Re: surprising behavior from merge

[Sebastian Kuzminsky <seb@highlab.com>]

On 05/11/2012 05:57 PM, Michael Witten wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2012 16:25:29 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
>
>> The simplified repo is here if anyone wants to inspect it:
>> https://github.com/SebKuzminsky/merge-problem
...

> In other words, rather than burdening people with the task of
> constructing a mental picture of what you have done, you should
> show them as directly and precisely as possible; in this way,
> people can go about the business of discussing your issue much
> more quickly and, most importantly, PRECISELY.
>

Ah, I had intended the extremely tiny git repo I linked to to provide 
the info in the most concise way possible.  The surprising behaviour 
happened at the final commit in the repo, which was made by 'git merge 
other'.

I can email a list of commands to reproduce the issue later tonight if 
that would make anything clearer.


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Sebastian Kuzminsky