Re: Draft release notes for v1.5.3, as of -rc1

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 14, 2007, 18:13 UTC
Message-ID: <7vvecmj1ju.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707141517450.14781@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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> It is really unfortunate that rewrite-commits came in so late in the 
> release cycle, and I am quite sure it should not be in 1.5.3.  There is 
> just too much new in it, and too many things to flesh out.
>
> Junio, if you want to include it in 1.5.3, it should be marked as alpha 
> code, as it has not seen any time in "next", let alone "master".

I am not considering rewrite-commits for inclusion right now.

I was hoping that filter-branch will stay. Its interface is something people are already familiar with since the days of its its older incarnation cg-admin-rewritehist, and it would be really really nice that anything that attempts to replace it builds on and extends its external interface.

Maybe rewrite-commits can be used to delegate the implementation of heavy lifting from filter-branch? IOW can the latter be just a thin wrapper around the former?