-Note for public interfaces that commit after every change:
+Removing spam commits from the history
+======================================
+
+arch bzr darcs git hg none
In the case that some spam or inappropriate comment makes its way
through you interface, you can remove the offending commit XYZ with:
+
If the offending commit is the last commit:
- bzr: bzr uncommit && bzr revert
- git: git reset --hard HEAD^
- other VCSs?
+
+ arch:
+ bzr: bzr uncommit && bzr revert
+ darcs: darcs obliterate --last=1
+ git: git reset --hard HEAD^
+ hg: hg rollback && hg revert
+
If the offending commit is not the last commit:
- bzr: bzr rebase -r <XYZ+1>..-1 --onto before:XYZ .
+
+ arch:
+ bzr: bzr rebase -r <XYZ+1>..-1 --onto before:XYZ .
(requires bzr-rebase plugin, note, you have to increment XYZ by
hand for <XYZ+1>, because bzr does not support "after:XYZ".)
- git: git rebase --onto XYZ~1 XYZ
- other VCSs?
+ darcs: darcs obliterate --matches 'name XYZ'
+ git: git rebase --onto XYZ~1 XYZ
+ hg: -not-supported-
+ (From http://hgbook.red-bean.com/read/finding-and-fixing-mistakes.html#id394667
+ "Mercurial also does not provide a way to make a file or
+ changeset completely disappear from history, because there is no
+ way to enforce its disappearance")
+
Note that all of these _change_the_repo_history_, so only do this on
your interface-specific repo before it interacts with any other repo.
+Otherwise, you'll have to survive by cherry-picking only the good
+commits.