From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7867C77B7A for ; Sat, 13 May 2023 16:52:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229798AbjEMQwL (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 May 2023 12:52:11 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46462 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229611AbjEMQwK (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 May 2023 12:52:10 -0400 Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46D3730C7 for ; Sat, 13 May 2023 09:52:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iee.email; s=2023022100; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To :Message-Id:Date:Subject:To:From:Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID; bh=86ncg0WT5x7ryaiw296wfFfhucSpD7E6vFSUkuZZcpA=; b=AoNFZ5 /UucWnOLJyC3dBXe0+EQLxJR+eN/7u6rpFQWq4nVZuJgCc3flUdF48b159mfqlAanS8+TWCqfsNEo wCW+nCZ1tTB6mEZ59MF4NBkXoHRZbZ3OPvxHyc2F94MD1oHWYG3erTQdWPIukeKsrL3f9LRdpVGpZ 3OteIrXm7uY=; Received: from 88-110-117-142.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com ([88.110.117.142] helo=localhost.localdomain) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1pxsTV-0007tw-Dw; Sat, 13 May 2023 17:52:05 +0100 From: Philip Oakley To: gitster@pobox.com Cc: Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de, alexhenrie24@gmail.com, git@vger.kernel.org, newren@gmail.com, philipoakley@iee.email, phillip.wood123@gmail.com, tao@klerks.biz Subject: [PATCH 0/1] cover-letter: flatten Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 17:51:53 +0100 Message-Id: <20230513165154.772-1-philipoakley@iee.email> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.0.windows.1 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org The discussion on `--rebase-merges` documentation [1] noted the variety of terminologies that could be used when looking at commit history. This change consolidates the current colloquial use of 'flatten' as a synonym for the linearizing of commit sequences, and notes some of the potential misunderstandings. Philip Philip Oakley (2): doc: Glossary, describe Flattening cover-letter: flatten -- 2.40.0.windows.1