Re: Multi-branch committing in git, revisited - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Multi-branch committing in git, revisited
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Msg-id 3B8485A8-4CDE-476F-BFB5-535FFE131A7E@kineticode.com
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In response to Multi-branch committing in git, revisited  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Sep 21, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> While this isn't much worse than what I was used to with CVS, it's
> definitely not better.  I think that I could simplify transferring the
> patch back to older branches if I could use git cherry-pick.  However,
> that only works on already-committed patches.  If I commit in master
> before I start working on 9.0, and so on back, then the commits will be
> separated in time by a significant amount, thus destroying any chance of
> having git_topo_order recognize them as related.  So we're back up
> against the problem of git not really understanding the relationships of
> patches in different branches.

You could commit in each one as you go, cherry-pick, and then in each one
   git reset --soft HEAD^

Then they'd all be patched and staged.

Best,

David



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