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Re: [PATCH RFC] rebase: add --revisions flag

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David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
Date
Dec 13, 2009, 22:47 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> Add --revisions flag to rebase, so that it can be used
>> to apply an arbitrary range of commits on top
>> of a current branch.
>
> I would suggest calling the option to invoke that hidden mode not
> "--revisions", but "--reverse" or "--opposite" or something of that
> nature, though.  It makes "rebase" work in different direction.

And there are no "revisions" in git. So using that term for anything would only be confusing. Git has "commits" and various kinds of references to them.

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David Kågedal
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Message 43 of 43 in “rebase: add --revisions flag”
  1. rebase: add --revisions flagMichael S. Tsirkin, Dec 8, 2009
  2. Björn SteinbrinkDec 8, 2009
  3. Michael S. TsirkinDec 8, 2009
  4. Björn SteinbrinkDec 8, 2009
  5. Michael S. TsirkinDec 8, 2009
  6. Björn SteinbrinkDec 8, 2009
  7. Michael S. TsirkinDec 8, 2009
  8. Björn SteinbrinkDec 8, 2009
  9. Michael S. TsirkinDec 8, 2009
  10. Björn SteinbrinkDec 8, 2009
  11. Michael S. TsirkinDec 8, 2009
  12. Björn SteinbrinkDec 9, 2009
  13. Michael S. TsirkinDec 9, 2009
  14. Miles BaderDec 9, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2009
  16. Sverre RabbelierDec 8, 2009
  17. Christian CouderDec 9, 2009
  18. Christian CouderDec 9, 2009
  19. Sverre RabbelierDec 9, 2009
  20. Peter KreftingDec 9, 2009
  21. Michael S. TsirkinDec 9, 2009
  22. Peter KreftingDec 9, 2009
  23. Björn SteinbrinkDec 9, 2009
  24. Andreas SchwabDec 9, 2009
  25. Björn SteinbrinkDec 9, 2009
  26. Michael S. TsirkinDec 9, 2009
  27. Björn SteinbrinkDec 9, 2009
  28. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2009
  29. Björn SteinbrinkDec 10, 2009
  30. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2009
  31. Björn SteinbrinkDec 11, 2009
  32. Peter KreftingDec 9, 2009
  33. Björn SteinbrinkDec 9, 2009
  34. Peter KreftingDec 10, 2009
  35. Björn SteinbrinkDec 10, 2009
  36. Michael S. TsirkinDec 9, 2009
  37. Matthieu MoyDec 9, 2009
  38. Matthieu MoyDec 9, 2009
  39. Michael S. TsirkinDec 9, 2009
  40. Björn SteinbrinkDec 9, 2009
  41. Michael S. TsirkinDec 9, 2009
  42. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2009
  43. David KågedalDec 13, 2009

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