Re: Starting 1.5.3 stabilization cycle

From: Peter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 3, 2007, 22:16 UTC
Message-ID: <20070703221628.GF4580@xp.machine.xx>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707031923180.4071@racer.site>

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 07:27:54PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

[... skipping an embarrassing part of the message :-) ...]

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> > 	This is meant for reordering the commits, merge several commits into
> > 	one or even remove some of them.
> 
> Or even better:
> 
> 	- "git rebase" learned an "interactive" mode, where you can pick 
> 	  and reorder the commits to be applied.

Sounds nicer, but I would add that it is also possible to remove commits.

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> > >   - "git-filter-branch" is a reborn cg-admin-rewritehist.
> > 
> > Better mention what it is for, e.g:
> > 
> > 	Lets you rewrite GIT revision history by applying custom filters 
> >	on each revision. Those filters can modify each tree or 
> >	information about each commit.
> 
> I never liked that description. How about (shameless plug) the description 
> >from my last patch:
> 
> 	git-filter-branch lets you rewrite the revision history of the 
> 	current branch, creating a new branch. You can specify a number of 
> 	filters to modify the commits, files and trees.

I find it a little distracting to mention the "new branch" in this short description. I think this belongs into the manpage and not in a short description for the release notes. But I agree that this sounds otherwise nicer.

-Peter