On 24/08/17 17:46, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Phillip Wood <phillip.w...@talktalk.net> writes: > >> It could be expensive to check that the local modifications will not >> interfere with the rebase - wouldn't it have to look at all the files >> touched by each commit before starting? What do cherry-pick and am do >> here when picking several commits? > > Yes, so? > > "I do not think of a way to implement it cheaply, so we forbid > anybody from finding a clever optimization to implement it cheaply > by adding a feature that will not work well with it when it > happens?" > Ouch, I think that is a rather unfair characterization of what I said and certainly does not reflect what I was trying to say. I was asking since cherry-pick and am can pick/apply multiple commits/patches and apparently allow the user to start with a dirty tree what do they do about checking that the applied commits/patches do not interfere with any local changes. As for "adding a feature that will not work well with it when it happens?" I suggested a possible solution in the message.
Anyway you're not convinced this feature is a good idea and no one else has commented so I'll drop it. Phil
