ESR> Ilya Basin <[email protected]>: >> For new branches the 'from' command can refer the common ancestor in >> an existing branch. For example: >> >> /----------E thebranch >> / >> A---B---C---D master >> >> Commit E is newer than D; we already imported D; thebranch is new. >> Instead of: >> from refs/heads/thebranch^0 >> refer the parent as: >> from refs/heads/master^2
ESR> Understood. Do you actually need this much generality in practice, ESR> or is it a theoretical case? Such cases occur quite often. -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
