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Re: [PATCH] rebase: learn --discard subcommand

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
May 29, 2011, 18:58 UTC
Message-ID
<20110529185821.GA13751@elie>
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Martin von Zweigbergk wrote:
> I intended --discard to be used _instead_ of --abort. Do you think it
> makes more sense to have it as an option to --abort or was it just
> that the word "subcommand" confused you? I meant it as "subcommand of
> git rebase".

I agree that --abort-keeping-head is nicer than --abort --keep-head. The latter was just a little easier to document.

Sorry, I'm terrible at names. --forget, --discard, and --done have the same problem of making the reader wonder what is going to be forgotten and what remembered.

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  1. rebase: learn --discard subcommandMartin von Zweigbergk, May 28, 2011
  2. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 28, 2011
  3. Martin von ZweigbergkMay 29, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2011
  5. Tim MazidMay 28, 2011
  6. Jonathan NiederMay 28, 2011
  7. Martin von ZweigbergkMay 29, 2011
  8. Jakub NarebskiMay 29, 2011
  9. Michael HaggertyMay 30, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederMay 28, 2011
  11. Tim MazidMay 29, 2011
  12. Martin von ZweigbergkMay 29, 2011
  13. Jonathan NiederMay 29, 2011
  14. Michael HaggertyMay 30, 2011
  15. Tim MazidMay 30, 2011
  16. Michael HaggertyMay 30, 2011
  17. Miles BaderMay 30, 2011

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