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Re: Re* [PATCH] allow git-am to run in a subdirectory

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 3, 2008, 11:53 UTC
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Hi,
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Have people actually used --dotest=<foo> ever?
> 
> As far as I know, I do not think it was useful in the real world.  Too 
> many things assumed that the spool directory for "am" is .dotest.
> 
> And I am very much tempted to say we should remove that option.

Concur. While at it, we could move both .dotest/ and .git/.dotest-merge/ to .git/dotest/, no?

I know, I was opposed to this change, but let's just see how many heads pop up all of a sudden on the mailing list, okay?

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. allow git-am to run in a subdirectoryJeff King, Mar 1, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2008
  3. Jeff KingMar 1, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2008
  5. Jeff KingMar 1, 2008
  6. Jay SoffianMar 3, 2008
  7. Re* [PATCH] allow git-am to run in a subdirectoryJunio C Hamano, Mar 3, 2008
  8. Jeff KingMar 3, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinMar 3, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2008

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