From: Nanako Shiraishi Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:55:55 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add a "fix" command to "rebase --interactive" Message-ID: <20091209125555.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> In-Reply-To: Quoting Sverre Rabbelier > Heya, > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 10:35, Jeff King wrote: >> $ bash >> $ echo "!fixup commit" >> bash: !fixup: event not found >> $ echo "fixup! commit" >> fixup! commit > > Speaking of which, must we use that annoying bang? I hate how bash > gets in my way when I try to write a commit message with a a bang in > it, I'd much rather use a different character that is not in risk of > being mistreated by my shell. (Although it seems that bash does do TRT > in the 'fixup!' case.) > > -- > Cheers, > > Sverre Rabbelier There was a strong objection (I think from Johanes) against not using 'unusual' letters during the initial round back in June 2009. Even when explicitly giving '--auto-squash' from the command line, there can be commits with confusing titles like "fixup the ancient bug in cat-file" in addition to the ones you wanted to mark with the "fixup!" marker. -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/