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Re: [PATCH 0/3] doc: replay: improvements like "mention no output on conflicts"

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 8, 2025, 12:41 UTC
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"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:
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> On Sun, Dec 7, 2025, at 22:58, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com writes:
>>>[snip]
>>> base-commit: bdc5341ff65278a3cc80b2e8a02a2f02aa1fac06
>>
>> All looked sensible.
>>
>> The second one looked a bit sketchy, but that was the phrase used by
>> the log message for c4611130 (replay: add --contained to rebase
>> contained branches, 2023-11-24).
>
> How should `--contained` be documented?

The text you added uses exactly the phrase used by the log message, so the author of the feature apparently felt it is good enough ;-).

It just felt that "contained in <revision-range>" is understandable enough. For example, I am unsure if somebody who read the document can accurately answer the following question:

    If you forked 7-commit series from v1.0, merged the early 3
    commits to the 'master' branch, and merged the rest to the
    'next' branch, is that branch contained in 'master..next'?  Or
    it is not because the bottommost 3 commits are not part of
    master..next?  If it is the former, is it because the topmost
    commit (i.e., the commit pointed at by the branch reference) is
    the only thing that counts, and it indeed is master..next?
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  1. 0/3 doc: replay: improvements like "mention no output on conflicts"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 7, 2025
  2. 1/3 doc: replay: mention no output on conflictskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 7, 2025
  3. 2/3 doc: replay: document --containedkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 7, 2025
  4. 3/3 doc: replay: link section using markupkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 7, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2025
  6. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 8, 2025
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2025
  8. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 9, 2025
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2025
  10. Toon ClaesDec 8, 2025
  11. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 8, 2025
  12. Phillip WoodDec 8, 2025
  13. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 9, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2025
  15. Phillip WoodDec 10, 2025
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2025
  17. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 10, 2025
  18. Phillip WoodDec 10, 2025
  19. Elijah NewrenDec 10, 2025
  20. 0/3 doc: replay: improvements like "mention no output on conflicts"kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 13, 2025
  21. 1/3 doc: replay: mention no output on conflictskristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 13, 2025
  22. 2/3 replay: improve --contained and add to dockristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 13, 2025
  23. 3/3 doc: replay: link section using markupkristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com, Dec 13, 2025
  24. Phillip WoodDec 15, 2025
  25. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 15, 2025
  26. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2025
  27. Phillip WoodDec 16, 2025
  28. Kristoffer HaugsbakkDec 20, 2025

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