Re: [PATCH v2] rebase -i: add config to abbreviate command-names

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 25, 2017, 08:29 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+P7+xrXyguugTETd_C-JXDSZ5zHUC3d_1cU4CuiaJjAqWQ=RA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqinltuhiv.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> Personally I am happy with the beginning of each instruction line
> aligned, so from that point of view, this patch is a mild Meh to me,
> even though I do a fair amount of "rebase -i" myself.  But obviously
> I am not the only user of Git you need to please, so...

I would instead justify this as making it easier to change the action, since you only need to rewrite a single letter, which at least in vim takes "r<letter>" to change the action, vs slightly more keystrokes such as "ct <letter" or otherwise.

Also, if you change the default commit hash length, it becomes long enough to cover most commits and you see all commits at say 12 digits commit hash and everything is nicely aligned.

Thanks, Jake