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

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:13:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [git pull] core/softirq for v2.6.27



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".

But it obviously also changes the SHA1 of the commit - it generates a 
totally new one. You cannot do it after-the-fact or deep in history (well, 
you can, with the normal "rebase" op, but it literally is no different 
from changing the patch itself too).

BK used to be able to change the logs after-the-fact, but that meant that 
the logs were not trustworthy, and any changes also didn't distribute 
right (they'd only be changed locally and in any subsequent distributions)

		Linus
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