Re: [PATCH v2] name_rev: add support for --cherry-picks

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 26, 2018, 19:01 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqr2jpq0s1.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180726153714.GX1934745@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com>

Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> writes:

> I should have explained the use case better.

No, you did not need to. I was not saying the feature is not useful. I was only saying that "explain where in the history X sits" command (i.e. "name-rev X" and "describe X") did not look like a good place to have that feature.

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>   Upstream, it's v4.17-rc1
>     Backported and released through v4.16-prod-r2
>       Also backported to v4.16-prod-r1 (cuz the fix happened while r1 was going through rc's)
>
> So, it extends the description of how the original commit is released
> (or given name) so that releases through cherry-picks are also
> included.

Perhaps. I am not yet 100% convinced, but having a less hard time trying to convince myself now ;-)

Thanks.