Re: [git pull] core/softirq for v2.6.27

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > /me suggests git-log-addendum feature to amend commit logs after the
> >     fact, without changing any of the code :-)
> 
> It's called "git commit --amend".

yeah - and i use that for general development meanwhile: i just 
commit the draft code in small steps (appending it to the commit via
git commit --amend), then i test it and amend it with a final commit
log in the end.

I use that method instead of doing development via uncommitted changes 
in the git index, because that way:

 - I see the under-development change in a form close to how other
   people see it (as a commit)

 - I can switch branches during development

 - It's sure that changes are not lost

 - I can distribute my half-done commits to my testboxes (internally i
   use a hierarchy of Git repos on testboxes to automatically propagate
   changes)

Once it's pushed out publicly into a persistent branch it cannot be 
touched anymore.

	Ingo