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Re: [PATCH 2/2] learn to pick/revert into unborn branch

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 23, 2012, 07:01 UTC
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On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 7:24 AM, Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> As for use cases, I didn't consider that much more than that it might
> be useful for implementing "git rebase --root". I haven't implemented
> that yet, so I can't say for sure that it will work out.
>
> One use case might be to rewrite history by creating an new unborn
> branch and picking the initial commit and a subset of other commits.
> Anyway, I didn't implement it because I thought it would be very
> useful, but mostly because I just thought it should work (for
> completeness).
I agree that it would be nice if it worked.

Thanks, Christian.

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  1. 1/2 tests: move test_cmp_rev to test-lib-functionsMartin von Zweigbergk, Dec 21, 2012
  2. 2/2 learn to pick/revert into unborn branchMartin von Zweigbergk, Dec 21, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 23, 2012
  4. Martin von ZweigbergkDec 23, 2012
  5. Christian CouderDec 23, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 23, 2012
  7. Philip OakleyDec 23, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 23, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 23, 2012
  10. Martin von ZweigbergkDec 24, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 23, 2012

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