This is cool, but has anyone ever needed to rewrite commit authors or dates?
Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
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#12Re: Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
#13This looks cool! Are there screenshots available?
https://imgur.com/a/V5EGCOw
Please put up this or another screenshot as the first thing you see in the README - please!
I'm reluctant to clone a repository and spend time on it just to find out the project looks crap and I don't want to use it. A screenshot saves other people's time :)
Re: Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
#14This is cool, but has anyone ever needed to rewrite commit authors or dates?
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Re: Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://imgur.com/a/V5EGCOw
Please put up this or another screenshot as the first thing you see in the README - please! I'm reluctant to clone a repository and spend time on it just to find out the project looks crap and I don't want to use it. A screenshot saves other people's time :)
done
Re: Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
#16Re: Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
#17This is cool, but has anyone ever needed to rewrite commit authors or dates?
yes; when i wanted to make it look like i didn’t procrastinate for a week and implement the entire feature in one day
Re: Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
#18This is cool, but has anyone ever needed to rewrite commit authors or dates?
Yes, for instance it could be useful if someone’s been accidentally committing with a bogus email address. Or if you’re cleaning up some sort of mess and would like to recreate an accurate history.
Obviously as with any “force push” situation, the usual caveats apply if this is on a branch others have checked out, but if the mess is big enough, it is sometimes worth it to send everyone a script to reset or just to have people delete and re-check-out.
Re: Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
#19This is cool, but has anyone ever needed to rewrite commit authors or dates?
Yes. Absolutely! Many times I had a wrong configured terminal and messed up the author. Often I work in different projects, privately and in my work, and I use different authors for both
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#20I would like to see something like this in magit. Other there is already?