Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> "David A. Greene" <greened@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> From: James Nylen <jnylen@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Teach git-subtree about --unannotate. This option strips a prefix
>> from a commit message when doing a subtree split.
>
> Hrm. This looks like a workaround for a short-sighted misdesign of
> the annotate option that only allowed prefixing a fixed string. I
> have to wonder if it is better to deprecate --annotate and replace
> it with a more general "commit log rewriting" facility that can
> cover both use cases?
That's not a bad idea. I'd have to think a bit about a sensible design.
Do you have any ideas, James?
In the meantime, will you apply the patch or do you prefer a new design?
-David
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