Re: Should we restore manually maintained ChangeLogs

[Stefan Monnier]

> When I want an accurate record of what happened, I want to see what was
> actually committed, warts and all. If people start using git-replace to
> change old commit messages, I'll probably start using --no-replace-objects
> to see what the original commit looked like. I realize your style
> differs. Still, it's not clear that it's worth inflicting significant pain
> on other developers in order to support that style.

Maybe the Git guys would accept a patch which lets you provide
a "--full-history" option to "git log" such that for every commit whose
message has a "replace"ment, it will show you not only the replacement,
but the original message as well (and maybe even the sequence of
replacements, if there can be such a thing).


        Stefan