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Re: [PATCH] add--interactive: handle initial commit better

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 13, 2008, 13:11 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Jeff King wrote:
> >  	}
> > +	if (!hashcmp(sha1, empty_tree.sha1))
> > +		return &empty_tree;
> >  	return NULL;
> >  }
> 
> Heh.  This is cute.  But it is also a bit hard to reference, no?  I mean, 
> you have to remember the SHA-1 of it...
> 
> Maybe {} ?

Or NULL? You can do this even without modifying git code, I think, by adding refs/NULL with appropriate sha-1...

^{tree} I think resolves to HEAD^{tree}
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Jakub Narebski
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Message 8 of 13 in “[Bug] git add -i fails in multiple ways prior to first commit.”
  1. Rhodes, KateFeb 12, 2008
  2. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiFeb 13, 2008
  4. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008
  5. add--interactive: handle initial commit betterJeff King, Feb 13, 2008
  6. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2008
  8. Jakub NarebskiFeb 13, 2008
  9. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2008
  13. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2008

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