Re: [GSoC] Some #leftoverbits for anyone looking for little projects

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: May 28, 2019, 10:37 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1905281235280.44@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <20190520182353.22221-1-matheus.bernardino@usp.br>

Hi Matheus,

On Mon, 20 May 2019, Matheus Tavares wrote:

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> > Give "rebase -i" some option so when you "reword" the patch is
> > included in the message.
> >
> > I keep going to the shell because I have no idea what change I'm
> > describing.
>
> I have the same problem, so I wanted to try solving this. The patch
> bellow creates a "rebase.verboseCommit" configuration that includes a
> diff when rewording or squashing. I'd appreciate knowing your thoughts
> on it.
>
> As Christian wisely pointed out to me, though, we can also achieve this
> behavior by setting "commit.verbose" to true. The only "downside" of it
> is that users cannot choose to see the diff only when rebasing.

You could of course add an alias like

	[alias]
		myrebase = -c commit.verbose=true rebase

which *should* work.

However, I am actually slightly in favor of your patch because it *does* make it more convenient to have this on during rebases only.

Ciao, Dscho