Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 09:15:33AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> So, should we allow a random upstream & start-point combination? It >> appears to me that as long as they share _some_ common ancestory, it >> may make sense. > > But wouldn't just about any two tips in a repository share some common > ancestry? Yes, we are on the same page; the above was my round-about way to say that it does not look useful to restrict the allowed combination in order to give us some safety. Thanks.