Re: [PATCH RFC v3 00/18] Introduce git-history(1) command for easy history editing
On Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 12:29:55PM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 4, 2025, at 16:27, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >[snip]
> > I thus had a look at implementing some of these commands in Git itself,
> > where the result is this patch series. Specifically, the following
> > commands are introduced by this patch series:
> >
> > - `git history drop` to drop a specific commit. This is basically the
> > same as jj-abandon(1).
> >
> > - `git history reorder` to reorder a specific commit before or after
> > another commit. This is inspired by jj-new(1).
> >
> > - `git history split` takes a commit and splits it into two. This is
> > basically the same as jj-split(1).
> >
> > If this is something we want to have I think it'd be just a starting
> > point. There's other commands that I think are quite common and that
> > might make sense to introduce eventually:
> >
> > - An equivalent to jj-absorb(1) would be awesome to have.
> >
> > - `git history reword` to change only the commit message of a specific
> > commit.
>
> The cover letter is a bit outdated. Reword has been here since v2.
Good point, addressed locally.
Patrick