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From: Ivan Kanis <expire-by-2011-02-20@kanis.fr>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: configuring cherry-pick to always use -x?
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:38:01 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vd0lwscm.fsf@kanis.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimi=d0qbO3_-BEnPEJ+iy9B=_fksF7TiBE7HorC@mail.gmail.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:05:06 -0800")

Hi Junio,

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Adam Monsen <haircut@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there a configuration option to make cherry-pick always include the
>> source commit hash in the new commit log message?
>
> Not currently, but before we go any further, could you please justify
> in what workflow it would make sense to use -x most of the time?
>
> We used to add the "cherry-picked from" by default in the very early
> days, and stopped doing so for a reason, and also deliberately stayed
> away from adding such a configuration to actively discourage the use
> of -x without making the user thinking twice.

Could you elaborate on the reason why -x is a bad idea?

Kind regards,
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Ivan Kanis, Release Manager, Vision Objects,
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-02-15  9:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-14 17:19 configuring cherry-pick to always use -x? Adam Monsen
2011-02-14 18:09 ` Jay Soffian
2011-02-14 21:23   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-14 21:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-14 21:50   ` Adam Monsen
2011-02-15  8:58     ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-15  9:18       ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-02-15  9:29         ` Michael J Gruber
2011-02-15 16:16       ` Jay Soffian
2011-02-15 21:03       ` release maintenance vs. release engineering (was: configuring cherry-pick to always use -x?) Adam Monsen
2011-02-14 21:53   ` configuring cherry-pick to always use -x? Jay Soffian
2011-02-15  9:38   ` Ivan Kanis [this message]

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