Re: Rebase/cherry-picking idea

> On Nov 26, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
>
>> In using "git-rebase --interactive" to re-order commits you  
>> occasionally get conflicts and will see a message like this:
>>
>> 	When commiting, use the option '-c %s' to retain authorship and  
>> message
>>
>> I was thinking that it might be nice to stash away this commit id  
>> somewhere in GIT_DIR so that the user didn't have to explicitly  
>> remember it, and add a new switch to git-commit that could be used  
>> to automatically use that stashed commit id, something like:
>>
>> 	git commit --retain
>>
>> Although I most often see this kind of message in interactive  
>> rebasing, the message is generated in builtin-revert.c when cherry- 
>> picking, so you can also see it in any other situation where you're  
>> cherry picking and there's a conflict.
>>
>> What do people think? Would this be a nice usability improvement?  
>> Or is it adding clutter?
>
>
> I'm not sure but I think this message is just some unwanted  
> (misleading) noise, since when you rebase, once you solve the  
> conflicts, you git-rebase --continue, you don't git-commit.