From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: ChangeLogs in the elpa branch Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:57:22 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87ipofdbka.fsf@gmx.de> <874nzypniu.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1317113861 28199 80.91.229.12 (27 Sep 2011 08:57:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:57:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Michael Albinus , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Bastien Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 27 10:57:35 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R8TTq-0006Na-3D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:57:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55643 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8TTp-0006Zt-MW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:57:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44458) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8TTn-0006Zk-5z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:57:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8TTj-0002wD-5H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:57:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:57267) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R8TTj-0002v2-0c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:57:27 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03DCD180402C; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:57:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6826D1C0006D; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:57:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ef-JQTXfVMOc; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:57:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hase.home (ppp-88-217-107-205.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.107.205]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:57:21 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: I'm RELIGIOUS!! I love a man with a HAIRPIECE!! Equip me with MISSILES!! In-Reply-To: <874nzypniu.fsf@gnu.org> (Bastien's message of "Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:22:49 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Received-From: 212.18.0.10 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:144384 Archived-At: Bastien writes: > At least for git, you can edit the last commit message with a simple > ~$ git commit --amend git rebase -i can conveniently do that for older commits as well. > But editing the commit logs beyond that goes against a principle that > is somewhat carved in stone: "Don't modify the commit logs history." The principle is actually: "Don't modify published history." It is perfectly ok to edit commits locally until you are happy with them before publishing them. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."