Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] Teach rebase interactive the mark command
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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- Apr 29, 2008, 22:55 UTC
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hi,
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes: > > > It is a simple matter of the word "acyclic" in the term "DAG". It means > > that whenever you need to refer to a commit, it either comes before or > > after the commit you need it for, not both directions. > > I fell in the same "acyclic" fallacy before I realized it was a mistake, > especially after thought about the "rewritten B needs to be used more > than twice as a merge source" issue. That's why I earlier said the > beauty of your approach is attractive but it "unfortunately" breaks > down.
I do not understand. The topological order assures that you have rewritten every commit that needs to be rewritten before rewriting the current commit.
Puzzled, Dscho