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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Odd git format-patch behavior
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 06:48:08
Message-Id: 20130730074758.3d9ed7fe@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Odd git format-patch behavior by Rich Freeman
1 On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 22:27:31 -0400
2 Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
3 > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
4 > wrote:
5 > > Is the history from the v0.26.0 tag to the tip of the branch linear?
6 > > If it contains merge commits, then git format-patch / git am isn't
7 > > guaranteed to work.
8 >
9 > There are branches. There is obviously /A/ linear path from the tag
10 > to the head (it is in the log)
11
12 The log doesn't give you a linear path. Use --decorate --graph to
13 avoid the illusion.
14
15 --
16 Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Odd git format-patch behavior Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>