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Some projects have a strict --no-ff merging policy. With the default
behavior of --prune-degenerate, we can prune merge commits in a way that
transforms the history into a fast-forward merge. Consider this
example:
* There are two independent commits or branches, named B & C, which
are both built on top of A so that history look like this diagram:
A
\ \
\ B
\
-C
* Someone runs the following sequence of commands:
* git checkout A
* git merge --no-ff B
* git merge --no-ff C
* This will result in a history that looks like:
A---AB---AC
\ \ / /
\ B /
\ /
-C-
* Later, someone comes along and runs filter-repo, specifying to
remove the only path(s) that were modified by B. That would
naturally remove commit B and the no-longer-necessary merge
commit AB. For someone using a strict no-ff policy, the desired
history is
A---AC
\ /
C
However, the default handling for --prune-degenerate would
notice that AC merely merges C into its own ancestor A, whereas
the original AC merged C into something separate (namely, AB).
So, it would say that AC has become degenerate and prune it,
leaving the simple history of
A
\
C
For projects not using a strict no-ff policy, this simpler history
is probably better, but for folks that want a strict no-ff policy,
it is unfortunate.
Provide a --no-ff option to tweak the --prune-degenerate behavior so
that it ignores the first parent being an ancestor of another parent
(leaving the first parent unpruned even if it is or becomes degenerate
in this fashion).
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
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