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Re: How to handle patch series conflicts

From
Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Sep 5, 2018, 17:27 UTC
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On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 10:25 AM Stephen & Linda Smith <ischis2@cox.net> wrote:
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>
> Junio -
>
> On Tuesday, September 4, 2018 10:27:26 AM MST Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > > t7500-commit.sh
> > > t7501-commit.sh
> > > t7502-commit.sh
> > > t7509-commit.sh
> >
> > These seem to have organically grown and it is very likely that ones
> > later introduced were added more from laziness.
>
> How does the project prefer to handle patches that conflict.  Renaming t7501-
> commit.sh will conflict with a patch set that I submitted over the weekend
> [1].  Should I treat them as totally separate?

When doing a rename, this should merge fine without much complication, so I'd think it is fine to treat them separately. That way they can be merged to next/master independently.

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Message 14 of 21 in “test files with same names?”
  1. Duy NguyenSep 3, 2018
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2018
  3. 0/5 Commit test name clean-upStephen P. Smith, Oct 23, 2018
  4. 2/5 t7509: cleanup description and filenameStephen P. Smith, Oct 23, 2018
  5. Eric SunshineOct 23, 2018
  6. 1/5 t2000: rename and combine checkout clash testsStephen P. Smith, Oct 23, 2018
  7. 4/5 t7500: rename commit tests script to comply with naming conventionStephen P. Smith, Oct 23, 2018
  8. Eric SunshineOct 23, 2018
  9. 3/5 t7502: rename commit test script to comply with naming conventionStephen P. Smith, Oct 23, 2018
  10. 5/5 t7501: rename commit test to comply with naming conventionStephen P. Smith, Oct 23, 2018
  11. Eric SunshineOct 23, 2018
  12. Stephen & Linda SmithSep 4, 2018
  13. How to handle patch series conflictsStephen & Linda Smith, Sep 5, 2018
  14. Stefan BellerSep 5, 2018
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2018
  16. Stephen & Linda SmithOct 8, 2018
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2018
  18. Stephen SmithOct 9, 2018
  19. Stephen & Linda SmithSep 5, 2018
  20. Stephen & Linda SmithSep 5, 2018
  21. Stephen SmithSep 7, 2018

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