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Re: How to change merge message ("weenie commits")

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Jan 25, 2007, 16:16 UTC
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<20070125161609.GA7453@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
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<17848.54065.631799.755255@lisa.zopyra.com>
On 2007-01-25 09:56:33 -0600, Bill Lear wrote:
> Do others run into this and perhaps have a good solution?

I make lots of small commits, then periodically rewrite history with StGIT to get the nice-looking set of commits I wish I had made in the first place. I don't think I do anything that couldn't be done with just git, but StGIT is made precisely for this kind of work, and is quite good at it.

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Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
      www.treskal.com/kalle
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  1. Bill LearJan 25, 2007
  2. Santi BéjarJan 25, 2007
  3. J. Bruce FieldsJan 25, 2007
  4. Seth FalconJan 25, 2007
  5. Karl HasselströmJan 25, 2007
  6. Jakub NarebskiJan 26, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2007
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