| commit | 4c68e7ddb59457efe9d3a141dc600feda86cbe67 | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> | Wed Apr 25 14:28:54 2018 +0200 |
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | Thu Apr 26 12:28:42 2018 +0900 |
| tree | b24671648020ee2b0bc59d40559671d8dd056573 | |
| parent | 9055e401dd63a422a4401a454ef2a0e2ef727ace [diff] |
sequencer: introduce the `merge` command This patch is part of the effort to reimplement `--preserve-merges` with a substantially improved design, a design that has been developed in the Git for Windows project to maintain the dozens of Windows-specific patch series on top of upstream Git. The previous patch implemented the `label` and `reset` commands to label commits and to reset to labeled commits. This patch adds the `merge` command, with the following syntax: merge [-C <commit>] <rev> # <oneline> The <commit> parameter in this instance is the *original* merge commit, whose author and message will be used for the merge commit that is about to be created. The <rev> parameter refers to the (possibly rewritten) revision to merge. Let's see an example of a todo list (the initial `label onto` command is an auto-generated convenience so that the label `onto` can be used to refer to the revision onto which we rebase): label onto # Branch abc reset onto pick deadbeef Hello, world! label abc reset onto pick cafecafe And now for something completely different merge -C baaabaaa abc # Merge the branch 'abc' into master To edit the merge commit's message (a "reword" for merges, if you will), use `-c` (lower-case) instead of `-C`; this convention was borrowed from `git commit` that also supports `-c` and `-C` with similar meanings. To create *new* merges, i.e. without copying the commit message from an existing commit, simply omit the `-C <commit>` parameter (which will open an editor for the merge message): merge abc This comes in handy when splitting a branch into two or more branches. Note: this patch only adds support for recursive merges, to keep things simple. Support for octopus merges will be added later in a separate patch series, support for merges using strategies other than the recursive merge is left for the future. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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