From: greened@obbligato.org
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:31:44 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] Add --unannotate
Message-ID: <87sj6kfsbz.fsf@waller.obbligato.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v623ga8vs.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> "David A. Greene" <greened@obbligato.org> writes:
>
>> From: James Nylen <jnylen@gmail.com>
>>
>> Teach git-subtree about --unannotate.  This option strips a prefix
>> from a commit message when doing a subtree split.
>
> Hrm.  This looks like a workaround for a short-sighted misdesign of
> the annotate option that only allowed prefixing a fixed string.  I
> have to wonder if it is better to deprecate --annotate and replace
> it with a more general "commit log rewriting" facility that can
> cover both use cases?

That's not a bad idea.  I'd have to think a bit about a sensible design.
Do you have any ideas, James?

In the meantime, will you apply the patch or do you prefer a new design?

                      -David