Hi again, 2010/3/22 Chris Johnsen <chris_johnsen@xxxxxxxxx>: > The existing uses of --root are close to, but not identical to this proposed > usage. The existing uses all relate to handling the already created root > commit(s) of a commit/branch/repository. This proposed usage relates to the > yet to be created first commit on the new branch. It is possible to use the > "already created" interpretation in this context (create a new branch based > on the root commits of the specified commits), but it really does not make > much sense. Still, qualifying "root" might help prevent some confusion: > > --new-root > --fresh-root > --root-branch? > > --new-history > --fresh-history > --fresh-branch > > Logically, both --orphan and --root are descriptions of the commit that will > _eventually_ be stored under the branch, but not descriptions of the > transient state of the branch itself. This state is described in a few > error/warning messages as "not yet born" or "unborn" (checkout, pull, fsck). > It seems to be an unofficial term though (or maybe just unimportant) since > it is not otherwise documented (it is not in the glossary, but it does > appear in the release notes a few times). So with some weight of existing > terminology behind it: > > --unborn > > --no-parent was mentioned elsewhere in the thread, but it suffers from > looking like a negation of a potential --parent option. Though much longer, > --without- does not suffer this same problem. > > --without-parents > --without-history > --ahistorically (probably the non-standard prefix is too "native") > > --ex-nihilo (just kidding?) > > -- > Chris > 2010/3/22 Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > [Disclosure: non-native speaker but having lived with natives ;)] > > I'd favour "root" for several reasons: > > - "root" is the correct technical term in graph theory > - "root" is used the same way in other (Git) places > - "orphan" is someone who used to have parents, so with "orphan" I would > rather associate the process of removing parents from the picture > (removing parentship information from an existing commit) > > Just my two Euro-cents :) > Michael I really don't care about names as long as I will be able to create the 'orphan' branches. Whatever you people decide is good to me. Regards -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html