From: david@lang.hm
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:02:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Git commit generation numbers
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1107221102180.6496@asgard.lang.hm>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1107220907370.1762@xanadu.home>

On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Jakub Narebski wrote:
>
>> BTW. with storing generation number in commit header there is a problem
>> what would old version of git, one which does not understand said header,
>> do during rebase.  Would it strip unknown headers, or would it copy
>> generation number verbatim - which means that it can be incorrect?
>
> They would indeed be copied verbatim and become incorrect.

how would they become incorrect?

David Lang