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Re: [PATCH v2] sha1-name.c: for ":/", find detached HEAD commits

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William Chargin <wchargin@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 13, 2018, 19:40 UTC
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> Junio typically applies bugfixes as close to the bug-source as possible,
> which allows them to be merged-up into various releases (rather than
> cherry-picked, which would be required if built on top of 'master').
>
> Ideally this is directly on top of the commit that introduced the bug,
> though for an ancient bug like this, it's not worth the effort. It looks
> like he applied it on the 2.16 maint branch, which predates e5e5e0883.
> When it's merged up, the resolution will handle the rename (probably
> even automatically due to Git's rename detection).
That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
> Great. Please come back anytime. :)
Will do!

Best, WC

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  1. sha1-name.c: for ":/", find detached HEAD commitsWilliam Chargin, Jul 10, 2018
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  12. sha1-name.c: for ":/", find detached HEAD commitsWilliam Chargin, Jul 12, 2018
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