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From: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
To: "Stephen R. van den Berg" <srb@cuci.nl>
Cc: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert, and more about porcelain-level metadata
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:24:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48C7E6B3.7030403@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080910151542.GA10523@cuci.nl>

> > > fork topic branches off the older branch [and merge them]
>
> Could you explain how the above mechanisms work based on the following
> cherry-pick action:
> 
> A -- B -- C -- D -- L
>       \            /
>        E -- F -- G -- H -- K
> 
> D is the stable branch.
> K is the development branch.
> G is cherry-picked and applied to D producing L.
> The origin link of L would have contained (G, F).
> 
> How would such a workflow be implemented using the temporary branches
> you describe?

You don't.  You do everything in topic branches based off the stable
branch, and you merge them.  That's the other way round, compared to
what you (and I) are used to.

Paolo

  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-10 15:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 137+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-09 13:22 [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 13:38 ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-09 14:04   ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 13:48 ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 15:44 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-09 16:38   ` Steven Grimm
2008-09-09 19:43   ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 19:59     ` Jeff King
2008-09-09 20:25       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 20:42       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-09-09 20:47         ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-09-09 20:50         ` Jeff King
2008-09-09 22:35           ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-09 23:07             ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-10  8:10               ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-10  0:13         ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10  1:59           ` Junio C Hamano
2008-09-10  5:38             ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 21:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-09-09 21:09         ` Jeff King
2008-09-09 23:36           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 20:54     ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-09 23:08       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 23:35     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-09 23:58       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10  0:23         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-10  5:42           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10 15:30             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-10 23:09               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11  0:39                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-11  6:22                   ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11  8:20                     ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-11 12:31                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 13:51                         ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-11 15:32                           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 18:00                             ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-11 19:03                               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 19:33                                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-11 19:44                                   ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 20:03                                     ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-11 20:24                                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 20:05                                     ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-11 20:22                                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-12  0:30                                         ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-09-12  5:39                                           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 20:04                                 ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-11 21:46                                   ` Jeff King
2008-09-11 22:56                                     ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 23:01                                       ` Jeff King
2008-09-11 23:17                                         ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 23:10                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-11 23:26                                       ` Jeff King
2008-09-11 23:36                                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 15:02                         ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-11 16:00                           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 17:02                             ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-11 18:44                               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 20:00                                 ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-11 21:05                               ` Junio C Hamano
2008-09-11 22:32                                 ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 22:40                                   ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 12:28                     ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-09-11 12:39                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-12  0:03                         ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-09-12  0:13                           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 15:39                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-11 16:01                       ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-11 16:23                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-11 20:16                           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 16:53                       ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-11 19:23                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 19:45                         ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-11 19:55                           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 20:27                             ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-12  8:50                               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11 21:01                             ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-12  8:40                               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10  8:30           ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-10 15:32             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-10 15:37               ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-10 15:43                 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-10 15:46                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-10 15:57                     ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-10 23:15                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10 16:23                     ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-11 23:28                       ` Sam Vilain
2008-09-11 23:44                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-09-12  2:24                           ` Sam Vilain
2008-09-12  5:47                           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-12  6:19                             ` Rogan Dawes
2008-09-12  6:56                               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-12 14:58                             ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-12 15:05                               ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-12 15:11                               ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-12 15:40                                 ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-12 16:00                                   ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-12 15:54                               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-12 16:19                                 ` Jeff King
2008-09-12 16:43                                   ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-12 18:44                                     ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-12 20:56                                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-15 12:21                                 ` Sam Vilain
2008-09-09 23:59       ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-09 21:13 ` Petr Baudis
2008-09-09 22:56   ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-09 23:05     ` Petr Baudis
2008-09-09 23:32       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10  9:35       ` [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert, and more about porcelain-level metadata Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-10 10:44         ` Petr Baudis
2008-09-10 11:49           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10 12:30             ` Petr Baudis
2008-09-10 13:14               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10 14:33         ` Dmitry Potapov
2008-09-10 15:15           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10 15:24             ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2008-09-10 12:21     ` [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert Theodore Tso
2008-09-10 14:16       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10 15:10         ` Jeff King
2008-09-10 21:50           ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10 21:54             ` Jeff King
2008-09-10 22:34               ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10 22:55                 ` Jeff King
2008-09-10 23:19                   ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11  5:16                     ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-11  7:55                       ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-11  8:45                         ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-11 12:33                         ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-09-11  2:46                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-10 16:18         ` Theodore Tso
2008-09-10 16:40         ` Petr Baudis
2008-09-10 17:58           ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-10 22:44             ` Stephen R. van den Berg
2008-09-10  8:45   ` Paolo Bonzini
2008-09-23 13:51   ` Recording "partial merges" (was: Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert) Peter Krefting
2008-09-10 20:32 ` [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert Miklos Vajna
2008-09-10 20:55   ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-09-10 21:06     ` Miklos Vajna

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