From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Baumann Subject: Re: Starting 1.5.3 stabilization cycle Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 00:16:28 +0200 Message-ID: <20070703221628.GF4580@xp.machine.xx> References: <7v8x9yrllv.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20070703181428.GD4580@xp.machine.xx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jul 04 00:16:42 2007 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I5qfn-0003rv-O7 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:16:40 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757397AbXGCWQT (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:16:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754423AbXGCWQS (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:16:18 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:33901 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1756557AbXGCWQR (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:16:17 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Jul 2007 22:16:16 -0000 Received: from mason.hofmann.stw.uni-erlangen.de (EHLO localhost) [131.188.24.36] by mail.gmx.net (mp031) with SMTP; 04 Jul 2007 00:16:16 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1252284 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/uX6BvT7bua1tQw+poHHScBJuxgg3k6TJQiyVLTQ 7kyvLcyhY4yxSV Mail-Followup-To: Johannes Schindelin , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14+cvs20070403 (2007-04-02) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 07:27:54PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: [... skipping an embarrassing part of the message :-) ...] > > This is meant for reordering the commits, merge several commits into > > one or even remove some of them. > > Or even better: > > - "git rebase" learned an "interactive" mode, where you can pick > and reorder the commits to be applied. Sounds nicer, but I would add that it is also possible to remove commits. > > > - "git-filter-branch" is a reborn cg-admin-rewritehist. > > > > Better mention what it is for, e.g: > > > > Lets you rewrite GIT revision history by applying custom filters > > on each revision. Those filters can modify each tree or > > information about each commit. > > I never liked that description. How about (shameless plug) the description > >from my last patch: > > git-filter-branch lets you rewrite the revision history of the > current branch, creating a new branch. You can specify a number of > filters to modify the commits, files and trees. I find it a little distracting to mention the "new branch" in this short description. I think this belongs into the manpage and not in a short description for the release notes. But I agree that this sounds otherwise nicer. -Peter