From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 12:49:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] commit: add support for --fixup <commit> -m"<extra message>"
Message-ID: <87a7y9sj68.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfu82pgdg.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>


On Fri, Dec 22 2017, Junio C. Hamano jotted:

> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I don't agree that git as a tool should be so opinionated. You can edit
>> these --fixup messages right now with --edit, and I do. That it doesn't
>> work with -m"" as it should is a longstanding UI wart.
>
> I think you missed the point.

I did, yes. Sorry, I was being a bit touchy and argumentative there.

> I was expressing my opinion, not an opinion of Git as a tool, that I
> think one of these two "use case" scenario was a bad way not to be
> encouraged.
>
> That is totally different from allowing --fixup and -m working
> together.  That is a good thing that helps the other "good" use case.