Re: Commit annotations (editable commit messages)

From: Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 12, 2010, 23:18 UTC
Message-ID: <op.u71e00v4m02fvl@cybershadow.mshome.net>
In-Reply-To: <32541b131002121455s46bfe15aie484e9be484259c6@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:55:46 +0200, Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 2010/2/12 Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow@gmail.com>:
>> You have to agree, being able to edit commit messages in a controlled
>> (logged/versioned) fashion is pretty useful. Aside mundane corrections  
>> such
>> as typos or undocumented changes, it makes it possible to document bugs  
>> and
>> other unintended changes in the commit that they were introduced. This  
>> is
>> possible in centralized VCSes and is implemented in Subversion  
>> (controlled
>> by a server-side hook).
>
> It sounds like you want to read about a new feature called git-notes:
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-notes.html
>
> Have fun,
>
> Avery

Wow, thanks! Looks like I'm behind the times. (Currently stuck with msysGit/1.6.5)

The documentation looks pretty scant. Does anyone know how close were my suggestions to the actual implemented behavior (esp. regarding rebasing)?

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Best regards,
  Vladimir                            mailto:thecybershadow@gmail.com