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Re: [PATCH v2] rebase -i: add config to abbreviate command-names

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 26, 2017, 01:47 UTC
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On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 08:13:27PM -0400, liam Beguin wrote:
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> > > +rebase.abbrevCmd::
> > > +	If set to true, `git rebase -i` will abbreviate the command-names in the
> > > +	instruction list. This means that instead of looking like this,
> > 
> > This is by no means your fault, but it is really horrible by how many
> > different names Git's documentation refers to the todo script, nothing
> > short of confusing. It is the todo script (which I called it initially,
> > maybe not a good name, but it has the merit of the longest tradition at
> > least), the todo list, the instruction sheet, the rebase script, the
> > instruction list... etc
> > 
> > However, the thing is called "todo list" elsewhere in the same file,
> > therefore lets try to avoid even more confusion and use that term instead
> > of "instruction list" here.
> 
> thanks for pointing this out, I was not quite sure what to call this list.

I think the words "instruction list" may have come from my suggestion. I used them because that is the term used in the rebase.instructionFormat documentation directly above the option you are adding.

It may be worth a follow-on patch to convert that one to "todo list" if that's the preferred name.

-Peff
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Message 22 of 28 in “rebase -i: add config to abbreviate command name”
  1. rebase -i: add config to abbreviate command nameLiam Beguin, Apr 24, 2017
  2. Johannes SchindelinApr 24, 2017
  3. liam BEGUINApr 24, 2017
  4. liam BEGUINApr 25, 2017
  5. Johannes SchindelinApr 25, 2017
  6. liam BEGUINApr 25, 2017
  7. Jeff KingApr 24, 2017
  8. rebase -i: add config to abbreviate command-namesLiam Beguin, Apr 25, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2017
  10. Jacob KellerApr 25, 2017
  11. liam BeguinApr 25, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2017
  13. Andreas SchwabApr 25, 2017
  14. Mike RappazzoApr 25, 2017
  15. Philip OakleyApr 25, 2017
  16. rebase -i: add config to abbreviate command-namesLiam Beguin, Apr 25, 2017
  17. Andreas SchwabApr 25, 2017
  18. Johannes SchindelinApr 25, 2017
  19. liam BEGUINApr 25, 2017
  20. Johannes SchindelinApr 25, 2017
  21. liam BeguinApr 26, 2017
  22. Jeff KingApr 26, 2017
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2017
  24. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2017
  25. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2017
  26. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2017
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 26, 2017
  28. liam BeguinApr 27, 2017

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