From: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:08:27 GMT
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Re: rebase -i: explain how to discard all commits
Message-ID: <20110120200827.GB14184@vidovic>
In-Reply-To: <20110120195726.GA11702@burratino>

The 20/01/11, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> Okay.  I agree that my particular wording was confusing.  Are you
> saying the "noop" command in general is confusing?
> 
> The "noop" is itself a non-operation; if you combine "noop" with other
> instructions then the noop itself will have no effect.  Meanwhile if
> you have _no_ instructions then the rebase is cancelled, while if you
> have a single "noop" instruction, that means "I have discarded all the
> commits, but please rebase anyway".

Ok, I think I get it now. What about adding

  Use "noop" with no other instruction to fallback to a non-interactive
  rebase. If other instructions are present, "noop" has no effect.

?

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht