[RFC] Amend commit messages

[Laurens Holst]

Op 23-2-2011 14:29, Didly schreef:
> I totally disagree. Perhaps having a typo in the commit history is 
> bad, but what if you realize that you mention the wrong Change 
> Request? There are automated tools that use this sort of information 
> to tell whether a CR is done or has been worked on and an invalid 
> commit message can be disastrous.

But when you’ve pushed surely it’s already too late? Your incoming hooks 
will already have updated the bugs to the new state.

> Another scenario where this may come handy is when the commit message 
> says something that is later found out to be untrue, such as when it 
> says: "Fixed such bug" and later on you discover that this is not the 
> case.

Is it really so important to correct this kind of mistake?

> Plus, "How do I fix my commit message" is probably the #1 question I 
> get as the person in charge of mercurial supporting in my company, so 
> a clean answer to that question would make me very happy :-)

But there is an answer. Rollback is super-easy. Just not after you’ve 
pushed.

~Laurens

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Laurens Holst, developer, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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