Re: [RFC] cherry-pick using multiple parents to implement -x

Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

"Stephen R. van den Berg" [off-list ref] wrote:

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Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

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"Stephen R. van den Berg" [off-list ref] wrote:

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Whereas cherry-pick would (optionally) generate a cousin reference for every
commit it picks.

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Sorry for wandering into a thread in the middle.  But we've already
been down this road before, and decided the additional header wasn't
worth it from cherry-pick.  What's changed?

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I'm not familiar with the old thread.  Any pointers?  (I tried googling,
but couldn't seem to find it).

Here's at least one instance of it:

http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0604/19514.html

Found it, thanks.  Digested it, and yes, some things changed.
I'll make a formal proposal which should take care of all the old
objections.
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Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

"Be spontaneous!"