r-three/git-theta

git-theta squash?

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#142 opened on Jan 17, 2023

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Description

Covering come fancy git workflows might be easier if we were to implement some sort of git theta squash or git theta compact command that takes a checkpoint (which might have sparse updates, etc) and converts it to all dense updates. Then things like merging/rebasing long running branches could be simplified by running git theta squash to compact the checkpoint and then having a single merge/rebase based on that.

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Research direction
Examine existing checkpoint structures and implement a command to convert sparse updates to dense updates, then test with merging scenarios.
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
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4
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3-5 days
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Fresh
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Needs investigation
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GitPython
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30