Re: Absentee log entry and Git question

["Gerd Möllmann" <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>]

Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

> There is no log message for:
>
> commit fa24bbb631fce7c5110dc322264224842cbb28d8
> Author: Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org>
> Date:   Sun Jul 23 12:00:30 2023 +0100
>
>     Simplify the EmacsLayer double buffering code (bug#63187)
>
> I suggest:
>
> * src/nsfns.m (ns_set_inhibit_double_buffering): New function.
> (ns_frame_parm_handlers): Register new handler for
> `inhibit-double-buffering'
> (Fx_create_frame) [NS_IMPL_COCOA]: Apply default value of
> Qinhibit_double_buffering on Mac OS 10.14 and later.
>
> Yet after running `git filter-branch' to amend the log message, the
> server refuses to accept the updated state of the repository, which, I
> suppose, is down to my privileges being insufficient to run
> administrator commands.  Would one of the project administrators care to
> do the honors?
>
> I dimly recall asking a similar question in the past, so please excuse
> me if I'm repeating myself.  Thanks.

Quote from git filter-branch's man page

  WARNING! The rewritten history will have different object names for all
  the objects and will not converge with the original branch. You will not
  be able to easily push and distribute the rewritten branch on top of the
  original branch.