Re: rebase -i: quick/inline reword

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: May 7, 2020, 11:46 UTC
Message-ID: <20200507114630.GC3027470@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzhak4a9o.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 09:52:19PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Solomon Ucko <solly.ucko@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > ... It would be much easier
> > if there were a mode where any changes to the commit titles in the list
> > modified the commits' titles. Maybe `git rebase -i --reword`?
> >
> > Any thoughts, suggestions, questions, etc.?
> 
> It is probably a bad idea, as it encourages a single-liner commit
> message without any body.

There is another legitimate use (or at least one I have wished for many times): when manipulating the todo list in my editor to choose patches for editing, I sometimes notice a typo in the title and correct it. And of course that does no good, and I get annoyed. You'd think I would have learned after all these years, but I continue to make the same mistake. ;)

I've often wished that changes there would be quietly persisted. Your "retitle" suggestion would help, but I'd have to remember to use it (I could equally well just remember to use "reword", which I clearly don't).

So I've thought about suggesting this myself in the past, but I held back for the reasons you mentioned below (i.e., that it's not a trustworthy version of the subject in the first place).

I'm not sure if it's solvable or worth solving, but I thought I'd add my 2 cents that the _desire_ at least isn't totally without merit.

-Peff