VCS comparison table

[Junio C Hamano]

Jeff King <peff at peff.net> writes:

> We could always make a guess ("git send --remote-has master~10") but
> that seems awfully error-prone. I assume a changeset-oriented system
> would implicitly keep some concept of "I think Linus is at master~10"
> and do it automatically.

We could always anchor at a well known point ("git send v2.6.18..").
If you as the recipient do not have the preimage, the "bundle" would
identify what the assumed common ancestor is and you can fetch
it before proceeding.