Re: [StGit RFC] A more structured way of calling git

> 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?

> > StGit's existing infrastructure for manipulating patches didn't
> > lend itself to doing this kind of thing, though: it's not modular
> > enough. So I started to design a replacement low-level interface
> > to git, and things got slightly out of hand ... and I ended up
> > with a much bigger refactoring than I'd planned.
>
> Thanks for this. I'll need a bit of time to read it all and give
> feedback. In general, I welcome this refactoring.
>
> I'll go through the whole e-mail in the next days and get back to
> you.