Re: [RFC] origin link for cherry-pick and revert

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Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> Btw, so far nobody has even _explained_ what the advantage of the origin 
>> link is. It apparently has no effect for most things, and for other things 
>> it has some (unspecified) effect when it can be resolved.

>> Apart from the "dotted line" in graphical history viewers, I haven't 
>> actually heard any single concrete example of exactly what it would *do*.

It allows one to follow and view the evolvement of a patch over time during
the various backports.
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           Stephen R. van den Berg.

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