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Re: [PATCH v6 02/10] replace: add --graft option

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 11, 2014, 14:22 UTC
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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>> "Making sure A's parent is B" would be an
>>> idempotent operation, no?  Why not just make sure A's parent is
>>> already B and report "Your wish has been granted" to the user?
>
> ... and here you say we should report "your wish has been granted"...

Normal way for "git replace" to report that is to exit with status 0 and without any noise, I would think.

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>>> Why would it be simpler for the user to get an error, inspect the
>>> situation and realize that his wish has been granted after all?
>
> ... but for me reporting to the user "your wish has been granted" and
> warning (or errorring out) saying "the new commit would be the same as
> the old one" are nearly the same thing.
>
> So I wonder what exactly you are not happy with.
See above.
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Message 9 of 26 in “Add --graft option to git replace”
  1. 00/10 Add --graft option to git replaceChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  2. 01/10 replace: cleanup redirection style in testsChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  3. 02/10 replace: add --graft optionChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2014
  5. Christian CouderJul 10, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2014
  8. Christian CouderJul 11, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2014
  10. Christian CouderJul 11, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2014
  12. Jeff KingJul 11, 2014
  13. 03/10 replace: add test for --graftChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2014
  15. Christian CouderJul 8, 2014
  16. 04/10 Documentation: replace: add --graft optionChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  17. 05/10 contrib: add convert-grafts-to-replace-refs.shChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  18. 06/10 replace: remove signature when using --graftChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  19. 07/10 replace: add test for --graft with signed commitChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  20. 08/10 commit: add for_each_mergetag()Christian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  21. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2014
  22. Christian CouderJul 8, 2014
  23. 09/10 replace: check mergetags when using --graftChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2014
  25. Christian CouderJul 8, 2014
  26. 10/10 replace: add test for --graft with a mergetagChristian Couder, Jul 7, 2014

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