Re: RFC - "git editlog" feature for fixing up local commit messages

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date: Mar 29, 2010, 15:08 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1003291102250.694@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <fabb9a1e1003290641s27306373k3a2669318a7b67a8@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

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> Heya,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 07:31, Eric Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> > Now, about step 3.  The official git command set only directly supports
> > amending the tip commit.  There is a semi-documented procedure for
> > amending previous commits using an interactive rebase, but trying to
> > understand it makes my brain hurt.  Don't want to go there.
> 
> Go there anyway. These days it's as simple as changing "pick" to
> "reword" on the appropriate commit. Really, give it a try.

While the 'git rebase -i' solution has its place (and I do use it myself), it essentially deals with only one branch while having a filter-branch based solution allows for such changes to be applied globally i.e. to all branches in the presence of history fork points.

Nicolas