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Re: "Branch objects" (was: Re: cherry picking and merge)

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NWNico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com>
Date
Aug 7, 2014, 22:54 UTC
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> wrote:
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> Nico Williams <nico@cryptonector.com> wrote:
>> Either way I retain the old HEAD with some name.
>
> Hmm, yes, I can see that would work. However my previous workflow was
> rather branch-heavy and I found the accumulation of names annoying. I have
> not yet had enough usage out of git-repub to see if it goes too far in the
> direction of lack-of-names. A big omission is no opportunity to edit its
> commit messages.

Oh, I just read your script more carefully and looked at your example history again. You're using parent metadata in the commits to keep the history alive without the extra names, correct? *That* is _clever_. Hats off. I may have to steal this script :)

Nico --

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  1. Jakub NarębskiAug 6, 2014
  2. Nico WilliamsAug 6, 2014
  3. Tony FinchAug 7, 2014
  4. Nico WilliamsAug 7, 2014
  5. Tony FinchAug 7, 2014
  6. Nico WilliamsAug 7, 2014
  7. Tony FinchAug 7, 2014
  8. Nico WilliamsAug 7, 2014
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