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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] contrib/fast-import: add perl version of simple example
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:36:12 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Sam Vilain wrote:

> I personally want to be able to dump patches, including merges, to
> git-format-patch format, in such a way that all other information (eg,
> committer, date, etc) is preserved.

We already talked about that on IRC, and you have not even _begun_ to 
think about the fundamental issues with merges-in-a-patch.  I mentioned a 
few on IRC, and am still awaiting your reply.

Unless you tackle those fundamental issues, I am afraid it is not worth 
bothering to discuss this subject any more.

Ciao,
Dscho