On December 25, 2017 6:44 PM Carl Baldwin wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:01:38AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, Carl Baldwin wrote:
> > > I imagine that a "git commit --amend" would also insert a "replaces"
> > > reference to the original commit but I failed to mention that in my
> > > original post.
> >
> > And cherry-pick, too, of course.
> 
> This brings up a good point. I do think this can be applied to cherry-pick, 
> but
> as someone else pointed out, the name "replaces"
> doesn't seem right in the context of a cherry-pick. So, maybe "replaces"
> is not the right name. I'm open to suggestions.

Just an off the wall suggestion: what about "stitch" or "suture" since this is 
now way beyond a band-aid solution (sorry 😉 , but only a little). I was 
thinking along the lines of "blend" but that seems less graphic and doesn't 
apply to cherry-picking.

Holiday Cheers,
Randall

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