[Vcs-fast-import-devs] [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command

2011-01-31 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Dear fast importers, Another week, another fast-import protocol extension. Most DVCSes do not allow one to non-disruptively change the log message for a commit. But sometimes people want to attach information to a commit after the fact: - whether it was tested and worked correctly - who liked

Re: [Vcs-fast-import-devs] [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command

2011-01-31 Thread Sverre Rabbelier
Heya, On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 19:33, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Most DVCSes do not allow one to non-disruptively change the log > message for a commit.  But sometimes people want to attach information to a > commit after the fact: > >  - whether it was tested and worked correctly >  - who liked or

Re: [Vcs-fast-import-devs] [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command

2011-01-31 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Sverre Rabbelier wrote: > I talked with Augie Fackler (from hg) about this on IM and he says: >> We don't support anything like that at present (no demand, when we check >> nobody really seems to use git notes for anything) >> so it doesn't seem relevant in fast-export > > So at least HG doesn't (

Re: [Vcs-fast-import-devs] [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command

2011-01-31 Thread Sverre Rabbelier
Heya, On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 20:01, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Thanks, good to know.  I suppose this definitely needs a feature name, > then (I'll send a patch to make it "feature notes"). SGTM. > [Aside: I suspect part of the reason "git notes" adoption is not so > great is the lack of git note

Re: [Vcs-fast-import-devs] [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command

2011-01-31 Thread Sam Vilain
On 01/02/11 10:19, Sverre Rabbelier wrote: > That's another thing Augie mentioned that he (and I guess the hg > community at large) dislikes, the fact that they're not propagated. This is not a "fact". If you add configuration in your git config to fetch and push the refs, then they are propagate

Re: [Vcs-fast-import-devs] [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command

2011-01-31 Thread Sverre Rabbelier
Heya, On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 23:37, Sam Vilain wrote: > This is not a "fact". > > If you add configuration in your git config to fetch and push the refs, > then they are propagated. Heh, I was contemplating whether to add "(by default)" or not, I guess I should have. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbel