From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 Received: from out1.vger.email (out1.vger.email [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:20]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD7FA1F452 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:24:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232823AbjC1NYL (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:24:11 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41606 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232475AbjC1NYH (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:24:07 -0400 Received: from bluemchen.kde.org (bluemchen.kde.org [209.51.188.41]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85A76A24D for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 06:23:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ugly.fritz.box (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bluemchen.kde.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E3A20081 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:23:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ugly.fritz.box (masqmail 0.3.4, from userid 1000) id 1ph9Is-RBN-00 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:23:58 +0200 Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:23:58 +0200 From: Oswald Buddenhagen To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sequencer: beautify subject of reverts of reverts Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: git@vger.kernel.org References: <20230323162234.995465-1-oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de> <210376fb-f830-4883-b576-2936dabc09cc@app.fastmail.com> <4f570b05-036d-45a1-8caa-cebfce3026c9@app.fastmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <4f570b05-036d-45a1-8caa-cebfce3026c9@app.fastmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 08:04:43AM +0200, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: >On Tue, Mar 28, 2023, at 00:25, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> ""Revert^4 "A change" the other thread proposed start to look less horrible. >> So, I dunno. > >That looks good. And the transformations are just: > > Revert " → Reapply " > Reapply " → Revert^3 " > Revert^ " → Revert^ " > i thought about that already, and concluded that it's getting a bit "too nerdy" and over-engineered. the main motivation for me is to break the dogmatism with which some people are approaching the matter - "$tool did it, so it is _the_ way". set an example where the tool does something "humane", and you may change some minds. when it gets to round 3 of reverting, i expect people to get creative: Revert "foo" again Reapply "foo", take 2 etc. but i don't mind, as long as `Revert "Revert "Revert "foo"""` cannot be argued to be canon any more.