Re: [PATCH 0/8] git-repack --max-pack-size
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
- Date
- May 1, 2007, 17:17 UTC
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On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes: > > > On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > >> I was not sure if that is even a good idea, and I am now > >> inclined to think that keeping the failed attempt history is > >> probably better than potentially causing confusion to people who > >> follow 'next'. But it _is_ a possibility to reset 'next' to > >> 'master'. > > > > And what is the advantage of doing that, exactly? > > Not much and that is why I am not sure if that is a good idea, > but one thing is: > > $ git log master..next > $ git log --no-merges master..next > > would start showing what are still pending in next without > noise.
If you do so, then please tag the branch before resetting it. I think it contains valuable data that would get lost otherwise.
Nicolas