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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, me@ttaylorr.com,
	Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>,
	"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] revision: --include-diversions adds helpful merges
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:35:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqv9m9oe2p.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9eab6c60-3c99-d6ac-9206-02ce37f7a479@gmail.com> (Derrick Stolee's message of "Wed, 8 Apr 2020 16:22:21 -0400")

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

> Then I suppose we should focus on naming merge commits with this property:
>
>   A merge commit that is not TREESAME to its first parent (but is TREESAME
>   to a later parent).
>
> The part in parentheses may be optional, because a merge commit that is
> not TREESAME to any parent will be included by every history mode.

A merge that is TREESAME to its first parent does not introduce
anything new to the mainline (as far as the paths that match the
pathspec are concerned).  We are trying to find names to call merges
that are not those no-op merges.  Hmph...

> In my latest attempt at documentation, I called these merges "diverters"
> yet still used "--include-diversions". Here are a few other words that we
> could use:
>
>  * diverters or diversions
>  * redirects
>  * switches (think railroad switch). Synonym: exchange
>  * detours

...none of the above tells me that they are not no-op (in other
words, they do something meaningful), so I must be coming from
a direction different from you are.  What redirects from what other
thing, for example?



  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-08 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-08  1:22 [PATCH] revision: --include-diversions adds helpful merges Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-04-08  1:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-08  1:39   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-08 15:28     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-08 19:46       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-08 20:05         ` Jeff King
2020-04-08 20:22           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-08 21:35             ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-04-08 23:59               ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-09  0:08                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-09 11:52                   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-09 14:28                   ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-09 15:56                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-09 17:20                       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-09 18:24                         ` Jeff King
2020-04-09 18:55                           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-09 19:21                             ` Jeff King
2020-04-08  2:13 ` brian m. carlson
2020-04-08 18:48 ` Jeff King
2020-04-09  0:01 ` [PATCH v2] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-04-10 12:19   ` [PATCH v3] revision: --show-pulls " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-04-10 20:06     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-10 21:43       ` Derrick Stolee

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