From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jacob Helwig <jacob@technosorcery.net>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Signed tags in octopus merge..
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:31:19 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vfwfft37c.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+55aFzZXSCt1AwOotMZJ+GcNcJKL2OcsPOtaZ3=cvraJ=PD+Q@mail.gmail.com> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:06:41 -0800")
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Jacob Helwig <jacob@technosorcery.net> wrote:
>>
>> My immediate thought regarding the "side branch #1" version is not
>> wanting to have to do the math (even though it's a simple n+1)
>
> "Math is hard, let's go shopping".
>
> But I think even barbie could do the "add one" thing. That said, I
> think the current thing is already more than good enough, and I don't
> think it's at all confusing to talk about "parent #2". In fact, I
> think it's more obvious than "side branch #1".
I think Jacob is correct to point out that mice are even dumber than
Barbie and cannot do the "add one" thing, so let's leave the output as is.
Thanks for an amusing response.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-17 3:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-14 21:30 Signed tags in octopus merge Linus Torvalds
2012-01-15 2:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-16 22:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-16 22:58 ` Jacob Helwig
2012-01-16 23:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-01-17 3:31 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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