Re: Ammend after "Send to repository" in D-L ?

[Marcus Lundblad <ml update uu se>]

lör 2016-02-13 klockan 09:39 +0100 skrev Claude Paroz:
> Le 12. 02. 16 18:57, Rafael Fontenelle a écrit :
> > Hi there!
> >
> > When applying action "Send to repository" after proofread on D-L ,
> > I
> > oftenly forgets to select correct author (not the reviewer, but the
> > translator). I'm looking for a way to ammed this commit, in order
> > to log
> > the correct author. Is it possible?
> >
> > P.s.: I have a git account.
>
> Hello Rafael,
>
> Unfortunately not, once a commit has been pushed to a public
> repository, 
> you cannot amend it any longer. It is technically possible, but that 
> would mean rewriting repo history, which would then corrupt all
> existing 
> checkouts in the wild. I'm quite sure that the GNOME git repository
> is 
> preventing that.
>
> Claude

Yeah, that's right.
We only allow rewriting history for work-in-progress branches, not on
master for the reasons Claude mentioned.

//Marcus