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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Draft release notes for v1.5.3, as of -rc1
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:13:57 -0700
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> It is really unfortunate that rewrite-commits came in so late in the 
> release cycle, and I am quite sure it should not be in 1.5.3.  There is 
> just too much new in it, and too many things to flesh out.
>
> Junio, if you want to include it in 1.5.3, it should be marked as alpha 
> code, as it has not seen any time in "next", let alone "master".

I am not considering rewrite-commits for inclusion right now.

I was hoping that filter-branch will stay.  Its interface is
something people are already familiar with since the days of its
its older incarnation cg-admin-rewritehist, and it would be
really really nice that anything that attempts to replace it
builds on and extends its external interface.

Maybe rewrite-commits can be used to delegate the implementation
of heavy lifting from filter-branch?  IOW can the latter be
just a thin wrapper around the former?