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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: Git Notes - Track rebase/etc + reverse-lookup for bugs ideas
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:51:20 -0500
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 08:51:50PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> > Not that I know of, but then again, I'm not sure exactly what you mean 
> > by "track rebases".
> 
> I guess he means that you could have something like this
> 
> 	rebased from <SHA-1>
> 
> in the notes for any given commit, so that _if_ you have the commit, e.g. 
> gitk could show that connection (maybe dashed in the graphical history 
> display, and as a "Rebased from:" link).

You don't really need "notes" for that, though, since you can put that
information into the commit message (or headers) if you choose. I guess
it has the advantage of not polluting the commit for others.

-Peff