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From: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: cherry-pick generates bogus conflicts on removed files
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:25:33 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <526136CD.6080903@ubuntu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqiowvy4zb.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

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On 10/17/2013 5:14 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Correct.
> 
> Without inspecting them, you would not know what you would be
> losing by blindly resolving to removal, hence we do not
> auto-resolve "one side removed, the other side changed" to a
> removal.

Even when I specify the "theirs" strategy?  It seems like saying to
unconditionally accept their changes should not generate conflicts.

> That does not need to mean that we should not make it easier for
> the user to say "resolve these 'one side removed, the other side 
> changed' paths to removal".
> 
> "add -u" will be a way to say "Record the changes I made to my 
> working tree files to the index".  So presumably
> 
> rm -f those files that the other branch removed git add -u
> 
> would be one way to do so.  Of course, you can also use "git rm" 
> directly, i.e.
> 
> git rm -f those files that the other branch removed

I have about two dozen such files.  Are you saying I have to
individually remove each one?


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  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-18 13:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-17 19:58 cherry-pick generates bogus conflicts on removed files Phillip Susi
2013-10-17 21:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-10-18 13:25   ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2013-10-22 17:01     ` Junio C Hamano

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