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Re: Octopus merge: unique (?) to git, but is it useful?

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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Jun 3, 2008, 08:31 UTC
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Hi,
On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Would it not be better (simpler, cleaner) to just use an object flag?
> 
> No.  Can you tell which flag is safe to use in this context without 
> digging around too much?

Was this not in builtin-commit.c? AFAIR we said that the revision machinery must not use flags higher than 1<<12 or so, which would be left for users.

But I see that you already have the patch in 'master', so I guess you will not change it.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Jakub NarebskiJun 3, 2008
  2. Linus TorvaldsJun 3, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinJun 3, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinJun 3, 2008
  8. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2008
  10. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2008
  12. SZEDER GáborJun 3, 2008
  13. Jeff KingJun 4, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2008
  15. Linus TorvaldsJun 3, 2008
  16. Miklos VajnaJun 3, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiJun 3, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2008
  21. Jakub NarebskiJun 3, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2008
  23. Linus TorvaldsJun 3, 2008
  24. Commit annotations (was:: Octopus merge: unique (?) to git, but is it useful?)Jakub Narebski, Jun 3, 2008
  25. Johannes SchindelinJun 3, 2008
  26. Johan HerlandJun 3, 2008
  27. Daniel VilleneuveJun 3, 2008
  28. Matthieu MoyJun 3, 2008
  29. Jakub NarebskiJun 3, 2008
  30. Matthieu MoyJun 3, 2008

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