From: A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: hmm, can't we give the "root" a parent?
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:27:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4325C89F.1030406@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050912181101.GA22221@vrfy.org>
Kay Sievers wrote:
> Can't we teach the git tools that a "root commit" (one without a any
> parent) is not visible as a "root", if let's say:
> .git/parents/<root-commit-id> -> <fake-parent-id>
>
> does connect a "fake" parent to the "root"? This way we could add any
> older Linux history to the current tree. Combined with "alternates" it
> could live in a complete different repository too.
Already done. Search the following for "info/grafts".
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/repository-layout.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-12 18:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-12 18:11 hmm, can't we give the "root" a parent? Kay Sievers
2005-09-12 18:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-09-12 19:59 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-12 20:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-09-12 21:00 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-12 21:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-09-12 22:50 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-12 23:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-09-12 23:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-09-12 23:51 ` Kay Sievers
2005-09-12 18:27 ` A Large Angry SCM [this message]
2005-09-16 15:39 ` gitweb search in multi-headed tree Tony Luck
2005-09-17 1:22 ` Kay Sievers
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