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Re: Temporary directories getting errantly added into trees

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 22, 2007, 10:55 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0711221052280.27959@racer.site>
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<4744FCD9.7020102@vilain.net>
Hi,
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Sam Vilain wrote:
> I just got through a rather nasty debugging session with git-rebase, 
> which relies on a .dotest directory.  Turns out that .dotest was 
> accidentally added to the tree in the history of the commit that was 
> being rebased onto.

While we're at it, could we change the name so that it is .git/rebase, and not .dotest or .git/.dotest-merge?

Yes, I know, existing tools could rely on the location. But then, I do not think that tools should be allowed to be _that_ married to particular implementations. And indeed, I see no reason why a tool should access .dotest, except for accessing .dotest/patch, and then it will be very obvious where it fails.

But I don't know about QGit, StGit, etc...

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 4 of 12 in “Temporary directories getting errantly added into trees”
  1. Sam VilainNov 22, 2007
  2. Eric WongNov 22, 2007
  3. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2007
  5. Martin LanghoffNov 22, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  8. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2007
  10. Karl HasselströmNov 23, 2007
  11. Sam VilainNov 24, 2007
  12. Marco CostalbaNov 23, 2007

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