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Prior toc85c792(pull --rebase: be cleverer with rebased upstream branches, 2008-01-26), pull --rebase would run git rebase $merge_head which resulted in a call to git format-patch ... --ignore-if-in-upstream $merge_head..$cur_branch This resulted in patches from $merge_head..$cur_branch being applied, as long as they did not already exist in $cur_branch..$merge_head. Unfortunately, when upstream is rebased, $merge_head..$cur_branch also refers to "old" commits that have already been rebased upstream, meaning that many patches that were already fixed upstream would be reapplied. This could result in many spurious conflicts, as well as reintroduce patches that were intentionally dropped upstream. So the algorithm was changed inc85c792(pull --rebase: be cleverer with rebased upstream branches, 2008-01-26) andd44e712(pull: support rebased upstream + fetch + pull --rebase, 2009-07-19). Defining $old_remote_ref to be the most recent entry in the reflog for @{upstream} that is an ancestor of $cur_branch, pull --rebase was changed to run git rebase --onto $merge_head $old_remote_ref which results in a call to git format-patch ... --ignore-if-in-upstream $old_remote_ref..$cur_branch The whole point of this change was to reduce the number of commits being reapplied, by avoiding commits that upstream already has or had. In the rebased upstream case, this change achieved that purpose. It is worth noting, though, that since $old_remote_ref is always an ancestor of $cur_branch (by its definition), format-patch will not know what upstream is and thus will not be able to determine if any patches are already upstream; they will all be reapplied. In the non-rebased upstream case, this new form is usually the same as the original code but in some cases $old_remote_ref can be an ancestor of $(git merge-base $merge_head $cur_branch) meaning that instead of avoiding reapplying commits that upstream already has, it actually includes more such commits. Combined with the fact that format-patch can no longer detect commits that are already upstream (since it is no longer told what upstream is), results in lots of confusion for users (e.g. "git is giving me lots of conflicts in stuff I didn't even change since my last push.") Cases where additional commits could be reapplied include forking from a commit other than the tracking branch, or amending/rebasing after pushing. Cases where the inability to detect upstreamed commits cause problems include independent discovery of a fix and having your patches get upstreamed by some alternative route (e.g. pulling your changes to a third machine, pushing from there, and then going back to your original machine and trying to pull --rebase). Fix the non-rebased upstream case by ignoring $old_remote_ref whenever it is contained in $(git merge-base $merge_head $cur_branch). This should have no affect on the rebased upstream case. Acked-by: Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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GIT - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the
documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help
commandname".
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is
installed).
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe
to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to
majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in
git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and
the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good
reference for project status, development direction and
remaining tasks.