From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>,
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/8] rebase: rename merge_base to branch_base
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:49:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7b9d2a05-de2e-d0e0-6554-a592fa2349d4@dunelm.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <221013.86bkqfleh5.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>
On 13/10/2022 20:16, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 13 2022, Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
>> From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>>
>> merge_base is not a very descriptive name, the variable always holds
>> the merge-base of 'branch' and 'onto' which is commit at the base of
>> the branch being rebased so rename it to branch_base.
>
> To me "branch" means or has heavier implications of "named branch" than
> just a merge base, and this command is perfectly happy to work on
> commits disconnected from any named branch.
> > But more to the point, the rebase docs for --onto discuss a "merge
> base", so you'd read those, and then encounter this code talking about a
> "branch base", and wonder what the difference was...
Aren't the docs saying the merge base is the base of the commits (i.e.
branch) being rebased? I don't think merge_base is a particularly
helpful name as it doesn't tell us what it is the merge base of and
branch_base was the best I could come up with. I see what you mean in
the detached HEAD case, but as the command also works with named
branches I hope it is fairly obvious what "branch_base" is in the
detached HEAD case.
Best Wishes
Phillip
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-17 9:51 UTC|newest]
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2022-08-15 15:11 [PATCH 0/5] rebase --keep-base: imply --reapply-cherry-picks and --no-fork-point Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-08-15 15:11 ` [PATCH 1/5] t3416: set $EDITOR in subshell Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-08-15 16:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-16 13:53 ` Phillip Wood
2022-08-24 22:28 ` Jonathan Tan
2022-08-30 15:12 ` Phillip Wood
2022-08-15 15:11 ` [PATCH 2/5] rebase: store orig_head as a commit Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-08-15 16:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-16 9:11 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-18 7:01 ` Elijah Newren
2022-08-15 15:11 ` [PATCH 3/5] rebase: factor out merge_base calculation Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-08-15 17:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-16 9:15 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-16 15:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-16 13:50 ` Phillip Wood
2022-08-16 15:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-18 7:11 ` Elijah Newren
2022-08-24 22:02 ` Jonathan Tan
2022-08-30 15:03 ` Phillip Wood
2022-08-15 15:11 ` [PATCH 4/5] rebase --keep-base: imply --reapply-cherry-picks Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-08-15 20:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-24 22:09 ` Jonathan Tan
2022-08-30 15:09 ` Phillip Wood
2022-08-25 0:29 ` Philippe Blain
2022-09-05 13:54 ` Phillip Wood
2022-08-15 15:11 ` [PATCH 5/5] rebase --keep-base: imply --no-fork-point Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-08-15 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-24 22:18 ` Jonathan Tan
2022-09-05 13:51 ` Phillip Wood
2022-08-16 9:23 ` [PATCH 0/5] rebase --keep-base: imply --reapply-cherry-picks and --no-fork-point Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-24 22:27 ` Jonathan Tan
2022-09-07 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] " Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-09-07 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] t3416: tighten two tests Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-09-07 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-07 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] t3416: set $EDITOR in subshell Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-09-07 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-07 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] rebase: store orig_head as a commit Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-09-07 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-08 13:19 ` Phillip Wood
2022-09-07 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] rebase: rename merge_base to branch_base Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-09-07 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-07 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] rebase: factor out branch_base calculation Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-09-07 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-07 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] rebase --keep-base: imply --reapply-cherry-picks Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-09-07 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] rebase --keep-base: imply --no-fork-point Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-09-08 2:44 ` Denton Liu
2022-09-08 13:21 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] rebase --keep-base: imply --reapply-cherry-picks and --no-fork-point Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] t3416: tighten two tests Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] t3416: set $EDITOR in subshell Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] rebase: be stricter when reading state files containing oids Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-13 16:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-13 19:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-13 20:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] rebase: store orig_head as a commit Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-13 16:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-13 20:49 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-13 23:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] rebase: rename merge_base to branch_base Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-13 19:16 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-17 9:49 ` Phillip Wood [this message]
2022-10-17 11:27 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-17 13:13 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-17 16:19 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-19 15:35 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] rebase: factor out branch_base calculation Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-13 19:21 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-17 9:39 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-17 11:23 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] rebase --keep-base: imply --reapply-cherry-picks Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-13 8:42 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] rebase --keep-base: imply --no-fork-point Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] rebase --keep-base: imply --reapply-cherry-picks and --no-fork-point Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] t3416: tighten two tests Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] t3416: set $EDITOR in subshell Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] rebase: be stricter when reading state files containing oids Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 18:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-19 15:32 ` Phillip Wood
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] rebase: store orig_head as a commit Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] rebase: rename merge_base to branch_base Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] rebase: factor out branch_base calculation Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] rebase --keep-base: imply --reapply-cherry-picks Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2022-10-17 13:17 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] rebase --keep-base: imply --no-fork-point Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
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