Re: suggested feature: completely expunge a file (or just a delta) a la rebase

On 4/26/07, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

There have been talks about polishing cg-rewritehist into a
shape suitable for inclusion in core git.git, now Cogito is not
actively developed anymore.

Ah, that looks like it'd fit the bill.  I may see if it'll still work
for my simple case.  Thanks for the pointer.

I think the first thing to fix is its name "rewritehist", which
may technically be correct, feels a bit too ugly ;-)

Naming is very important.  I seem to recall hearing (from PE) that one
of the early Unix guys was later asked if there was anything they'd
change in hindsight.  Their response: they'd spell "creat" with an
'e'.