From: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:24:05 GMT
Subject: Re: git rebase -i
Message-ID: <43d8ce650902190624q40bc4d96hbacd505350d72eb4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <slrngpqpjt.j03.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net>

2009/2/19 Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>:
> On 2009-02-19, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/2/19 Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>:
>>> I think it's better to use aliases for this kind of personal things:
>>>
>>>    git config --global alias.my-rebase "rebase -i HEAD~10"
>
> perfectly reasonable
>
>> I'm trying to make git more obvious and easier to use, rather than
>> find any solution :-)
>
> I'm sorry I don't know what is obvious about any specific
> number, unless it is 42 ;-)
>
> Seriously, forcing *some* default simply because some people
> use it with that value does not make it obvious to anyone
> but those few.  I'm not even arguing about the number; I'd
> hate to have *any* number be the default.

Yep.  Some other people have come up with some pretty good ideas.
Maybe defaulting to 'origin' or something is the best way forward.

John