Re: git versus CVS (versus bk)

From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Nov 1, 2005, 02:17 UTC
Message-ID: <86hdaxf6wq.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <46a038f90510311228v50743158q80d79e963bd503ce@mail.gmail.com>

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:

Martin> You can do a diff that spans all the commits and apply it with a new Martin> commit msg. With cogito:

Martin>    cg-diff -r from:to | patch -p1

What's the easiest way then to toss all that intermediate history? I'm thinking of the rcs "-o" switch that "outdates" any deltas in that range.

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