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Re: [PATCH v2] git checkout -b: unparent the new branch with -o

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 13, 2010, 09:33 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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>     Side note: The other two "disjoint" merges we have are also this kind
>     of "no common paths" merge.  Nobody who was involved in the branches
>     that resulted in them prepared his branch with --orphan, by the way.
>     They started out in independent repositories, because they were by
>     definition independent projects and these were "cross project merges",
>     as Linus put it.

Note that beside "disjoint" merges ("cross project merges"), of gitk, git-gui, gitweb and (very early in git history) git mail tools, there are also three "disjoint"/"unparented" branches: 'html', 'man' and 'todo'.

While 'todo' is totally unrelated, and if instead of starting in separate repository it would be created using proposed feature, it would be created with "no common paths" case.

BUT in the case of 'html' and 'man' branches I could see why current implementation of _removing index and not removing files_ might be advantageous. Remove index, create HTML and manpage version of documentation, and add HTML (in 'html' branch) or manpages (in 'man' branch)... probably shifting root, so it is not all in single Documentation directory.

Just my 2 eurocents.
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Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 11 of 17 in “git checkout -b: unparent the new branch with -o”
  1. git checkout -b: unparent the new branch with -oErick Mattos, Mar 9, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2010
  3. Bert WesargMar 12, 2010
  4. David KågedalApr 27, 2010
  5. Erick MattosMar 12, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2010
  8. Erick MattosMar 14, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  10. Erick MattosMar 16, 2010
  11. Jakub NarebskiMar 13, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2010
  13. Erick MattosMar 14, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  15. Erick MattosMar 16, 2010
  16. Erick MattosMar 14, 2010
  17. Erick MattosMar 14, 2010

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