Re: Some ideas for StGIT

From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
Date: Aug 4, 2007, 05:41 UTC
Message-ID: <1186206085.28481.33.camel@dv>
In-Reply-To: <200708031914.04344.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Hello, Andy!

On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 19:14 +0100, Andy Parkins wrote:

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> On Friday 2007, August 03, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> 
> > I don't suggest that StGIT gives up on the git-based storage, but this
> > mode of operation could be implemented in two ways.
> 
> git's shiny new git rebase -i has removed, for me, those times when I needed 
> stgit.  Perhaps those who've move from git to quilt would try again when 
> 1.5.3 is out with the magic that is "rebase -i".

I don't understand how one option can replace StGIT. I assume you were trying to avoid StGIT already, and "git-rebase -i" was just the last missing piece.

It would be great if you could tell me how your approach would deal with the issue of editable patches I mentioned already. In case I was unclear, here's the quote from one of the developers:

[quote] Sometimes, I just make patches in quilt, then I do "quilt refresh", "quilt pop -a", "cd patches" and modify the patches and series file manually, e.g. by moving one patch from one file into the other. The "cd ..", "quilt push -a" and off I am. That the "database" of quilt is in a known format and I can hack on it with an editor is a plus for me :-) [end of quote]

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin