From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:50:53 GMT
Subject: Re: git rebase -i
Message-ID: <871vtudabm.fsf@iki.fi>
In-Reply-To: <43d8ce650902190121v2e18aac1rfaa64a4ce6e799a3@mail.gmail.com>

On 2009-02-19 09:21 (UTC), John Tapsell wrote:

>   I often do 'git rebase -i HEAD~10' to rebase. Since afaics it
> doesn't matter if you go back 'too far' I just always use HEAD~10 even
> if it's just for the last or so commit.
>
>   Would there be any objections to making  'git rebase -i' default to
> HEAD~10  or maybe 16 or 20.  Having sensible defaults for commands
> helps a bit with making it easier to use.

I think it's better to use aliases for this kind of personal things:

    git config --global alias.my-rebase "rebase -i HEAD~10"

Now you can do:

    git my-rebase