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From: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>, <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:16:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201001101316.49164.trast@student.ethz.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vskaefp2v.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> while possible, it leaves you in a state that is hard to
> >> +back out of in the case of a conflict.
> >> +
> >
> > Oh, that is a problem.  Maybe 'git merge' should refuse to merge
> > unless told otherwise, if there is a dirty index and there might be
> > conflicts.

Actually I'm worried about a dirty *worktree*.  Do you think that
should be clarified?

> "git reset --merge" will keep your local changes after such a merge, and
> "mergy" operations (not just "merge" but also "revert", "am -3", etc)
> won't get you into a situation where you cannot, by refusing to do
> anything when e.g. your index is dirty.  Especially when Christian's
> "reset --merge" update becomes solid, "... is hard to back out of" will
> become a false statement.

Does that apply to dirty worktrees, too?  I admit I didn't follow that
topic at all.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch

  reply	other threads:[~2010-01-10 12:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-07 17:03 [PATCH 1/2] Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull" Thomas Rast
2010-01-07 17:03 ` [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees Thomas Rast
2010-01-07 17:03 ` [NON-PATCH 3/2] Documentation/git-merge: format full commands in typewriter font Thomas Rast
2010-01-07 20:25   ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-07 21:08   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-07 18:01 ` [PATCH 1/2] Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull" Junio C Hamano
2010-01-10  0:02   ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Documentation style fixes Thomas Rast
2010-01-10  0:02     ` [PATCH v2 1/4] Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull" Thomas Rast
2010-01-10  4:13       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-10 12:24         ` Thomas Rast
2010-01-23 22:48           ` [PATCH] Documentation: merge: use MERGE_HEAD to refer to the remote branch Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-10  0:02     ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees Thomas Rast
2010-01-10  4:49       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-10  6:31         ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-10 12:16           ` Thomas Rast [this message]
2010-01-11  2:13           ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-11  2:30             ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-11  4:13               ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-11  8:21                 ` [PATCH 0/6] " Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-11  8:27                   ` [PATCH/RFC 1/6] Documentation: clarify one-line description for merge Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-11  8:30                   ` [PATCH 2/6] Documentation: merge: add an overview Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-11 10:09                     ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-11  8:37                   ` [PATCH 4/6] Documentation: emphasize when git merge terminates early Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-11 23:11                     ` Thomas Rast
2010-01-11  8:39                   ` [PATCH 5/6] Documentation: merge: add a section about fast-forward Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-11  8:43                   ` [PATCH 6/6] Documentation: tweak How Merge Works Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-11 23:11                     ` Thomas Rast
2010-01-13 10:44                   ` [PATCH 0/6] Re: Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees Petr Baudis
2010-01-13  6:55                 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] " Junio C Hamano
2010-01-10  0:02     ` [PATCH v2 3/4] Documentation: format full commands in typewriter font Thomas Rast
2010-01-10  3:31       ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-10  0:07     ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Documentation style fixes Thomas Rast
2010-01-10  0:19       ` Thomas Rast
2010-01-10  6:34       ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-10 12:10         ` Thomas Rast
2010-01-10 12:10           ` [PATCH 1/2] More missed dashed 'git-cmd' forms Thomas Rast
2010-01-10 12:10             ` [PATCH 2/2] More missed `code snippets` Thomas Rast
2010-01-10 12:11           ` [PATCH] Documentation: show-files is now called git-ls-files Thomas Rast
2010-01-18  1:18         ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Documentation style fixes Junio C Hamano
2010-01-19 17:29           ` Thomas Rast
2010-01-19 17:39             ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-10  7:12       ` Junio C Hamano
     [not found]     ` <9516c897017ec420403bb7f687fb8962de42cb7c.1263081032.git.trast@student.ethz.ch>
2010-01-10  2:56       ` [PATCH v2 4/4] Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-10  2:59         ` [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: git gc packs refs by default now Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-10  3:01         ` [PATCH 2/2] Documentation: tiny git config manual tweaks Jonathan Nieder
2010-01-10 12:21         ` [PATCH v2 4/4] Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout Thomas Rast

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