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Re: Ability to edit message from git rebase --interactive.

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 18, 2009, 00:58 UTC
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Hi,
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:31:19PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > > I was told on IRC that this has been discussed already not so long ago, 
> > > and looking on the archive[1], all i seen was bikesheeding .  Here is a 
> > > patch :-)
> > 
> > Unfortunately, the implementation is not the problem, but picking the best 
> > name.  The first letter "m" will be taken in a short while by the "merge" 
> > command for "rebase -i -p", so "message" is out, sadly.
> > 
> > But the "rephrase" command will be part of the "rebase -i -p" series when 
> > I will finally be able to submit it.
> 
> Also, I thought the general plan was to add such features to the
> git-sequencer work which will (hopefully) eventually replace "rebase
> -i". Dscho, can you give a brief update on how that is coming? Are
> rebase patches worth thinking about?

IMHO rebase -i is the important part. The user interface needs some serious overhaul, which I am in the slow process of doing. The sequencer then has to follow suit.

As it stands, I think sequencer is not good enough yet to replace rebase -i (all my comments about that are public, except the heads-up I sent Stephan in private).

To be frank, 'rebase -i -p' support, as it is in git.git is not good enough at all. That's why I was working on that, and I am close to finishing it.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 4 of 16 in “Ability to edit message from git rebase --interactive.”
  1. Olivier GoffartMar 17, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 17, 2009
  3. Jeff KingMar 18, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinMar 18, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2009
  6. Sverre RabbelierMar 18, 2009
  7. Michael J GruberMar 18, 2009
  8. Marcel M. CaryMar 18, 2009
  9. Marcel M. CaryMar 18, 2009
  10. Olivier GoffartApr 10, 2009
  11. Michael WittenApr 10, 2009
  12. Michael WittenApr 10, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinApr 10, 2009
  14. Michael WittenApr 10, 2009
  15. Sverre RabbelierApr 10, 2009
  16. Michael WittenApr 10, 2009

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