[Python-Dev] Hg: inter-branch workflow
Georg Brandl
g.brandl at gmx.net
Sun Mar 20 17:59:19 CET 2011
On 20.03.2011 16:50, Thomas Wouters wrote:
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> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 17:39, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net
> <mailto:g.brandl at gmx.net>> wrote:
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> The reason why rebasing is not universally applied is that the
> rebased changesets are different from the original ones (therefore
> I wrote A' and B') -- even if the diff is the same, the parents
> are not, and therefore the changeset id (hash) changes. This is
> called "changing history", and frowned upon by purists. In reality
> it works fine if you know the limits:
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> It's frowned upon by more than just purists, and it works "in reality" as fine
> as handing out your creditcard and personal information over the internet; you
> can't always tell the result is bad, and it can be very painful finding out.
Well, YMMV. But instead of spreading FUD you might want to state *why*.
Georg
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