Re: Revert a single commit in a single file

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 25, 2011, 19:54 UTC
Message-ID: <7vei6vao0p.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinzhd_nL265e7DZA4xEnXqDn-5m=9GPS7JsFY-S@mail.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

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> But just like we now have:
>
>     Revert "some commit"
>
>     This partially reverts commit <sha1>.
>
> We could have with <path>:
>
>     Revert "some commit"
>
>     This partially reverts commit <sha1>. Only the path <path> has
>     been reverted, which is X out of Y files changed in the original
>     commit.
>
> Or something like that.

Yes, that is exactly what I was suggesting, no?

On the similar line of thought, it might be a good idea to update the commit template we give slightly perhaps like...

     Revert "some commit"

     This partially reverts commit <sha1>.
    +#
    +# DESCRBE HERE how the change in <sha1>
    +# was a wrong thing to do.