Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add git-rewrite-commits

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jul 9, 2007, 11:57 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707091256430.5546@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <4691F96E.D869DF97@eudaptics.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote:

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> Sven Verdoolaege wrote:
> > I guess the major thing that is missing is --subdirectory-filter.
> > Anything else?
> 
> Yes, how about this:
> 
>   $ git rewrite-commits --index-map '
>          testresult=$($HOME/bin/expensive-test);
>          [ $testresult = t ] && $HOME/bin/tweak-index ' \
>      --commit-map '
>          [ $testresult = t ] && $HOME/bin/tweak-commit '

As skimo almost hinted: this will not work. Once the index "map" exits, testresult is forgotten.

Ciao, Dscho