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authorIan Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2018-07-08 20:05:26 +0100
committerIan Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>2018-07-09 00:29:00 +0100
commit81e93ac2f3ac0b129f0d5e77d055b99053105892 (patch)
treebd9d8b4c44a68959546d2a6e8781ddba8ba70fa9 /git-debrebase.1.pod
parent9cda023c0c49449a1d5862483df8d785e062765b (diff)
git-debrebase convert-from-gbp: Add ffq check
Check that the result will not count as having diverged. This will usually turn failures to make the ff pseudomerge into -fdiverged. Related to #903132. Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ your new git-debrebase view is appropriately fast forward.
The result is a well-formed git-debrebase interchange branch.
The result is also fast-forward from the gbp branch.
+It is a snag if the new branch looks like it will have diverged,
+just as for a laundering/unstitching call to git-debrebase;
+See L</Establish the current branch's ffq-prev>, below.
+
Note that it is dangerous not to know whether you are
dealing with a gbp patches-unappled branch containing quilt patches,
or a git-debrebase interchange branch.