Re: New feature discussion: git rebase --status
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John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
- Date
- Jun 11, 2013, 12:55 UTC
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- <20130611125521.GL22905@serenity.lan>
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- <fb379a75c6c1af6dcff2e65bef1f1836@ensibm.imag.fr>
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 02:35:29PM +0200, Mathieu Liénard--Mayor wrote:
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> (Got the idea from: > https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/SmallProjectsIdeas#git_rebase_--status) > > When in the middle of a rebase, users can be easily confused about > what to do, or where they are in the rebase process. > > All the information is available in .git/rebase-merge/, but I believe > it would be helpful to have a command (for example 'git rebase > --status') which would explicitely indicate the state of the process. > > For instance, the output could look like: > > $ git rebase --status > Rebasing my_last_commit onto base_commit > Already applied 2 patches: > b170635... my_commit_message > b170635... my_commit_message > Currently applying b170635... my_commit_message > 2 patches left to apply: > b170635... my_commit_message > b170635... my_commit_message
The one piece of information that I often want is the SHA1 of the commit that is currently being applied. Currently I have to look through my scrollback for the "stopping" message or poke around in .git/.
Having that in the output of "git status" would be really nice, but the output format you've posted is a big improvement over what we have at the moment for this case.
Actually, the same applies for cherry-pick and revert when they have been given a range - showing the commit that is currently being applied in "git status" would be nice there as well.