From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Stephen R. van den Berg" Subject: Re: RFC: grafts generalised Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:37:19 +0200 Message-ID: <20080703093719.GD29838@cuci.nl> References: <20080702143519.GA8391@cuci.nl> <37fcd2780807021019t76008bbfq265f8bf15f59c178@mail.gmail.com> <37fcd2780807021058r5ed820cfmdc98f98f36d5c8ae@mail.gmail.com> <20080702181021.GD16235@cuci.nl> <486C6B8E.5040202@viscovery.net> <20080703073041.GA28566@cuci.nl> <486C82F5.6080405@viscovery.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Dmitry Potapov , git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Sixt X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jul 03 14:53:11 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KEOIj-0005Az-TR for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:52:42 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757269AbYGCMlA (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:41:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756641AbYGCMk7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:40:59 -0400 Received: from aristoteles.cuci.nl ([212.125.128.18]:41934 "EHLO aristoteles.cuci.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756482AbYGCMk6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:40:58 -0400 Received: by aristoteles.cuci.nl (Postfix, from userid 500) id 479AA4E02; Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:37:19 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <486C82F5.6080405@viscovery.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Johannes Sixt wrote: >Stephen R. van den Berg schrieb: >> Actually, ripple-through changes are rare. In the current project it >> seems I need exactly one, but it's buried deep in the past (sadly). >> The reason why I need it, is to make sure that git-bisect will work for >> any revision in the past (i.e. the tree contained/contains some >> too-clever-for-their-own-good $Revision$-expansion dependencies) >But you do know that you don't need to apply the change *now*; you can >apply it at bisect-time? Unless you expect you or your mere mortal >coworkers are going to do dozens of bisects into that part of the history, >I wouldn't change history *like*this*. But of course, I don't understand >the circumstances enough, so... just my 2 cents. That is exactly the case, I do expect dozens of bisects. -- Sincerely, Stephen R. van den Berg. This is a day for firm decisions! Or is it?