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 DD811C64EC7 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:42:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229960AbjBUSmT (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:42:19 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40742 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229957AbjBUSmR (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:42:17 -0500 Received: from mail-pj1-x1035.google.com (mail-pj1-x1035.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1035]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 290F02DE6B for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:42:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-pj1-x1035.google.com with SMTP id nw10-20020a17090b254a00b00233d7314c1cso6051595pjb.5 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:42:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:user-agent:message-id:in-reply-to:date:references :subject:cc:to:from:sender:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=jISBx6TxEUV9AJToOgmqDUXPHwz+v1W3VLpIvlTrCeI=; b=RIxJ35yu3NhrC6zAbDT6twHzOqgojoQTWxiBa02J9YgM+1UKRWcW2RjSMEAEmqDTy9 RJcUISYwM0y46bCHmr5G06v384aQiXvIvNIgeL66ptG4nz/OybtS/rFFOlq+MWoatD5t Nu/W1KxC5Ma0BCSoT1F8e49b23xjOtSgAvGOfpz1odY31smFRX6cnjaYX+qJnz55U0v9 HWimCAvy18SdnJvBBoYkGVHWBFMBzytYgrHX9EgX36GhL/4x1AMByq5KrbVZTI5tosi4 TylmBIOoXevQv/HETKlAYM81yGCLyxsm5+C1EXnVr6VJKaBC7dbn5pDYw3XCKmuWepMG MeEw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=mime-version:user-agent:message-id:in-reply-to:date:references :subject:cc:to:from:sender:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=jISBx6TxEUV9AJToOgmqDUXPHwz+v1W3VLpIvlTrCeI=; b=C73fw/hs1z+JvubEDij2h/QTolL6Srlhy4c9cSHwF77xKJx1o8nj34Es5Ox/8DMdTC /n8uxdaOBrYtCWCtWl9xmDW2eJhiFAp0dUwaqu3JK0LREc0FQWus8TJQs3Z7wfqiIilo EHWW0Wdk6Fvf+F6fgXBpihr81ySlPcDucYz6mKE7nUBr4rKwQ22MVDphGnukf6RMyWZ1 Kv244g8SKRS6vS9eMvj1HBGJzA1Jz5HSFRTZOocyJkNihpYVkdjoSUAJ+TjRYGw3fqaY ulzA2U+Vtf38lxA2fSlzdtpx5wIkZz4NaNaT9Qbd0ATlJ0QxgydMIQcDDTMxcrpMSTsi mklA== X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKXhcmSncXHCnmSvZNOR/AcJwx6vI3H4MvC9WSBFZDQ8KvCjhiNC t0wNZD9L4BjffBen/DAclIY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AK7set8GjIK0B0zNx5HoDplZp0lVNPnxq7ZEdMvA7JrEAfwUKZmz7fVxHCK5U2QZDvBi8jpIKvmJng== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:ecc1:b0:19a:b67a:5bd8 with SMTP id a1-20020a170902ecc100b0019ab67a5bd8mr6623914plh.55.1677004936482; Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:42:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (252.157.168.34.bc.googleusercontent.com. [34.168.157.252]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c14-20020a170902b68e00b0019c912c19d3sm1943144pls.62.2023.02.21.10.42.15 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:42:15 -0800 (PST) Sender: Junio C Hamano From: Junio C Hamano To: Philip Oakley Cc: Alex Henrie , git@vger.kernel.org, tao@klerks.biz, newren@gmail.com, phillip.wood123@gmail.com, Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rebase: add a --rebase-merges=drop option References: <20230220033224.10400-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:42:15 -0800 In-Reply-To: (Philip Oakley's message of "Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:08:19 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Philip Oakley writes: > Maybe it's something that could be included in the Glossary to > supplement the not well known how-to discussion in > keep-canonical-history-correct.txt Yeah, "linearizing the history" may be much easier to understand than "flattening". In any case, a canonical reference would be a good first step.