Re: [RFC PATCH] Make the rebase edit mode really end up in an edit state

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date: Jan 15, 2009, 04:10 UTC
Message-ID: <buo8wpdfbv9.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>
In-Reply-To: <200901142049.54775.bss@iguanasuicide.net>

"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@iguanasuicide.net> writes:

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>>We may need a version bump to 1.7.0 to update the UI for this command,
>> but please do test rigorously to build a stronger case for a saner UI.
>
> Instead of changing the meaning of edit, how about introducing a "replace" 
> command?

That seems like at best an awkward workaround, not a real solution to the problem, which is that the term "edit XXXX" suggests you're starting with XXXX and modifying it. The term "replace" by contrast, seems more to connote entirely removing XXXX and substituting something else.

[I do wonder how on earth the current awkward behavior was accepted in the first place...]

-Miles

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