Re: git rebase -i

> On Thursday 19 February 2009 21:55, Jay Soffian wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:21 AM, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>  I often do   'git rebase -i HEAD~10'  to rebase.  Since afaics it
> >> doesn't matter if you go back 'too far' I just always use HEAD~10 even
> >> if it's just for the last or so commit.
> >>
> >>  Would there be any objections to making  'git rebase -i' default to
> >> HEAD~10  or maybe 16 or 20.  Having sensible defaults for commands
> >> helps a bit with making it easier to use.
> > 
> > I think the following might be reasonable to support:
> > 
> > $ git rebase -i -10
> > $ git rebase -i -n -10
> 
> This feature gets my vote. I actually gave the implementation a quick try,
> but didn't get very far through it. I was actually considering making git
> rev-parse support the syntax.
> 
> Yes, as remarked by Johannes there are issue when there are merges in between
> (in which case -10 is most likely not the same as HEAD~10), but I would say
> that this is in no way a good reason to deprive users from the comfort it can
> give in most common situations.