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From: Vitor Antunes <vitor.hda@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v0] fast-import: Add drop command
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:35:26 +0100
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On Sep 24, 2011 8:37 PM, "Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks.  I must have missed the earlier discussion.  What are the
> semantics of this command and its intended purpose?  For example, what
> happens if the branch already existed or if there is a checkpoint
> (perhaps triggered by the impatient user sending SIGUSR1 to
> fast-import) before the "drop" command is processed?

In the tests I made there are checkpoints triggered before using the
command. I tried to remove the branch within fast-import variables as well
as the already processed objects in git.

This command is required because I need to reset a given branch multiple
times in order to be able to "guess" its origin commit in the parent branch.
To make this analysis I also need to use "checkpoint" at each try.

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