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Re: git rebase -i

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Feb 19, 2009, 10:01 UTC
Message-ID
<200902191101.35310.trast@student.ethz.ch>
In-Reply-To
<43d8ce650902190121v2e18aac1rfaa64a4ce6e799a3@mail.gmail.com>
John Tapsell wrote:
>   I often do   'git rebase -i HEAD~10'  to rebase.  Since afaics it
> doesn't matter if you go back 'too far' I just always use HEAD~10 even
> if it's just for the last or so commit.
It makes a *huge* difference if any of those last N commits is a merge.
-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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  1. John TapsellFeb 19, 2009
  2. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 19, 2009
  3. John TapsellFeb 19, 2009
  4. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 19, 2009
  5. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2009
  6. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 19, 2009
  7. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2009
  8. Theodore TsoFeb 19, 2009
  9. Teemu LikonenFeb 19, 2009
  10. John TapsellFeb 19, 2009
  11. Sitaram ChamartyFeb 19, 2009
  12. John TapsellFeb 19, 2009
  13. Stephan BeyerFeb 23, 2009
  14. Pieter de BieFeb 19, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2009
  16. Marc BranchaudFeb 19, 2009
  17. Nazri RamliyFeb 19, 2009
  18. Thomas RastFeb 19, 2009
  19. John TapsellFeb 19, 2009
  20. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2009
  21. Jay SoffianFeb 19, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinFeb 19, 2009
  23. Jay SoffianFeb 19, 2009
  24. Giuseppe BilottaFeb 19, 2009
  25. Johannes SchindelinFeb 20, 2009
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2009
  27. Jay SoffianFeb 20, 2009
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