{"thread":{"id":"7852","subject":"suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase","startedAt":"2007-04-26T05:48:28Z","lastAt":"2007-05-03T16:24:46Z","messageCount":5,"participants":["Mike Coleman","Junio C Hamano","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"40488","messageId":"3c6c07c20704252248q3cd82d4cgcffb9852fa261a70@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"7852","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase","fromName":"Mike Coleman","fromEmail":"tutufan@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-04-26T05:48:28Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-26T05:48:28Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tutufan@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Here's an idea for a git feature. (Or perhaps this is already\npossible and I just don't see it.)\n\nIt would be nice to be able to completely expunge a file or delta from\na private part of an archive (\"private\" meaning not yet published to\nothers).\n\nHere's my use case. I have some unit tests for my program, and I\nadded some input and output for the tests to my git archive. Now I'm\nhaving second thoughts, as these files can be quite large, and I'm\nrealizing what this implies with respect to git. Even the smallish\ntest cases I checked in are 5-10MB, which is way larger than the\ncodebase, and I'm not sure it makes sense to drag all of this around\nin the git archive. (Maybe it would be appropriate to put them in a\nparallel archive?)\n\nAnyway, I realized that hacking the archive this way isn't very\nelegant, but maybe others would find it useful. It seems like the\nbasic technique of git-rebase could be applied here.\n\nEven if the archive is already public, I suppose it might occasionally\nbe useful to be able to (say) split the archive by subtrees, and\nsimply have everyone cut over.\n\nMike\n"},{"id":"40490","messageId":"7virbju17h.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","threadId":"7852","inReplyTo":"3c6c07c20704252248q3cd82d4cgcffb9852fa261a70@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"junkio@cox.net","sentAt":"2007-04-26T05:57:54Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-26T05:57:54Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"\"Mike Coleman\" writes:\n\n> Here's an idea for a git feature. (Or perhaps this is already\n> possible and I just don't see it.)\n> ...\n> Anyway, I realized that hacking the archive this way isn't very\n> elegant, but maybe others would find it useful. It seems like the\n> basic technique of git-rebase could be applied here.\n\nThere have been talks about polishing cg-rewritehist into a\nshape suitable for inclusion in core git.git, now Cogito is not\nactively developed anymore.\n\nI think the first thing to fix is its name \"rewritehist\", which\nmay technically be correct, feels a bit too ugly ;-)\n"},{"id":"40513","messageId":"3c6c07c20704260750o68b1d296kc30c17e54a593023@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"7852","inReplyTo":"7virbju17h.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","subject":"Re: suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase","fromName":"Mike Coleman","fromEmail":"tutufan@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-04-26T14:50:08Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-26T14:50:08Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tutufan@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On 4/26/07, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n> There have been talks about polishing cg-rewritehist into a\n> shape suitable for inclusion in core git.git, now Cogito is not\n> actively developed anymore.\n\nAh, that looks like it'd fit the bill. I may see if it'll still work\nfor my simple case. Thanks for the pointer.\n\n> I think the first thing to fix is its name \"rewritehist\", which\n> may technically be correct, feels a bit too ugly ;-)\n\nNaming is very important. I seem to recall hearing (from PE) that one\nof the early Unix guys was later asked if there was anything they'd\nchange in hindsight. Their response: they'd spell \"creat\" with an\n'e'.\n"},{"id":"40514","messageId":"Pine.LNX.4.64.0704261716140.12006@racer.site","threadId":"7852","inReplyTo":"3c6c07c20704260750o68b1d296kc30c17e54a593023@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2007-04-26T15:17:01Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-26T15:17:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Mike Coleman wrote:\n\n> On 4/26/07, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n> > There have been talks about polishing cg-rewritehist into a\n> > shape suitable for inclusion in core git.git, now Cogito is not\n> > actively developed anymore.\n> \n> Ah, that looks like it'd fit the bill. I may see if it'll still work\n> for my simple case. Thanks for the pointer.\n> \n> > I think the first thing to fix is its name \"rewritehist\", which\n> > may technically be correct, feels a bit too ugly ;-)\n> \n> Naming is very important.\n\nMaybe git-rewrite-commits?\n\n> I seem to recall hearing (from PE) that one of the early Unix guys was \n> later asked if there was anything they'd change in hindsight. Their \n> response: they'd spell \"creat\" with an 'e'.\n\nIn related news: there is really no question that bike sheds should be \npainted red. Really.\n\nCiao,\nDscho\n"},{"id":"40966","messageId":"3c6c07c20705030924i2204d972s14b0377ffe1fde76@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"7852","inReplyTo":"Pine.LNX.4.64.0704261716140.12006@racer.site","subject":"Re: suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase","fromName":"Mike Coleman","fromEmail":"tutufan@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-05-03T16:24:46Z","receivedAt":"2007-05-03T16:24:46Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tutufan@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"I have no idea why bike sheds should be painted red (though this does\nsound very vaguely familiar). I did get a chance to try out\ncg-admin-rewritehist last night, and it worked like a charm. Even got\nrid of my graft point (my project has previously lived in RCS, CVS,\nand Subversion).\n\nAnyway, it'd definitely be useful, I think, especially as a means to\nunroll newby mistakes such as mine.\n\nMike\n\n\nOn 4/26/07, Johannes Schindelin wrote:\n> Hi,\n>\n> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Mike Coleman wrote:\n>\n> > On 4/26/07, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n> > > There have been talks about polishing cg-rewritehist into a\n> > > shape suitable for inclusion in core git.git, now Cogito is not\n> > > actively developed anymore.\n> >\n> > Ah, that looks like it'd fit the bill. I may see if it'll still work\n> > for my simple case. Thanks for the pointer.\n> >\n> > > I think the first thing to fix is its name \"rewritehist\", which\n> > > may technically be correct, feels a bit too ugly ;-)\n> >\n> > Naming is very important.\n>\n> Maybe git-rewrite-commits?\n>\n> > I seem to recall hearing (from PE) that one of the early Unix guys was\n> > later asked if there was anything they'd change in hindsight. Their\n> > response: they'd spell \"creat\" with an 'e'.\n>\n> In related news: there is really no question that bike sheds should be\n> painted red. Really.\n>\n> Ciao,\n> Dscho\n>\n>\n"}]}