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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] commit: add an option to reword the last commit
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:15:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqr1qvf6mg.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.736.git.1600695050.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget's message of "Mon, 21 Sep 2020 13:30:47 +0000")

"Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> If one notices a typo in the last commit after starting to stage changes for
> the next commit it is useful to be able to reword the last commit without
> changing its contents. Currently the way to do that is by specifying --amend
> --only with no pathspec which is not that obvious to new users (so much so
> that before beb635ca9c ("commit: remove 'Clever' message for --only
> --amend", 2016-12-09) commit printed a message to congratulate the user on
> figuring out how to do it).

;-)

"git commit --only --amend" could already be read as an instruction
that "I am only amending without changing anything else", but I
agree that the new --reword verb is a good addition.

The only comment I had on the series was that the mutual-exclusivity
logic looked a bit fragile against feature evolution of the command,
but I have no concrete suggestion to make it more robust against
time.


      parent reply	other threads:[~2020-09-21 16:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-21 13:30 [PATCH 0/3] commit: add an option to reword the last commit Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2020-09-21 13:30 ` [PATCH 1/3] commit docs: use backquotes when quoting options Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2020-09-21 13:30 ` [PATCH 2/3] commit: reorder synopsis Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2020-09-22  5:27   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-22 13:27     ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-22 16:16       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-21 13:30 ` [PATCH 3/3] commit: add an option the reword HEAD Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget
2020-09-21 15:43   ` Eric Sunshine
2020-09-21 18:05     ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-21 18:12       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-09-21 19:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-22 13:38         ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-22 16:54           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-21 17:04   ` Christian Couder
2020-09-21 18:01     ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-23 10:22   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-23 18:23     ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-23 20:42       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-09-24  9:58         ` Phillip Wood
2020-09-24 16:58           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-09-21 16:15 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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