David E. Wheeler wrote:
> On Sep 21, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > While this isn't much worse than what I was used to with CVS, it's
> > definitely not better. I think that I could simplify transferring the
> > patch back to older branches if I could use git cherry-pick. However,
> > that only works on already-committed patches. If I commit in master
> > before I start working on 9.0, and so on back, then the commits will be
> > separated in time by a significant amount, thus destroying any chance of
> > having git_topo_order recognize them as related. So we're back up
> > against the problem of git not really understanding the relationships of
> > patches in different branches.
>
> You could commit in each one as you go, cherry-pick, and then in each one
>
> git reset --soft HEAD^
>
> Then they'd all be patched and staged.
If I understand correctly, that 'git reset' will mark all branch changes
as staged but not committed, and then you can commit all branches at
once and push it. Is that right?
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