Subject: Re: combine git repo historically

From: Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:29:44 +0200

Dnia niedziela 11. października 2009 15:43, Christian Couder napisał:
> On Sunday 11 October 2009, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> > There is no way to retrieve the original commit using plumbing 
> > unless the replacement is removed. Am I right?
> 
> I think you are right, but a flag could be easily added to some commands to 
> retreive original objects. Or you can remove the replacement, retrieve the 
> object and then put back the replacement.

Wouldn't it be better for this option to be option for git wrapper,
i.e.

 $ git --no-replace cat-file -p N

and not

 $ git cat-file --no-replace -p N

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland