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Re: [PATCH] rebase with preserve merges should not show merged commits

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 22, 2008, 11:22 UTC
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<alpine.LSU.1.00.0803221222210.4124@racer.site>
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Hi,
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Jörg Sommer wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin schrieb am Sat 22. Mar, 02:33 (+0100):
> > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > 
> > > The current version of git-rebase--interactive shows the user the 
> > > commits coming from a merge.
> > > 
> > > M---A---B
> > >  \       \
> > >   o---o---+---o branch
> > > 
> > > Rebasing branch on M with preserve merges gives the commits A and B. But 
> > > if you mark them for editing or remove them the rebase fails. You must 
> > > keep them as they are. It's useless to bother the user with these 
> > > commits and might lead to mistakes.
> > 
> > I don't understand.  Rebasing with "rebase --onto <something else> M" 
> > _should_ show A and B.
> 
> But IMO not “rebase --onto <something else> --preserve-merges -i M”.
Umm, yes it should.

You are asking to transplant everything up to and including M onto something else.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 7 of 19 in “rebase with preserve merges should not show merged commits”
  1. rebase with preserve merges should not show merged commitsJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  2. Check for non‐foreign commits in rebase-interactive testJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  3. Handle fast forward correctly in rebase with preserve mergesJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  4. New tests to check rebase with preserve mergesJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinMar 22, 2008
  6. Jörg SommerMar 22, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinMar 22, 2008
  8. Björn SteinbrinkMar 22, 2008
  9. Jörg SommerMar 22, 2008
  10. Björn SteinbrinkMar 22, 2008
  11. Jörg SommerMar 22, 2008
  12. Björn SteinbrinkMar 22, 2008
  13. Jörg SommerMar 22, 2008
  14. 1/5 rebase with preserve merges should not show merged commitsJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  15. 2/5 New test: no merges without preserve mergesJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  16. 3/5 Check for non‐foreign commits in rebase-interactive testJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  17. 4/5 Handle fast forward correctly in rebase with preserve mergesJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  18. 5/5 New tests to check rebase with preserve mergesJörg Sommer, Mar 22, 2008
  19. Johannes SchindelinMar 22, 2008

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