From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:36:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCHv8 00/10] git notes
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0911201135230.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20091120192800.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>

Hi,

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Nanako Shiraishi wrote:

> Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> 
> > So here is what I did tonight.
> >
> > Step 0.  Apply as you specified on top of 'next'
> >
> >     $ git checkout next^0
> >     $ git am -s your-10-patches
> >     $ M=$(git describe)
> >
> > Step 1.  Rebase back to the bottom of the old series
> >
> >     $ git checkout next...jh/notes
> 
> What do three-dots mean in this command?

Maybe it means "go back to the bottom of the old series"? ;-)  IIUC it is 
the equivalent of

	$ git checkout $(git merge-base next jh/notes)

Hth,
Dscho