Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup=[amend|reword] options

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> Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com> writes:
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> >> The reason I brought it up was not because "--fixup=reword" is not
> >> needed as a short-hand for "--only --fixup=amend" (but thinking
> >> about it again, I do not think it is so bad), but primarily in
> >> response to "would it be easier for users if we had reword! insn in
> >> addition to amend! verb in the todo file?" that was raised earlier
> >> in the thread.  If we position "--fixup=reword" as a short-hand
> >> and/or a syntax sugar for "--fixup=amend" and advertise it as such
> >> sufficiently to educate users, it would be easier for users to
> >> understand why they both result in "amend!".
> >
> > Okay, so now if it's Ok to keep the short-hand "--fixup=reword" ? then
> > I think making the documentation more clear would be sufficient to
> > serve it to the users ?
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> It would be good
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>  (1) to keep "--fixup=reword:<commit>"
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>  (2) to keep "amend!" but not introduce "reword!" insn
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>  (3) document "--fixup=reword:<commit>" can be thought of as a mere
>      special-case short-hand for "--fixup=amend:<commit> --only",
>      and
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>  (4) make sure "fixup=amend:<commit> --only" is usable as a
>      replacement for "--fixup=reword:<commit>".
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> but if we are not doing (3) and (4), then it would also be OK to
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>  (1) to keep "--fixup=reword:<commit>"
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>  (2) to keep "amend!" and introduce "reword!" insn
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