AD S <[email protected]> writes:

>>
>>
>>
>> I hate to step in here because usually messages like this are just
>> exercises in publicly venting frustration, rather than actual requests
>> for assistance.
>>
>> However I don't quite understand what you mean, above.  Every single
>> branch in Git represents a history from the HEAD of the branch (where
>> the branch tag points) back to the beginning of the repository.
>>
>> So, when you say "everyone else's commits are on my branch" it's not
>> clear what what that refers to, but if you mean that you are seeing all
>> the commits back to the start of the repo, not just the commits "on your
>> branch", then that's expected: that's how it works.
>>
>
> Sorry, I meant pull request. Everyone else's code (2,800+ files and 250+
> commits) are suddenly in the pull request I was working on (which had 8
> files and 4 commits).

Then my suspicion is that this isn't a rant on git, but rather on github
and its interface for creating "pull requests". I think you've simply
created a pull request with a "start point" that you didn't intend.

/M

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