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Re: [PATCH 0/8] history: introduce "split" subcommand

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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Mar 16, 2026, 07:13 UTC
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On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 03:35:32PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> 
> > this patch series introduces `git history split` as an easy way to split
> > up one commit into multiple commits. This subcommand has already been
> > introduced in earlier versions of my git-history(1) patch series, but I
> > eventually decided to evict them from this series so that we can rather
> > focus more on basic decisions.
> 
> We saw a few exchanges and comments but didn't see an blocker.
> Everybody happy with the series?

There wasn't a ton of discussion on this series, but a lot of it already happened back when it was still part of the initial git-history(1) introduction. So it has already evolved significantly, even if that's not quite visible here.

From my perspective this is ready to go.
Thanks!
Patrick
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 16 of 16 in “history: introduce "split" subcommand”
  1. 0/8 history: introduce "split" subcommandPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  2. 1/8 add-patch: split out header from "add-interactive.h"Patrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  3. 2/8 add-patch: split out `struct interactive_options`Patrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  4. 3/8 add-patch: remove dependency on "add-interactive" subsystemPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  5. 4/8 add-patch: add support for in-memory index patchingPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  6. 5/8 add-patch: allow disabling editing of hunksPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  7. 6/8 cache-tree: allow writing in-memory index as treePatrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  8. 7/8 builtin/history: split out extended function to create commitsPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  9. D. Ben KnobleMar 3, 2026
  10. Patrick SteinhardtMar 11, 2026
  11. 8/8 builtin/history: implement "split" subcommandPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 2, 2026
  12. D. Ben KnobleMar 3, 2026
  13. Patrick SteinhardtMar 11, 2026
  14. D. Ben KnobleMar 3, 2026
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2026
  16. Patrick SteinhardtMar 16, 2026

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