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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: David Chanters <david.chanters@googlemail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Keeping two repos in sync
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:03:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2fw6rlgaa.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACffvTryOcefmqNdJ00TuDPov+TpRZRvZ46UDV-8F_cdp80SgA@mail.gmail.com> (David Chanters's message of "Sun, 9 Sep 2012 09:44:05 +0100")

David Chanters <david.chanters@googlemail.com> writes:

> 2.  At this point I scan the two branches looking for a point to
> graft; I might have done this already in the past, but the point is
> since grafting is a local operation and I am not working in that
> repository, I might need to do it again anyway -- that graft
> represents a way of tieing the branches together at a point I can then
> "git merge".

You can "git merge -s ours" that grafting point, assuming "portable"
completely subsumes "bsd" at that point.  Future merges should then be
working normally.

Andreas.

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      reply	other threads:[~2012-09-09  9:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-09  8:12 Keeping two repos in sync David Chanters
2012-09-09  8:36 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-09-09  8:44   ` David Chanters
2012-09-09  9:03     ` Andreas Schwab [this message]

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