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Subject: Re: [PATCH] add -C[NUM] to git-am
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:35:48 +0100
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Junio C Hamano wrote:

> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@mellanox.co.il> writes:
> 
>>> Quoting r. Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>:
>>> 
>>> FWIW, I am in favor although I do not foresee myself ever using
>>> it.  However, this has slight ramifications.
>>> 
>>>  - we will be keeping applymbox after all.  shouldn't this be
>>>    side-ported to it?
>>
>> OK.
>>
>>>  - am is used as a workhorse for rebase.  shouldn't this be
>>>    accessible through its command line as well?
>>
>> How will it be used?
> 
> Although I do not foresee myself using -C<num> that applies to
> the whole series inexactly for "git am" to begin with, I would
> imagine somebody who wants to say "git am -C1" may want to say
> something like "git rebase -C1 origin/master",

What about "git rebase --merge"? 

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