On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 06:18:00PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Kacper Kornet <draenog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > +--transpose-parents::
> > + Transpose the parents in the final commit. The change is made
> > + just before the commit so the meaning of 'our' and 'their'
> > + concepts remains the same (i.e. 'our' means current branch before
> > + the merge).
> > +
> How does this interact with Octopus merges?
It moves the original first parent to the last position. And nothing
more. I have forgotten to mention it in the documentation.
> > diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
> > index ee0e884..ab2b844 100644
> > --- a/builtin/commit.c
> > +++ b/builtin/commit.c
> > @@ -1477,6 +1477,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> > } else if (whence == FROM_MERGE) {
> > struct strbuf m = STRBUF_INIT;
> > FILE *fp;
> > + int reversed_order=0;
> Style. s/=/ = /;
> > + OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "transpose-parents", &reversed_order, N_("reverse order of parents")
> It smells more like "--reverse-parents" (if you deal only with
> two-head merges), no?
I have changes to --transpose-parents because of the octopus merges.
Although it is not a mathematical transposition in this case, but a cycle
permutation.
--
Kacper
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