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Re: how to combine two clones in a collection

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 11, 2007, 10:46 UTC
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martin f krafft wrote:
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> I wonder how to create a project with two completely independent
> branches which have no common ancestry. I don't think it's possible.
> One needs a throwaway branch to create the first commit, then branch
> each of the two branches off that, then delete the throwaya branch
> (or keep it around).

Git repository itself has a few completely independent branches, some of them visible. One of them, the 'todo' branch is actually from independent repository, two other, 'man' and 'html' are generated automatically by the build script.

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. martin f krafftJul 9, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsJul 10, 2007
  3. martin f krafftJul 10, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2007
  5. martin f krafftJul 10, 2007
  6. Martin LanghoffJul 10, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsJul 10, 2007
  8. martin f krafftJul 10, 2007
  9. Brian GernhardtJul 10, 2007
  10. Kalle PokkiJul 10, 2007
  11. Brian GernhardtJul 10, 2007
  12. Robin RosenbergJul 10, 2007
  13. martin f krafftJul 11, 2007
  14. Johannes SchindelinJul 11, 2007
  15. martin f krafftJul 11, 2007
  16. Jakub NarebskiJul 11, 2007

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