From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:54:21 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] merge-recursive: make empty tree a known object
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612101454000.12500@woody.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vlklf2xgd.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Sun, 10 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > In contrast, the empty tree clearly ends up being an interesting special 
> > case that actually gets used occasionally, ie here we had two independent 
> > uses for the same thing..
> 
> Two?

merge-recursive and "diff against root"