From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:46:11 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] do not mangle short options which take arguments Message-ID: <4AC5AFC3.7000706@gnu.org> In-Reply-To: <20091002073628.GA9444@localhost> On 10/02/2009 09:36 AM, Clemens Buchacher wrote: > Well, an error message is a lot safer than executing something you did not > intend. If this is just for double --amend typos I don't see the need. What you intended is just one "git rebase -i HEAD^^" away. Notice that in Shawn's original example the guy actually passed -a too, so he would not even have the problem of overwriting the index due to -a. If you have bouncy fingers, you can just make an alias ammend-fix = git reset --soft HEAD^ && git gui citool Paolo