Re: [PATCH] git-gui: pass the branch name to git merge

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 23, 2016, 20:05 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4m2ym06p.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <5baaf25b-6f15-8002-97ea-97c5c6a4b4e4@kdbg.org>

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

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> Am 22.11.2016 um 21:40 schrieb Johannes Sixt:
>> Am 22.11.2016 um 20:16 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>>> Can't this be handled on the "git merge FETCH_HEAD" codepath
>>> instead?
>>
>> Absolutely. Any takers? ;)
>
> I attempted to fix git merge FETCH_HEAD, but I do not see a trivial
> solution.
>
> But on second thought, we have an excuse to pick my proposed git-gui
> change anyway: Without that change and a fix in git-merge only, there
> is still a regression for all users who use the latest git-gui but
> some git version between 2.5.0 and the fixed git-merge...

I'll leave it up to Pat, as I do not read tcl very well ;-)