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Re: [GNU-arch-dev] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] how to fix a bad log message?
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Adrian Irving-Beer |
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Re: [GNU-arch-dev] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] how to fix a bad log message? |
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Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:35:04 -0500 |
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On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 02:23:09AM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> This stubborn wrong-headed notion that you ever want to modify a
> revision once it's been created needs to stop. You don't. Whatever
> you're trying to do can and should be done in some other way.
> Usually by committing a new revision that changes the offending
> thing again.
Agreed 100%. You've said it far better than I could have.
Arch is a revision control system. It tracks revisions. An arch
archive is a history of what happened when, not a step-by-step
tutorial on 'how to write a computer program'. This misplaced sense
of perfectionism is silly.
When you wake up with a terrible hangover and your friends tell you
what a nut you were last night, you don't go scrambling for the 'undo'
function -- you make amends and move on. But when time is just a
bunch of bytes on disk, everyone and their uncle wants to play with
history, consequences be damned.
Makes me glad nobody's figured out time travel yet...
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