From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:23:38 GMT
Subject: Re: git-subtree Ready #2
Message-ID: <20120227212337.GA19864@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20120227212157.GA19779@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 04:21:57PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:

> > So the answer to your question is yes, but I do not think we heard opinion
> > from anybody regarding the question by Avery yet.  I personally do not see
> > how it would help us if the old history is rewritten at this point.
> 
> Yeah, I don't see much point in rewriting. If parts of the history suck,
> then so be it.  It's probably not that big to store. And while it's
> sometimes easier to fix bad commit messages when they are recent and in
> your memory (rather than trying to remember later what you meant to
> say), I think it is already too late for that. Any archaeology you do
> now to make good commit messages could probably just as easily be done
> if and when somebody actually needs the commit message later (emphasis
> on the "if" -- it's likely that nobody will care about most of the
> commit messages later at all).

Sorry, the "you" there is meant to be David. Forgot who I was responding
to for a minute.

-Peff