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Re: [RFC/PATCH] Add git-squash tool and tests

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 9, 2008, 21:34 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0806092232480.1783@racer>
In-Reply-To
<484D984F.20700@gnu.org>
Hi,
On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
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> > Junio, this could be a backend for the zucchini instruction, by just
> >  zucchini <n>  =>  git-squash "HEAD~$(expr $n + 1)"    ;-) 
> 
> ... zucchini becomes
> 
>   git reset --hard HEAD~$(expr $n)
>   git merge --no-ff --squash HEAD@{1}

Except that zucchini is meant for the sequencer, which can implement it much more efficiently (i.e. it does not have to check out HEAD~$n). Also, it must not rely on reflogs being enabled.

sequencer is plumbing, while the reset mantra is porcelain.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 11 of 41 in “[RFC] git-sequencer.txt”
  1. Stephan BeyerJun 7, 2008
  2. squashing patches (was: Re: [RFC] git-sequencer.txt)Stephan Beyer, Jun 9, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  4. Paolo BonziniJun 9, 2008
  5. Paolo BonziniJun 9, 2008
  6. Stephan BeyerJun 9, 2008
  7. Paolo BonziniJun 9, 2008
  8. Add git-squash tool and testsStephan Beyer, Jun 9, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  10. Paolo BonziniJun 9, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  12. Stephan BeyerJun 9, 2008
  13. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2008
  14. Stephan BeyerJun 9, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  16. Stephan BeyerJun 9, 2008
  17. Jeff KingJun 9, 2008
  18. Stephan BeyerJun 9, 2008
  19. Jeff KingJun 10, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  21. Stephan BeyerJun 10, 2008
  22. Jakub NarebskiJun 9, 2008
  23. Stephan BeyerJun 10, 2008
  24. Christian CouderJun 10, 2008
  25. Stephan BeyerJun 10, 2008
  26. Christian CouderJun 11, 2008
  27. Daniel BarkalowJun 11, 2008
  28. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2008
  29. [RFCv2/FYI] git-sequencer.txtStephan Beyer, Jun 12, 2008
  30. Paolo BonziniJun 12, 2008
  31. Stephan BeyerJun 12, 2008
  32. git-commit: Change --reuse-message to --reuse-commit.Stephan Beyer, Jun 12, 2008
  33. Paolo BonziniJun 12, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2008
  35. Stephan BeyerJun 12, 2008
  36. Paolo BonziniJun 13, 2008
  37. Stephan BeyerJun 13, 2008
  38. Paolo BonziniJun 13, 2008
  39. Olivier MarinJun 13, 2008
  40. Jakub NarebskiJun 12, 2008
  41. Stephan BeyerJun 12, 2008

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