Re: Should we restore manually maintained ChangeLogs

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:17:06 -0500
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > I'm not a fan of 'git replace' for the same reason I'm not a fan of changing
> > history in general.
> 
> Indeed, "git replace" is a lot more powerful than I'd like.
> 
> I don't consider commit messages as being part of "what happened" but
> rather as a description of what happened (i.e. what historiographers
> write).  So, I'm perfectly fine with "git replace" used on
> commit messages.

That's my view as well, although having heard about this command just
today admittedly doesn't give my view too much weight.

> > I don't plan to use it and won't recommend it to others.  However, if
> > allowing its usage is the price we need to pay for Eli's agreement
> > then I'm willing to pay that price.
> 
> Is there some way to control its usage?

I think we also need to test-drive it before we decide to use it.
I hope someone will try that and report back.