On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 13:36, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > If at all, I'd introduce 'examine' as a synonym to 'edit' (might be more > intuitive). Examine suggests that you cannot change the commit (you can look, but don't touch it!), no? > However, for the same reason (is it intuitive?) I am not fully convinced > of 'amend' either. Because --amend _can_ mean that you change the > diff of the commit. Maybe 'correct', 'redact' or 'rephrase'? OTOH, when you have no changes staged "git commit --ammend" will do exactly that, it will let you edit the commit message of the last commit. > BTW I was not fully happy with 'edit' back then, either, which is the > reason why I showed the usage in the comment _above_ the commit list. But > nobody could suggest a name that I found convincingly better. The coder's law #349: "The hardest part of writing new functionality is coming up with a proper name that everyone agrees on". -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier -- 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
