From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 17:42:50 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] git-repack --max-pack-size Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vps5k5uzt.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Hi, On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Nicolas Pitre writes: > > > On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > >> I was not sure if that is even a good idea, and I am now > >> inclined to think that keeping the failed attempt history is > >> probably better than potentially causing confusion to people who > >> follow 'next'. But it _is_ a possibility to reset 'next' to > >> 'master'. > > > > And what is the advantage of doing that, exactly? > > Not much and that is why I am not sure if that is a good idea, > but one thing is: > > $ git log master..next > $ git log --no-merges master..next > > would start showing what are still pending in next without > noise. Of course, you could graft a fake relationship there. Something like echo $(git rev-parse master master^ next) >> .git/info/grafts should do. And you can do it _locally_, since all you care about is the higher-level relationship that _you_ know about. And this is the way to teach Git about it. Ciao, Dscho