Re: n-heads and patch dependency chains
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
- Date
- Apr 4, 2006, 11:03 UTC
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Andreas Ericsson wrote:
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> Wouldn't "git commit -M -b topic", for committing to a different branch > than what is checked out (-b) and also to the checked out branch (-M) > have the same beneficial effects, but without the complexity of hydras > and patch dependency theory? It would only remove the cherry-pick stage > though, but perhaps it's good enough. Although when I think about it, -b > <branch> for committing to another branch and -B <branch> for doing the > above probably makes more sense.
Do you mean that you commit current state to the checked out (working) branch, and commit *changes* (i.e. apply patch) to a different branch?
-- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland