On 20.03.2011 16:50, Thomas Wouters wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 17:39, Georg Brandl <g.bra...@gmx.net > <mailto: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.
Well, YMMV. But instead of spreading FUD you might want to state *why*. Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
