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Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-p4: use HEAD~$n to find parent commit for unshelve

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Sep 20, 2020, 05:34 UTC
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On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 4:54 AM Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org> wrote:
> git-p4: use HEAD~$n to find parent commit for unshelve

This commit message repeats what the patch itself says but doesn't explain why this change is being made or what problem is being solved. Some explanation to help readers understand the problem would be welcome.

> Found-by: Liu Xuhui (Jackson) <Xuhui.Liu@amd.com>
I believe this would generally be stated as Reported-by:.
> Signed-off-by: Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org>
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Message 4 of 5 in “git-p4: unshelve uses HEAD^n, not HEAD~n”
  1. 0/2 git-p4: unshelve uses HEAD^n, not HEAD~nLuke Diamand, Sep 19, 2020
  2. 1/2 git-p4 unshelve: adding a commit breaks git-p4 unshelveLuke Diamand, Sep 19, 2020
  3. 2/2 git-p4: use HEAD~$n to find parent commit for unshelveLuke Diamand, Sep 19, 2020
  4. Eric SunshineSep 20, 2020
  5. Eric SunshineSep 20, 2020

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