Re: [PATCH] rebase --fix: interactive fixup mode

From: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date: Jan 9, 2012, 09:13 UTC
Message-ID: <878vlh1bnm.fsf@thomas.inf.ethz.ch>
In-Reply-To: <20120108213134.GA18671@ecki.lan>

Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> writes:

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> Interactive rebase is frequently used not to rebase history, but to
> manipulate recent commits. This is typically done using the following
> command:
>
>  git rebase -i HEAD~N
>
> Where N has to be large enough such that the the range HEAD~N..HEAD
> contains the desired commits. At the same time, it should be small
> enough such that the range HEAD~N..HEAD does not include published
> commits or a merge commit.

[...]

>  git rebase --fix
>
> By default, the range is limited to a maximum of 20 commits.

Given the name I would expect --fix to rebase far enough to make recent fixup!/squash! commits take effect. Perhaps name it --recent?

(And I also think that the 20 is rather arbitrary...)

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch