Re: vc-modify-change-comment for "modern" backend fix

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 19.05.2022 12:58, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>     Okay, but how will this work in fossil? Similar to editing a single
>     commit during a rebase?
>
> Fossil has no concept of rebase.  Amending makes a new commit, and the
> last commit message is shown when viewing the timeline/log.
>
> ~/tt $ fossil timeline -R foo.fossil
> === 2022-05-17 ===
> 09:42:27 [3b410767c6] Edit [73bf888ab97bd2c3|73bf888ab9]: Edit check-in 
> comment. (user: ams)
> 07:50:06 [30aa7e8b06] Edit [73bf888ab97bd2c3|73bf888ab9]: Edit check-in 
> comment. (user: ams)
> 07:33:59 [1c13590b96] Edit [73bf888ab97bd2c3|73bf888ab9]: Edit check-in 
> comment. (user: ams)
> 07:30:34 [73bf888ab9] zork zork zborkrkrk (user: ams tags: trunk)
> 07:30:02 [40289e9363] initial empty check-in (user: ams tags: trunk)
> +++ no more data (5) +++
> ~/tt $ fossil amend -m "this is a new message" 40289e9363 -R foo.fossil
> hash:         40289e9363e0e3e1fe5e2df9c9827fe65e51f547 2022-05-17 07:30:02 UTC
> tags:         trunk
> comment:      this is a new message (user: ams)
> ~/tt $ fossil timeline -R foo.fossil
> === 2022-05-19 ===
> 09:56:34 [5a950dc2f6] Edit [40289e9363e0e3e1|40289e9363]: Edit check-in 
> comment. (user: ams)
> === 2022-05-17 ===
> 09:42:27 [3b410767c6] Edit [73bf888ab97bd2c3|73bf888ab9]: Edit check-in 
> comment. (user: ams)
> 07:50:06 [30aa7e8b06] Edit [73bf888ab97bd2c3|73bf888ab9]: Edit check-in 
> comment. (user: ams)
> 07:33:59 [1c13590b96] Edit [73bf888ab97bd2c3|73bf888ab9]: Edit check-in 
> comment. (user: ams)
> 07:30:34 [73bf888ab9] zork zork zborkrkrk (user: ams tags: trunk)
> 07:30:02 [40289e9363] this is a new message (user: ams tags: trunk)

So it's like the commit log is part of the content tree, edited by the 
last commit. Cool.