Re: [RFC PATCH] Make the rebase edit mode really end up in an edit state

From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss@iguanasuicide.net>
Date: Jan 15, 2009, 02:49 UTC
Message-ID: <200901142049.54775.bss@iguanasuicide.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vfxjlxuu5.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Wednesday 14 January 2009, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote about 'Re: [RFC PATCH] Make the rebase edit mode really end up in an edit state':

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>Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk> writes:
>> I always have a hard time figuring out what to do during an
>> interactive rebase. Recently, it dawned on me that the reason is that
>> I have to do different things: one thing when editing on purpose, and
>> a different thing when resolving a conflict.
>>
>> With this change, I propose to make the UI more uniform. I think that
>> the new way is more intuitive, too, if you will agree that a Git UI
>> can be intuitive.
>>
>> I expect this to not be acceptable due to compatibility concerns.
>
>We may need a version bump to 1.7.0 to update the UI for this command,
> but please do test rigorously to build a stronger case for a saner UI.

Instead of changing the meaning of edit, how about introducing a "replace" command?

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