From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:23:02 GMT
Subject: Re: git versus CVS (versus bk)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510311822080.27915@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <86hdaxf6wq.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>



On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> 
> Martin>    cg-diff -r from:to | patch -p1
> 
> What's the easiest way then to toss all that intermediate history?
> I'm thinking of the rcs "-o" switch that "outdates" any deltas in that
> range.

Start a new branch before the sequence you want to clean up. Then, move 
the cleaned-up history to that branch, and eventually you can just delete 
the old one.

		Linus