Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: support single-letter abbreviations for the actions

From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
Date: Sep 29, 2007, 16:27 UTC
Message-ID: <46FE7D0B.4060806@qumranet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709290231300.28395@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> When you do many rebases, you can get annoyed by having to type out
> the actions "edit" or "squash" in total.
>
> This commit helps that, by allowing you to enter "e" instead of "edit",
> or "s" instead of "squash", and it also plays nice with "merge" or "amend"
> as synonyms to "squash".
>
>

Can we make "amend" like squash, except that it keeps the first commit's authorship instead of the second? I often merge a commit with some minor fix that comes later, and usually want to keep the original author record.

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