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Re: Find out on which branch a commit was originally made

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 18, 2010, 10:02 UTC
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On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 09:58, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
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>    You want to do X, and you think Y is the best way of doing so.
> Instead of asking about X, you ask about Y.
>    — from Re: sequencial file naming by Abigail
>
> Your Y is encoding the name of the current branch at commit-time, the
> you haven't told us.
"the X you haven't told us", damn PEBKAC problems.
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  1. Stefan HallerSep 18, 2010
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 18, 2010
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 18, 2010
  4. Tor ArntsenSep 18, 2010
  5. Stefan HallerSep 18, 2010
  6. Artur SkawinaSep 18, 2010
  7. Stefan HallerSep 19, 2010
  8. Clemens BuchacherSep 19, 2010
  9. Artur SkawinaSep 19, 2010
  10. Stefan HallerSep 19, 2010
  11. Artur SkawinaSep 19, 2010
  12. Robin RosenbergSep 19, 2010
  13. Seth RobertsonSep 19, 2010
  14. Artur SkawinaSep 19, 2010
  15. Seth RobertsonSep 19, 2010
  16. Artur SkawinaSep 20, 2010
  17. Seth RobertsonSep 20, 2010
  18. Stefan HallerSep 20, 2010
  19. Artur SkawinaSep 20, 2010
  20. Artur SkawinaSep 20, 2010
  21. Seth RobertsonSep 21, 2010
  22. Artur SkawinaSep 21, 2010
  23. ANNOUNCE git-what-branch (was Re: Find out on which branch a commit was originally made)Seth Robertson, Sep 22, 2010
  24. Artur SkawinaSep 22, 2010
  25. Seth RobertsonSep 22, 2010
  26. Stephen BashSep 23, 2010
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 23, 2010
  28. Artur SkawinaSep 23, 2010
  29. Artur SkawinaSep 24, 2010
  30. Seth RobertsonSep 24, 2010
  31. Seth RobertsonSep 23, 2010
  32. Stefan HallerSep 20, 2010
  33. Bryan DrewerySep 24, 2010

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