Re: [PATCH] Rename ".dotest/" to ".git/rebase" and ".dotest-merge" to "rebase-merge"

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 16, 2008, 02:30 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807160428590.2841@eeepc-johanness>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0807151851090.2835@woody.linux-foundation.org>

Hi,

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > 
> > Of course, you can name it as you want.  But I thought that the name 
> > "rebase" applies as well: the patches are rebased from somewhere else 
> > on top of HEAD :-)
> 
> Well, the original thing was not rebasing, it was patch application. You 
> could _perhaps_ call that "rebasing" from another tree, but that's a 
> stretch.

Hey, I do not insist on that name. I just explained why I thought it was okay even for am. If you know a better name, just tell me, and I'll adapt the patch in no time (at least as long as I am awake).

Ciao, Dscho