From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req. Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:17:23 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20140102095347.6834E381D0C@snark.thyrsus.com> <87fvp6bdd9.fsf_-_@ktab.red-bean.com> <8761q1ljny.fsf@gmail.com> <20140103175006.GE17261@thyrsus.com> <87iou0t72n.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87a9fb99qg.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <87sit37ac1.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <83bnzrv4b0.fsf@gnu.org> <87bnzr895i.fsf@nbtrap.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388899067 13781 80.91.229.3 (5 Jan 2014 05:17:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 05:17:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , Eli Zaretskii , Stromeko@nexgo.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Nathan Trapuzzano Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 05 06:17:53 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzg5w-0004bM-P2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 06:17:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56690 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzg5w-000836-BS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:17:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51989) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzg5m-00082n-TY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:17:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzg5f-00075x-K9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:17:42 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:29138) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vzg5T-00073C-PK; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:17:23 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rwsm/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjEAsOJhIUGA0kiB4GwS2RCgOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rwsm/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjEAsOJhIUGA0kiB4GwS2RCgOIYZwZgV6DFQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="44046962" Original-Received: from 184-175-11-38.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([184.175.11.38]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 05 Jan 2014 00:17:23 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0E2C966CD2; Sun, 5 Jan 2014 00:17:23 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87bnzr895i.fsf@nbtrap.com> (Nathan Trapuzzano's message of "Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:17:13 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167345 Archived-At: >> If git is supported as well as we are told, perhaps the git developers >> can be asked to add a feature that will allow commit messages to be >> fixed, at least as far as the output of "git log" etc. is concerned. >> CVS allowed such changes, btw. > git rebase --interactive > With a source repository like Emacs', which is shared by so many people, > doing that is a terrible idea. Right: by "edit past commit messages" we mean "without rewriting history". I know it sounds contradictory, but it is only paradoxical. Stefan