Re: [PATCH/RFC 01/10] Teach rebase interactive the mark command
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Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
- Date
- Apr 13, 2008, 03:56 UTC
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- <20080413035648.GY10274@spearce.org>
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- <20080412101110.GD31356@alea.gnuu.de>
Jrg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote:
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> > Wouldn't > > > > pick 5cc8f37 (init: show "Reinit" message even in ...) > > mark 1 > > pick 18d077c (quiltimport: fix misquoting of parse...) > > mark 2 > > reset 1 > > “reset 18d077c~2” or “reset some-tag” or “reset my-branch~12” > > > merge #2 > > > > be easier for people? > > I don't know. Using the special sign everywhere a mark is used looks more > consistent to me. The only case where it might be omitted is the mark > command, because it only uses marks.
Why not use the mark syntax that fast-import uses? In fast-import we use ":n" anytime we need to refer to a mark, e.g. ":1" or ":5". Its the same idea. We already have a language for it. Heck, the commands above are bordering on a language not too far from the one that fast-import accepts. :-)
-- Shawn.