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

From: Mike Rappazzo <rappazzo@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 25, 2017, 13:59 UTC
Message-ID: <CANoM8SUoMVL4TRGSPYRXOuj0-=QUOJPWss8Uy-pq5VYYEbjAzQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <87vapsq073.fsf@linux-m68k.org>

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

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> On Apr 25 2017, Liam Beguin <liambeguin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Add the 'rebase.abbrevCmd' boolean config option to allow `git rebase -i`
>> to abbreviate the command-names in the instruction list.
>>
>> This means that `git rebase -i` would print:
>>     p deadbee The oneline of this commit
>>     ...
>>
>> instead of:
>>     pick deadbee The oneline of this commit
>>     ...
>>
>> Using a single character command-name allows the lines to remain
>> aligned, making the whole set more readable.
>
> Perhaps there should rather be an option to tell rebase to align the
> columns?
>

You _can_ set a custom instruction format using the config variable: `rebase.instructionFormat`. With this, you can align columns using the normal git log format.

For example, I personally use this as my instruction format:

    [%an%<|(64)%x5d %s

While, this won't always align perfectly, it may help scratch your itch.