Re: n-heads and patch dependency chains

[Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>]

Sam Vilain wrote:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
>>For example, the point jdl raised during the discussion is far
>>easier to understand.  When working on multiple topics, he often
>>needs to test them as a whole, so he pulls them into a test
>>branch (can be a throwaway branch).  When he needs to do fixups,
>>it is most efficient to do compile/run test while still in the
>>test branch, but after things test out, in order to keep
>>logically different things separate, he needs to go back to
>>relevant topic branches and make a commit.  This is painful --
>>are there ways to make this easier [*2*]?
>>
>>Would patch commutation calculus help with his problem?
>> 
>>
> 
> 
> I'd provisionally say "yes, that's the fit". It's just like having
> multiple topic branches all checked out at once, with commits going to
> the appropriate branch as necessary.
> 


Wouldn't "git commit -M -b topic", for committing to a different branch 
than what is checked out (-b) and also to the checked out branch (-M) 
have the same beneficial effects, but without the complexity of hydras 
and patch dependency theory? It would only remove the cherry-pick stage 
though, but perhaps it's good enough. Although when I think about it, -b 
<branch> for committing to another branch and -B <branch> for doing the 
above probably makes more sense.

Those flags don't exist currently btw, in case someone's reading this on 
the archives.

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