Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 4 authors, 2023-08-23

Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: revert: add discussion

From: Oswald Buddenhagen <hidden>
Date: 2023-08-12 06:25:21

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 04:10:55PM +0100, Phillip Wood wrote:
On 10/08/2023 23:00, Linus Arver wrote:
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Linus Arver [off-list ref] writes:
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How about
the following rewording?

     While git creates a basic commit message automatically, it is
     _strongly_ recommended to explain why the original commit is being
     reverted. In addition, repeatedly reverting the same commit will
Hmph, "repeatedly reverting the same commit" sounds wrong because
strictly speaking there is only 1 "same commit" (the original commit).
While it isn't strictly accurate I think that wording is easy enough to understand.
yes, but why would that be _better_ than saying "repeatedly reverting reversions" like i did?

regards
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