Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] patch-ids: define patch-id of merge commits as "null"

2016-09-09 Thread Junio C Hamano
Jeff King writes: > This patch defines the patch-id of a merge commit as > essentially "null"; it has no patch-id. As a result, > merges cannot match patch-ids via "--cherry-pick", and > "format-patch --base" will not list merges in its list of > prerequisite patch ids. At first

Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] patch-ids: define patch-id of merge commits as "null"

2016-09-09 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 04:34:47PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > This patch defines the patch-id of a merge commit as > essentially "null"; it has no patch-id. As a result, > merges cannot match patch-ids via "--cherry-pick", and > "format-patch --base" will not list merges in its list of >