From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Vladimir Panteleev" Subject: Re: Commit annotations (editable commit messages) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:18:26 +0200 Message-ID: References: <32541b131002121455s46bfe15aie484e9be484259c6@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Feb 13 00:19:06 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng4mv-0006YZ-9S for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:19:05 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755676Ab0BLXSz (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:18:55 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:49099 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754057Ab0BLXSy (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:18:54 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng4mf-0006PF-LM for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:18:49 +0100 Received: from 89.28.117.31 ([89.28.117.31]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:18:49 +0100 Received: from thecybershadow by 89.28.117.31 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:18:49 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 89.28.117.31 User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.50 (Win32) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:55:46 +0200, Avery Pennarun wrote: > 2010/2/12 Vladimir Panteleev : >> You have to agree, being able to edit commit messages in a controlled >> (logged/versioned) fashion is pretty useful. Aside mundane corrections >> such >> as typos or undocumented changes, it makes it possible to document bugs >> and >> other unintended changes in the commit that they were introduced. This >> is >> possible in centralized VCSes and is implemented in Subversion >> (controlled >> by a server-side hook). > > It sounds like you want to read about a new feature called git-notes: > http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-notes.html > > Have fun, > > Avery Wow, thanks! Looks like I'm behind the times. (Currently stuck with msysGit/1.6.5) The documentation looks pretty scant. Does anyone know how close were my suggestions to the actual implemented behavior (esp. regarding rebasing)? -- Best regards, Vladimir mailto:thecybershadow@gmail.com