Re: elpa - can we force-push branches?

[Filipp Gunbin]

On 30/07/2021 17:53 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> Filipp Gunbin [2021-07-30 14:48:19] wrote:
>> I'd like to overwrite (change the author email) a commit I made into
>> externals/javaimp in elpa, and the question is - can I delete the branch
>> and push it again (push -f is forbidden)?
>
> git.sv.gnu.org will let you do that, so technically you can, yes.
>
>> Wouldn't it break something?
>
> Yes, for example elpa.gnu.org will have problems building new tarballs
> until I go and fix it by hand [which I currently can't do, but hopefully
> this should be fixed in a few days], and similarly my own local checkout
> of elpa.git will need some cajoling and presumably other people having
> local checkouts of elpa.git will be similarly affected.
>
> So it's strongly recommended not to do it.  But if it's really needed,
> e.g. because some commit contains info that really shouldn't be exposed
> publicly, it's not the end of the world.

Thanks, I don't need it _that_ much.

Filipp