From: Giuseppe Bilotta Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:53:37 GMT Subject: Re: git rebase -i Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <76718490902191255w24b30bd8jacaed8aa919d6526@mail.gmail.com> On Thursday 19 February 2009 21:55, Jay Soffian wrote: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:21 AM, John Tapsell 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. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta