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How to display "HEAD~*" in "git log"

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Wwuzhouhui <wuzhouhui14@mails.ucas.ac.cn>
Date
Jul 5, 2022, 07:11 UTC
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Hi

I frequently use "git rebase" to move commit to a specific location, to know which commit ID as param of "git rebase", I have to list all commits by "git log --oneline", then copy specific commit ID, and executing "git rebase" as

   git rebase -i <copied commit ID>~

because SHA sum is hard to memorize, so I have to use copy and past, which is too boring. So, I wonder if there is a way to let "git log" display commits like following:

   HEAD   <one line commit message>
   HEAD~1 <one line commit message>
HEAD~2 <one line commit message>
HEAD~3 <one line commit message>
   ...

With these "HEAD~*", I can easily directly type them and no need to move my fingers out of keyboard.

Thanks.
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