Re: 1.5.3 plans and preparations

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Aug 2, 2007, 09:42 UTC
Message-ID: <868x8umfw2.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708021021060.14781@racer.site>

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

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> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>>   - "git commit --amend" is now compatible with various message source
>>     options such as -m/-C/-c/-F.
>
> Urgh.  That makes it much more easy for new users to shoot
> themselves in the foot.  By "-C" and "-F" you do not even see the
> runstatus anymore, since no editor was fired up.  Please say
> something like "use with care", or "do not try this at home", too.

Hm? How is that specific to "--amend"? Isn't that just a consequence of -m/-C/-F, regardless of whether one uses --amend or not?

When there are unmerged changes, --amend will not complete anyway. And of course, if you got things wrong, you can always do another --amend, so it is not like there is serious damage involved.

What do I overlook here?

And before you complain about not getting a copy by Email again: I have to go via Gmane from my work account, since it will for some unfathomable reason drop most of my mails (except those I use for testing the problem) from this address. It is manual work to add a "Cc" header in this setup (which I often forget), and even then, I doubt this copy will arrive at your place via mail (please tell me if it does).

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David Kastrup