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Re: Hey - A Conceptual Simplication....

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Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 20, 2009, 02:35 UTC
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On 2009.11.20 04:48:44 +0300, Dmitry Potapov wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:03:31PM -0500, George Dennie wrote:
> > 
> > For example, the functional notion of the repository seems well
> > defined: a growing web of immutable commits each created as either an
> > isolated commit or more typically an update and/or merger of one or
> > more pre-existing commits. 
> 
> In Git, commits are not immutable.

Commit _are_ immutable. Like all git objects (blob, tree, commits, tag). "Rewriting" history actually means creating a new history (adding objects), and then changing a ref (most often a branch head) to reference the new instead of the old history.

Björn
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Message 18 of 25 in “Hey - A Conceptual Simplication....”
  1. George DennieNov 18, 2009
  2. Jonathan del StrotherNov 18, 2009
  3. Jan KrügerNov 18, 2009
  4. George DennieNov 18, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 18, 2009
  6. Jason SewallNov 18, 2009
  7. George DennieNov 19, 2009
  8. Björn SteinbrinkNov 19, 2009
  9. George DennieNov 19, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 19, 2009
  11. Jakub NarebskiNov 20, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2009
  13. Dmitry PotapovNov 20, 2009
  14. Jakub NarebskiNov 19, 2009
  15. Dmitry PotapovNov 20, 2009
  16. david@lang.hmNov 20, 2009
  17. Dmitry PotapovNov 20, 2009
  18. Björn SteinbrinkNov 20, 2009
  19. Dmitry PotapovNov 20, 2009
  20. Dmitry PotapovNov 20, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 20, 2009
  22. Dmitry PotapovNov 20, 2009
  23. Thomas RastNov 18, 2009
  24. Jason SewallNov 18, 2009
  25. Linus TorvaldsNov 18, 2009

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