sequencer prototype documentationStephan Beyer, Jul 1, 2008
  4. 3/4 Add git-sequencer test suite (t3350)Stephan Beyer, Jul 1, 2008
  5. 4/4 Migrate git-am to use git-sequencerStephan Beyer, Jul 1, 2008
  6. git-rebase-i migration to sequencerStephan Beyer, Jul 1, 2008
  7. 1/2 Make rebase--interactive use OPTIONS_SPECStephan Beyer, Jul 1, 2008
  8. 2/2 Migrate git-rebase--i to use git-sequencerStephan Beyer, Jul 1, 2008
  9. Stephan BeyerJul 5, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiJul 1, 2008
  12. Stephan BeyerJul 1, 2008
  13. Jakub NarebskiJul 1, 2008
  14. Stephan BeyerJul 1, 2008
  15. Jakub NarebskiJul 2, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2008
  17. Stephan BeyerJul 2, 2008
  18. 2/4 Add git-sequencer prototype documentationStephan Beyer, Jul 5, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiJul 8, 2008
  20. Stephan BeyerJul 8, 2008
  21. Karl HasselströmJul 9, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2008
  23. Johannes SchindelinJul 3, 2008
  24. Stephan BeyerJul 3, 2008
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2008
  26. Stephan BeyerJul 3, 2008
  27. Stephan BeyerJul 3, 2008
  28. Johannes SchindelinJul 3, 2008
  29. Stephan BeyerJul 4, 2008
  30. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2008
  31. Stephan BeyerJul 4, 2008
  32. Allow cherry-picking root commitsJohannes Schindelin, Jul 4, 2008
  33. Stephan BeyerJul 4, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2008
  35. Johannes SchindelinJul 6, 2008
  36. t3503: Add test case for identical filesStephan Beyer, Jul 6, 2008
  37. Stephan BeyerJul 6, 2008
  38. Johannes SchindelinJul 6, 2008
  39. Stephan BeyerJul 4, 2008
  40. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2008
  41. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2008
  42. Jakub NarebskiJul 3, 2008
  43. Stephan BeyerJul 3, 2008
  44. 1/4 Add git-sequencer shell prototypeStephan Beyer, Jul 5, 2008
  45. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2008
  46. Stephan BeyerJul 1, 2008
  47. Alex RiesenJul 4, 2008
  48. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2008
  49. Stephan BeyerJul 4, 2008
  50. Alex RiesenJul 5, 2008
  51. Thomas AdamJul 5, 2008
  52. Johannes SchindelinJul 5, 2008

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