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From: Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de>
To: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
	Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] Teach --no-ff option to 'rebase -i'.
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:42:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100317184210.GB2557@m62s10.vlinux.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BA0FE59.7020303@viscovery.net>

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 05:07:53PM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Peter Baumann schrieb:
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 07:59:19AM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> >> If I were to re-merge topic into master a second time after this
> >> situation, I would install a temporary graft that removes the second
> >> parent of M and repeat the merge. After the graft is removed, the history
> >> would look like this:
> >>
> >>      B --- C --- D --------------.   [topic]
> >>    /              \               \
> >>   A ---  ...   --- M ... --- U ... N [master]
> >>
> >> Are there any downsides? I don't know - I haven't thought it through.
> >>
> > 
> > Might be. If there is any branch starting anywhere in between M and U
> > which also needs to merge [topic] will also cause you headaches :-)
> > 
> >        B --- C --- D --------------.   [topic]
> >      /              \               \
> >     A ---  ...   --- M ... --- U ... N [master]
> >                          \
> >                           x --- y [side_branch wich needs to merge topic] 
> 
> ?? I don't follow you. The side branch already contains the topic. What do
> you want to merge?
> 

Won't it loose the revert 'U' after merging side_branch back to master?

Ah. Looking at the picture more closely, I could answer myself and say it would
only cause a huge mergeconflict, won't it?.

--
Peter

  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-17 18:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-16 16:08 [PATCH] Teach --no-ff option to 'rebase -i' Marc Branchaud
2010-03-16 19:19 ` Marc Branchaud
2010-03-16 19:42 ` [PATCHv2] " Marc Branchaud
2010-03-16 21:47   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-17  6:59     ` Johannes Sixt
2010-03-17 15:58       ` Peter Baumann
2010-03-17 16:07         ` Johannes Sixt
2010-03-17 18:42           ` Peter Baumann [this message]
2010-03-18  7:08             ` Johannes Sixt
2010-03-18  8:03               ` Peter Baumann
2010-03-17 16:03       ` Marc Branchaud
2010-03-17 16:19         ` Johannes Sixt
2010-03-17 18:10           ` Marc Branchaud
2010-03-22 19:25             ` [PATCH] Test that the 'rebase -i' "reword" command always cherry-picks a commit Marc Branchaud
2010-03-22 20:23               ` Avery Pennarun
2010-03-22 22:06                 ` Marc Branchaud
2010-03-22 20:46               ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-23 14:38                 ` Marc Branchaud
2010-03-23 16:19                   ` [PATCHv3] Teach -f/--force-rebase option to 'rebase -i' Marc Branchaud
2010-03-23 22:42                     ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-24 15:40                       ` [PATCHv4 0/2] Teach the --no-ff " Marc Branchaud
2010-03-24 17:13                         ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-24 20:34                           ` [PATCHv5] Teach rebase the --no-ff option Marc Branchaud
2010-03-24 21:45                             ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-24 15:41                       ` [PATCH 1/2] Teach 'rebase -i' to accept and ignore the -f/--force-rebase option Marc Branchaud
2010-03-24 15:41                       ` [PATCH 2/2] Teach the --no-ff option to 'rebase -i' Marc Branchaud
2010-03-24 19:06                         ` Junio C Hamano
2010-03-23 19:16                   ` [PATCH] Test that the 'rebase -i' "reword" command always cherry-picks a commit Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-22 22:09               ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-17 15:56     ` [PATCHv2] Teach --no-ff option to 'rebase -i' Marc Branchaud
2010-03-17 17:53       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-03-17 18:13         ` Jonathan Nieder

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