Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >> For example, this would allow cherry-picking or reverting patches from >> a piece of history with a different end-of-line style, like so: >> >> $ git revert -Xrenormalize old-problematic-commit >> >> Currently that is possible with manual use of merge-recursive but the >> cherry-pick/revert porcelain does not expose the functionality. >> >> While at it, document the existing support for --strategy. >> >> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Thoughts? > > Ping? I use this with -Xpatience fairly often. Am I the only one who > has wanted such a thing? Pong, if you are pinging me. I thought you wanted to only discuss it first with RFC and meant to follow up on a real-for-inclusion patch. The goal stated in the proposed commit log is a good thing to have, and exactly the kind of thing -X<strategy option> interface was invented for in the first place, I think. I didn't look at the code though. -- 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