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Re: hmm, can't we give the "root" a parent?

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Sep 12, 2005, 18:26 UTC
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Kay Sievers wrote:
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>
> Can't we teach the git tools that a "root commit" (one without a any
> parent) is not visible as a "root", if let's say:
>   .git/parents/<root-commit-id> -> <fake-parent-id>
> 
> does connect a "fake" parent to the "root"? This way we could add any
> older Linux history to the current tree. Combined with "alternates" it
> could live in a complete different repository too.
Ehh.. That's exactly what "grafting" is about.
So just do
	echo "<root-id> <grafted-parent-id>" >> .git/info/grafts
and it should all work.

Of course, anything that parses the commits by hand won't see it, but all the regular tools hopefully do.

		Linus
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