Re: [PATCH/RFC] rebase: new convenient option to edit a single commit

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Feb 28, 2014, 17:09 UTC
Message-ID: <F6E4FBE2B31243C5BA75DB824D74C3DC@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <20140228065802.GB31731@sigill.intra.peff.net>

From: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>

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> I'd expect "-$n" to mean "rebase the last $n commits" (as opposed to
> everything not in the upstream). That does not work currently, of
> course, but:
>
>  1. It has the potential to confuse people who read it, since it's
>     unlike what "-1" means in most of the rest of git.
>
>  2. It closes the door if we want to support "-$n" in the future.
>

Yeah, "rebase the last $n commits" would be a nice touch.

git rebase -i -10 --onto v1.9.0 # rebase the last 10 commits in this branch etc.

Philip

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