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[feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick

Subject: [feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick

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3 messages between Feb 24, 2011 and Feb 24, 2011.

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Chris Friesen· Feb 24, 2011, 18:30 UTC · lore

If I cherry-pick a bugfix from a more recent version of a project, it would be useful to have an indication somewhere in the commit information of where it originally came from.

That way, if I then upgrade to a newer version of the software it becomes obvious that I don't need to worry about porting that commit forwards because it's already been handled upstream.

As it stands, it's not immediately obvious what was cherry-picked vs what was developed locally.

Chris

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Jeff King· Feb 24, 2011, 19:12 UTC · re: Chris Friesen · lore

Re: [feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:30:33PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:

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> If I cherry-pick a  bugfix from a more recent version of a project, it
> would be useful to have an indication somewhere in the commit
> information of where it originally came from.
> 
> That way, if I then upgrade to a newer version of the software it
> becomes obvious that I don't need to worry about porting that commit
> forwards because it's already been handled upstream.
> 
> As it stands, it's not immediately obvious what was cherry-picked vs
> what was developed locally.

Have you tried cherry-pick -x?

-Peff

Chris Friesen· Feb 24, 2011, 19:17 UTC · re: Jeff King · lore

Re: [feature request] embed original commit info in cherry-pick

On 02/24/2011 01:12 PM, Jeff King wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:30:33PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:
>> If I cherry-pick a  bugfix from a more recent version of a project, it
>> would be useful to have an indication somewhere in the commit
>> information of where it originally came from.
> 
> Have you tried cherry-pick -x?

Okay, I'm an idiot.  Thanks for the pointer, sorry for the noise.

Chris

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Software Developer
GENBAND
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