From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 02:11:41 GMT
Subject: Re: Using git-replace to edit a commit message?
Message-ID: <7vpqnaw4gy.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20110523T001117-737@post.gmane.org>

Joe Smith <unknown_kev_cat@hotmail.com> writes:

> Is there some reason that will not work? If it would work, is there
> some reason nobody ever seems to suggest it?

It would; I think the real reason is because it is not worth the trouble
for asking everybody to trust your replace refs and install them in their
repository and pay the runtime cost. Most people just move on once their
mistakes are public.