Hi, On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Johannes Schindelin schrieb: > >> The reason why I insist on not putting this into --amend is that I > >> think this is not really an amend, but actively a rewrite of the > >> merge commit. > > > > You have a point here. I'm convinced. Scrap the patch. > > I am slow today. Since when --amend is not about "a rewrite of commit"? Technically, you are right, of course. Commit objects are immutable. But from a _porcelain_ view I maintain that "amending" is about changes _to_ a commit. It is not about redefining the (a) parent. Ciao, Dscho - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html