Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Removing the last changeset(s) from the archive

[Johannes Berg]

Brian May said:
> So make that 3 commits instead:
>
> 1 commit is the botched one.
>
> 1 commit reverses the botched one so that everything is exactly the way
> it was before.
>
> 1 commit is the commit exactly the one you originally intended.
>
> That way:
> * you have complete history of everything (including mistake).
> * you don't mess up other archives no matter how up-to-date they are.
> * you still have 1 small patch for the bug fix.

Couldn't one instead use the pending "commit --base" to commit a single
patch that is based on the last good patch in the archive, essentially
making that wrong patch a tiny detour in history?

johannes