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Re: Reordering lines in "git-rebase -i" task sheet

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 22, 2007, 22:11 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0711222211020.27959@racer.site>
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<20071122192556.GA14662@old.davidb.org>
Hi,
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, David Brown wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 01:21:55AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > That is the reason why git commit leaves the first line empty in its 
> > initial template.  It is to allow the user to immediately start 
> > typing.
> 
> Unless of course your editor tries to be "helpful" and remember what 
> line you were on previously in a file.

IMHO this objection is irrelevant, since these helpful editors do not have any preference as to where the help text should be.

Hth, Dscho

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Message 12 of 14 in “Reordering lines in "git-rebase -i" task sheet”
  1. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  2. rebase -i: move help to end of todo fileJohannes Schindelin, Nov 22, 2007
  3. Adjust t3404 to ignore empty lines in the todo fileJohannes Schindelin, Nov 22, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2007
  6. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  7. rebase -i: give rerere a chanceJohannes Schindelin, Nov 22, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinNov 29, 2007
  10. David KastrupNov 29, 2007
  11. David BrownNov 22, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2007
  13. Andy ParkinsNov 23, 2007
  14. Andy ParkinsNov 26, 2007

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