Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range

From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 26, 2026, 13:12 UTC
Message-ID: <4654a3f1-bf79-4c3f-b121-16bb3ab25f07@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHwyqnWXaG1HGunztVgUdWnVogqCHRbxh8pcS5fGA6f3mB-nEA@mail.gmail.com>

On 26/06/2026 10:57, Harald Nordgren wrote:

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> On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> wrote:>> >> Only accepting a single argument is quite limiting as one
>> cannot say
>>
>>          git history squash ^:/base :/tip
> 
> I don't understand why this is limiting? It thought it was clear that
> it should be one argument REF1..REF2 ? What does '^:/base :/tip'
> achieve that '^:/base..:/tip' cannot?

'^/:base..:/tip' is not a range - everything after the first '/:' is treated as a regular expression to search for.

Thanks

Phillip

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