Re: Rebase/cherry-picking idea

> In using "git-rebase --interactive" to re-order commits you  
> occasionally get conflicts and will see a message like this:
>
> 	When commiting, use the option '-c %s' to retain authorship and  
> message
>
> I was thinking that it might be nice to stash away this commit id  
> somewhere in GIT_DIR so that the user didn't have to explicitly  
> remember it, and add a new switch to git-commit that could be used  
> to automatically use that stashed commit id, something like:
>
> 	git commit --retain
>
> Although I most often see this kind of message in interactive  
> rebasing, the message is generated in builtin-revert.c when cherry- 
> picking, so you can also see it in any other situation where you're  
> cherry picking and there's a conflict.
>
> What do people think? Would this be a nice usability improvement?  
> Or is it adding clutter?