Re: [RFD PATCH 00/32] subtree clone v2
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>
>>> is it possible to
>>> merge without remote contact in the boring case, when no changes have
>>> occured outside the narrow tree?
>>
>> That's possible (and is implemented in my series). But I guess as soon
>> as you do "git pull", the boring case is likely not applicable
>> anymore.
>
> Makes sense.
>
> One slightly less boring case. Is it possible to merge when the
> simplified history, looking only at changes outside the narrow tree,
> would have permitted a fast-forward?
Yes, as long as there is no changes outside narrow tree.
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> If so, a git contributor who is only interested in Documentation/
> could work on "next" between releases and keep up with "maint" and
> "master" longer term, without the help of a full-tree-merging machine.
>
> More realistically, a linux-2.6 contributor only interested in one
> subsystem could always keep up with "master". Which would be nice.
>
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Duy
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>