Hi, On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > As to merges, they are certainly something that *can* be represented as a > patch [...] > However, representing merges as a patch doesn't really make much sense. Not if you want to apply it. But if you want to review it. That's why we have the combined diff format, which can be generated by diff, but not applied. Ciao, Dscho - 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