On Dec 24, 2017, at 01:01, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > Hi Carl, > > On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, Carl Baldwin wrote: > >> I imagine that a "git commit --amend" would also insert a "replaces" >> reference to the original commit but I failed to mention that in my >> original post. > > And cherry-pick, too, of course.
Why would it? In my mind, cherry-picking does not 'replace' or 'refine' commits, it copies them into other, unrelated branches (usually something like stable branches maintained separately from the mainline). If anything, cherry-pick could add a separate "cherry-picked from" reference which may be useful, I guess, for conflict resolution if two branches with the same commit are merged. > Of course, that is only my wish, other users in similar situations may > want that information. Demonstrating that you would be better served with > an opt-in feature that uses notes rather than a baked-in commit header. Using notes also allows to test and evaluate this new feature without any changes to core git, using it as an extension at first.
