Re: Suggestion: add author info to TODO list in git-rebase--interactive

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Jun 5, 2015, 19:39 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cS0dW=KpD3C_6ugiJTccQqNu1NopcU6Pc71hf6iLLbcfw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Mike Rappazzo <rappazzo@gmail.com> writes:
>> I find that If I am doing a rebase with the intention to squash or
>> re-order commits, it is helpful to know the commit author.
>
> There is not a fundamental reason why the remainder of the line
> after the object name in the rebase insn sheet should not be
> customizable, and I think your patch is a good first step to
> identify where that customization should go.
>
> But that is a customization issue, not changing the default and the
> only format used.

The idea of being able to provide a custom format for insn sheet lines came up within the last year and was somewhat more well-developed and a bit more heavily discussed. I don't recall whether there was an accompanying patch, and I am unfortunately unable to locate the discussion in the archive.