Hi Peter,

On Oct 3, 2012, at 12:32 AM, Peter Rosin <p...@lysator.liu.se> wrote:
> [snipped loads of stuff]

[snipped a bit more stuff]

> You're saying that you are about to:
> 
> $ git checkout master
> $ git merge --strategy=recursive -X theirs gary/reredo-test-operand-order \
> -m 'bla bla bla'
> 
> right?

Pretty much.  But that's just to show the merge in git history, the end
effect will be identical to having committed the diff back to master.

> Is that better than committing the diff between reredo-... and master
> as a revert-light? Why else would you have gone through all the trouble
> of making all the smaller commits in the first place?

It's better to show the branch merged in for future archaeology; the less
time anyone else has to waste staring at 962aa91, the better a place the
world will be.  And I'm all about making the world a better place! :-)

> I just fired up a test suite run...


Thanks!  I'm crossing my fingers -- I'll sleep a lot better when we've put
this one behind us.

Cheers,
-- 
Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)

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