From: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 14:28:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [StGit RFC] A more structured way of calling git
Message-ID: <20071103142851.GG26436@nan92-1-81-57-214-146.fbx.proxad.net>
In-Reply-To: <b0943d9e0711030356j4dcd31cbl54d838107240b3d0@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 10:56:36AM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On 26/10/2007, Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com> wrote:
> > I wanted to build an StGit command that coalesced adjacent patches to
> > a single patch. Because the end result tree would still be the same,
> > this should be doable without ever involving HEAD, the index, or the
> > worktree.
> 
> Wouldn't HEAD need to be modified since the commit log changes
> slightly, even though the tree is the same. Or am I misunderstanding
> this?

This reminds me of someone suggesting that some patches could be
represented by more than one commit.  But I'm not sure such a beast
would be useful - I fear that would make StGIT much more complicated,
but would it really make things better ?

Best regards,
-- 
Yann