Re: suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Apr 26, 2007, 15:17 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704261716140.12006@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <3c6c07c20704260750o68b1d296kc30c17e54a593023@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Mike Coleman wrote:

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> On 4/26/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> > There have been talks about polishing cg-rewritehist into a
> > shape suitable for inclusion in core git.git, now Cogito is not
> > actively developed anymore.
> 
> Ah, that looks like it'd fit the bill.  I may see if it'll still work
> for my simple case.  Thanks for the pointer.
> 
> > I think the first thing to fix is its name "rewritehist", which
> > may technically be correct, feels a bit too ugly ;-)
> 
> Naming is very important.

Maybe git-rewrite-commits?

> I seem to recall hearing (from PE) that one of the early Unix guys was 
> later asked if there was anything they'd change in hindsight.  Their 
> response: they'd spell "creat" with an 'e'.

In related news: there is really no question that bike sheds should be painted red. Really.

Ciao, Dscho