From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Elijah Newren" <newren@gmail.com>,
kylezhao <kylezhao@tencent.com>, "Taylor Blau" <me@ttaylorr.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] merge-tree.c: add --merge-base=<commit> option
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:04:19 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqsfibsn9o.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1cf1c69b8e8e8e81eccc42b5d8efc605a36ab7eb.1668210314.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget's message of "Fri, 11 Nov 2022 23:45:13 +0000")
"Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> +--merge-base=<commit>::
> + Instead of finding the merge-bases for <branch1> and <branch2>,
> + specify a merge-base for the merge.
OK.
> + const char *merge_base = NULL;
>
> const char * const merge_tree_usage[] = {
> N_("git merge-tree [--write-tree] [<options>] <branch1> <branch2>"),
> @@ -515,6 +533,10 @@ int cmd_merge_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> &o.use_stdin,
> N_("perform multiple merges, one per line of input"),
> PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
> + OPT_STRING(0, "merge-base",
> + &merge_base,
> + N_("commit"),
> + N_("specify a merge-base for the merge")),
> OPT_END()
> };
This looks wrong, though.
Shouldn't "git merge-tree --merge-base=X --merge-base=Y A B"
allow you to compute the merge between A and B in a history
where there are two merge bases?
Unfortunately this is already in 'next', so let's see an incremental
fix on top.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-22 3:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-27 12:12 [PATCH] merge-tree.c: add --merge-base=<commit> option Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-10-27 18:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-28 8:20 ` Elijah Newren
2022-10-28 16:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-29 1:52 ` Elijah Newren
2022-10-28 11:43 ` [Internet]Re: " kylezhao(赵柯宇)
2022-10-28 8:13 ` Elijah Newren
2022-10-28 11:54 ` [Internet]Re: " kylezhao(赵柯宇)
2022-10-28 11:55 ` [PATCH v2] " Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-10-29 1:32 ` Elijah Newren
2022-10-29 3:42 ` [PATCH v3] " Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-01 1:08 ` Elijah Newren
2022-11-01 8:55 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] merge-tree: allow specifying a base commit when --write-tree is passed Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-01 8:55 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] merge-tree.c: add --merge-base=<commit> option Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-01 8:55 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] merge-tree.c: support --merge-base in conjunction with --stdin Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-03 1:13 ` Elijah Newren
2022-11-03 3:28 ` [Internet]Re: " kylezhao(赵柯宇)
2022-11-01 21:19 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] merge-tree: allow specifying a base commit when --write-tree is passed Taylor Blau
2022-11-03 3:29 ` [PATCH v5 " Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-03 3:29 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] merge-tree.c: add --merge-base=<commit> option Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-03 8:36 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-03 9:43 ` [Internet]Re: " kylezhao(赵柯宇)
2022-11-03 3:29 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] merge-tree.c: allow specifying the merge-base when --stdin is passed Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-03 10:50 ` [PATCH v6 0/2] merge-tree: allow specifying a base commit when --write-tree " Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-03 10:50 ` [PATCH v6 1/2] merge-tree.c: add --merge-base=<commit> option Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-03 10:50 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] merge-tree.c: allow specifying the merge-base when --stdin is passed Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-11 19:44 ` Elijah Newren
2022-11-11 23:45 ` [PATCH v7 0/2] merge-tree: allow specifying a base commit when --write-tree " Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-11 23:45 ` [PATCH v7 1/2] merge-tree.c: add --merge-base=<commit> option Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-22 3:04 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-11-22 3:52 ` [Internet]Re: " kylezhao(赵柯宇)
2022-11-22 4:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-22 5:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-22 7:47 ` [Internet]Re: " kylezhao(赵柯宇)
2022-11-11 23:45 ` [PATCH v7 2/2] merge-tree.c: allow specifying the merge-base when --stdin is passed Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-12 0:32 ` [PATCH v7 0/2] merge-tree: allow specifying a base commit when --write-tree " Elijah Newren
2022-11-13 4:53 ` Taylor Blau
2022-11-13 4:54 ` Taylor Blau
2022-11-24 3:37 ` [PATCH v8 0/3] " Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-24 3:37 ` [PATCH v8 1/3] merge-tree.c: add --merge-base=<commit> option Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-24 3:37 ` [PATCH v8 2/3] merge-tree.c: allow specifying the merge-base when --stdin is passed Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-24 3:37 ` [PATCH v8 3/3] docs: fix description of the `--merge-base` option Kyle Zhao via GitGitGadget
2022-11-25 5:28 ` Junio C Hamano
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