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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Thomas Orgis <thomas-forum AT orgis.org>:
<snip>
> I still have to get around the idea of changing history being good   
> (when one makes a better one;-).
> In the nonlinear git (and Orwell's 1984) that seems like the thing to do.
> Will try to follow that in future.

I'm not talking about changing HISTORY files, but for incomplete  
commits to revert the incomplete commit and re-commit with *all* the  
intended changes.

Example:
I update linux to 2.6.99-42wow by adding info/patches/wow/2.6.99-42wow  
and updating HISTORY. I commit and push. Later I realize I forgot the  
GPG signatures, so instead of just adding them, committing, and  
pushing, I *should* revert my linux update to 2.6.99-42wow, redo my  
changes (if I use `git reset` properly I won't have to redo anything  
other than what I missed), add the signatures, commit and push. This  
way the entire 2.6.99-42wow update is available in one commit id,  
rather than two (or more).

I'm not talking specifically about your change Thomas, just FYI. ;) I  
just had time and the inclination to bring this subject up as I was  
reading yours and it happened to exhibit some of the behaviour I'm  
talking about.

-sandalle

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