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Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] {apply,alias}: convert pre-processor macros to enums

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Vinayak Dev <vinayakdev.sci@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 11, 2023, 04:00 UTC
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On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 at 03:31, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Vinayak Dev <vinayakdev.sci@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Revert changes to alias.c, and change variable types in apply.c
>
> When you send out a rerolled series, you do not have to show your
> past mistakes.  This [v2] is structured as a three patch series
> whose first one makes a similar mess as what [v1] did, the second
> one and the third one then revert some parts of that earlier mess.
>
> That is not what you want to show your reviewers, and more
> importantly, that is not what we want to record in our history.
> Rerolling a series is your chance to pretend that you are much
> better programmer than you who wrote the [v1] patch.  The review
> exchange is to help you do that.  Please take advantage of that.
>
> You may find "git rebase -i" is a useful tool to help you pretend
> that you got to the ideal end result without these "I tried this
> first, which was wrong in these points, which I correct in a
> subsequent step" steps.
>
> Thanks.

OK, I will keep that in mind before sending subsequent patches. Should I re-send [v2] after making corrections for this mistake? That would make the corrections more obvious and the mistakes less.

Thanks a lot! Vinayak

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  1. 0/3 {apply,alias}: convert pre-processor macros to enumsVinayak Dev, Feb 10, 2023
  2. 1/3 {apply,alias}: convert pre-processor macros to enumsVinayak Dev, Feb 10, 2023
  3. 2/3 {apply,alias}: convert pre-processor macros to enumsVinayak Dev, Feb 10, 2023
  4. 3/3 {apply,alias}: convert pre-processor macros to enumsVinayak Dev, Feb 10, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2023
  6. Vinayak DevFeb 11, 2023
  7. Eric SunshineFeb 15, 2023
  8. Vinayak DevFeb 15, 2023

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