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Re: [PATCH] Fix dcommit, rebase when rewriteRoot is in use

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JGJohn Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
Date
Mar 8, 2008, 21:28 UTC
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<200803081528.21295.jgoerzen@complete.org>
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On Saturday 08 March 2008 3:05:18 pm Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:
> > Problem described here:
> >
> > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/76561
> >
> > Signed-off-by: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
>
> While I am sure Eric and git-svn users would appreciate a fix, please do
> not write a commit log message like this.
>
> Having a pointer to additional material is a very good practice, and will
> be appreciated by the readers, but giving a pointer and nothing else means
> that you are forcing your readers to hunt for out-of-line information.

Thanks for the note. Some projects really hate long commit messages, and some love them, and I wasn't sure what type of project this is.

Would you like me to rewrite and re-submit this, or are you editing and committing?

-- John
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  1. Fix dcommit, rebase when rewriteRoot is in useJohn Goerzen, Mar 8, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2008
  3. John GoerzenMar 8, 2008
  4. Eric WongMar 8, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinMar 8, 2008
  6. John GoerzenMar 8, 2008

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