From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 20:45:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [BUG] Add a test to check git-prune does not throw away revs hidden by a graft.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0605191344200.10823@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060519202540.GF6535@nowhere.earth>



On Fri, 19 May 2006, Yann Dirson wrote:
> 
> > We _could_ decide that fsck should just follow the "real parents" and the 
> > grafts _both_. That's the safe thing to do by default. Possibly with a 
> > flag to say "prefer one over the other", or even a "prefer which-ever 
> > exists".
> 
> I'm not sure I see how "prefer which-ever exists" would be useful - do
> you have anything precise in mind ?

It would be a "once you've pruned one or the other, don't complain any 
more about the fact that it doesn't exist" flag.

		Linus