From: Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:21:16 GMT
Subject: Re: Editing Git Log
Message-ID: <20080918062116.GB32670@atjola.homenet>
In-Reply-To: <48D1F19E.60907@panasas.com>

On 2008.09.18 09:13:50 +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> Piet Delaney wrote:
> > I think I recall reading that a feature of git was the prevention of the 
> > git commits
> > from being changed. I noticed today that a couple of us have checked in 
> > files
> > without our customary [XTENSA] architecture prefixed to the 1st line of our
> > Commit Messages.
> > 
> > I couldn't find a way to do this, other than our reverting back to a 
> > earlier repository
> > and recommitting (each?) change with the slightly changed Commit Message;
> > not an attractive investment of our time.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > -piet
> > --
> 
> git rebase --interactive FIRST_BAD_COMMIT^ will effectively do the same
> as above but in a nice automated way. Just change pick => edit on these
> patches that need fixing, you'll see.

git filter-branch with a suited msg-filter is even more automated :-)

Björn