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bug#64055: [WIP Patch] Enable editing commit messages - vc-git-modify-ch
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
bug#64055: [WIP Patch] Enable editing commit messages - vc-git-modify-change-comment |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:30:12 +0200 |
>>>>> On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:54:20 -0400, Morgan Smith
>>>>> <Morgan.J.Smith@outlook.com> said:
Morgan> Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>> Yes, eg magitʼs interactive rebase is great for that kind of stuff. I
donʼt
>> know offhand if it uses autosquash.
Morgan> I look briefly at their code and they use a perl wrapper around the
Morgan> interactive rebase. I suppose that's another way of doing it. I
don't
Morgan> think it's any better or worse then my approach though.
OK
>>
Morgan> 'git commit --amend' is actually already built into the Emacs vc
system
Morgan> and works great. I don't think you can use it without a diff
though.
>>
>> Fixing that would fit 99.99% of the cases where I want to reword a
>> commit message, and I suspect Iʼm not alone.
Morgan> Strange. I'm usually working on at least a couple commits at a
time.
Morgan> For example, if I'm working on a change and I notice a typo in a
Morgan> docstring unrelated to my change then I'll stick that into a commit.
Morgan> Then I'll fix up all my commit messages at the end of my session.
That kind of thing I just leave in, and if it gets in the way Iʼll
stash it, and then commit it afterwards. But then again, for Emacs I
try not to have too many commits in flight at the same time. To each
their own.
Morgan> Regardless, the current amend logic is great if you need to amend
code
Morgan> changes. For the case without a diff, you could simply use the
feature
Morgan> I'm adding here.
Right
Robert
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bug#64055: [WIP Patch] Enable editing commit messages - vc-git-modify-change-comment, Dmitry Gutov, 2023/06/16