Re: [PATCH v2] git-rebase: Teach rebase "-" shorthand.

From: Brian Gesiak <modocache@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 19, 2014, 18:09 UTC
Message-ID: <CAN7MxmVny80BYvYBZ=iBybx_ffVhOCfkP3pU6fYzHpxNu4QYHA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140319180213.GB11018@serenity.lan>

Thank you for the feedback and tweaks!

> Is the eye-candy output to the standard output what is the most
> interesting during the execution of a rebase?  Wouldn't we be
> more interested to make sure that we did transplant the history
> on the same commit between two cases?

I agree. I'll consult the other tests to see how to write such a test.

> Can we use `git name-rev` to put the actual name here, so that people
> who have not done what they intended can hopefully notice sooner?

This sounds like a great idea! Doing so would mirror how `git checkout` behaves; checkout informs the user of which branch they have switched to when using the "-" shorthand: "Switched to branch 'master'".

Should I submit a new patch, or reroll this one?

- Brian Gesiak