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[David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>]

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Juuso Alasuutari wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 September 2006 18:13, Eric Sandall wrote:
>> Juuso Alasuutari wrote:
>>> Are there any reasonable arguments preventing me from scripting all
>>> BUILD_API=2 lines away from all DETAILS files in the test grimoire? We've
>>> had a grimoire-wide API_VERSION including BUILD_API=2 for some time now
>>> already.
>> Please do. :)
> 
> I've the script here and my finger on the trigger. But before I proceed I'd 
> like to know whether I should commit each spell change separately (as is 
> the 
> normal practice) or all in one blow.
> 
> The commit history of course takes space, and it's possible that hundreds 
> of 
> fractions cost more than they would together. Also, I can't think of a 
> reason 
> why someone would need to revert some individual commit where BUILD_API=2 
> and 
> MAINTAINER were removed, so I feel that getting them all out in one go is 
> pretty safe.
> 
> I don't know enough about git, but if it's really so good that 1700 (yep) 
> individual commits won't take much more space in history than one big one, 
> it's naturally best to do em separately.

Only if we're really concerned about space, which we're not. To maintain
cherry picking integrity, which IMHO is more important, we should have
separate commits.

David Kowis
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