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Re: [PATCH 0/3] doc: replay: improvements like "mention no output on conflicts"

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Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
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Dec 10, 2025, 12:04 UTC
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On Wed, Dec 10, 2025, at 12:56, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> We do talk about "branch heads" in our documentation and they point 
>> commits. We also use "tip" when talking about the commit the branch 
>> points to so maybe something like
>>
>>      Update all branches whose tip is replayed
>>
>> though I think it would be clearer if we could say "commit" somewhere as 
>> that's what we're replaying. I find the concept of "contained branches" 
>> rather obscure.
>
> Thanks, I do agree that "branch head", "tip of the branch", etc. can
> be used pretty much interchangeably, and using "commit" somwhere
> would make it clear.
>
> 	Update all branches that point at commits in the replayed
> 	<revision-range>.
>
> perhaps?  I dunno.
I like this. Or just
    Update all branches that point at commits in <revision-range>.
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Message 17 of 28 in “doc: replay: improvements like "mention no output on conflicts"”
  1. 0/3 doc: replay: improvements like "mention no output on conflicts"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 7, 2025
  2. 1/3 doc: replay: mention no output on conflictskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 7, 2025
  3. 2/3 doc: replay: document --containedkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 7, 2025
  4. 3/3 doc: replay: link section using markupkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 7, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2025
  6. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 8, 2025
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2025
  8. Toon ClaesDec 8, 2025
  9. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 8, 2025
  10. Phillip WoodDec 8, 2025
  11. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 9, 2025
  12. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 9, 2025
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2025
  15. Phillip WoodDec 10, 2025
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2025
  17. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 10, 2025
  18. Phillip WoodDec 10, 2025
  19. Elijah NewrenDec 10, 2025
  20. 0/3 doc: replay: improvements like "mention no output on conflicts"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 13, 2025
  21. 1/3 doc: replay: mention no output on conflictskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 13, 2025
  22. 2/3 replay: improve --contained and add to dockristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 13, 2025
  23. 3/3 doc: replay: link section using markupkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 13, 2025
  24. Phillip WoodDec 15, 2025
  25. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 15, 2025
  26. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2025
  27. Phillip WoodDec 16, 2025
  28. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 20, 2025

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