On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 17:39, Georg Brandl <g.bra...@gmx.net> wrote:
> The reason why rebasing is not universally applied is that the > rebased changesets are different from the original ones (therefore > I wrote A' and B') -- even if the diff is the same, the parents > are not, and therefore the changeset id (hash) changes. This is > called "changing history", and frowned upon by purists. In reality > it works fine if you know the limits: It's frowned upon by more than just purists, and it works "in reality" as fine as handing out your creditcard and personal information over the internet; you can't always tell the result is bad, and it can be very painful finding out. Jaywalking-and-unprotected-sex-metaphors-available-on-demand'ly y'rs, -- Thomas Wouters <tho...@python.org> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread!
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