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Re: suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase

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MCMike Coleman <tutufan@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 26, 2007, 14:50 UTC
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On 4/26/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> There have been talks about polishing cg-rewritehist into a
> shape suitable for inclusion in core git.git, now Cogito is not
> actively developed anymore.

Ah, that looks like it'd fit the bill. I may see if it'll still work for my simple case. Thanks for the pointer.

> I think the first thing to fix is its name "rewritehist", which
> may technically be correct, feels a bit too ugly ;-)

Naming is very important. I seem to recall hearing (from PE) that one of the early Unix guys was later asked if there was anything they'd change in hindsight. Their response: they'd spell "creat" with an 'e'.

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