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DateTue, 12 Feb 2008 23:54:01 +0000
FromAl Viro <>
SubjectRe: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 03:51:07PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:31:48 -0500
> 
> > I understand the desire to want a nice and clean history, but the 
> > frequency here really has a negative impact on your downstreams.
> 
> Ok, fair enough.  Any alternative suggestions on how to remove turds
> without them being in the history?
> 
> > It also totally screws the commit statistics, wiping me and John and the 
> > committers we have preserved out, replacing everybody's committer with 
> > David Miller.
> 
> I am well aware of this downside, sorry.

Ahem...  Use of git-cherry-pick preserves commit information just fine.


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