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Re: git rebase -i

From
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 19, 2009, 14:02 UTC
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On 2009-02-19, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/2/19 Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>:
>> I think it's better to use aliases for this kind of personal things:
>>
>>    git config --global alias.my-rebase "rebase -i HEAD~10"
perfectly reasonable
> I'm trying to make git more obvious and easier to use, rather than
> find any solution :-)

I'm sorry I don't know what is obvious about any specific number, unless it is 42 ;-)

Seriously, forcing *some* default simply because some people use it with that value does not make it obvious to anyone but those few. I'm not even arguing about the number; I'd hate to have *any* number be the default.

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  5. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2009
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  7. Jeff KingFeb 19, 2009
  8. Theodore TsoFeb 19, 2009
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  10. John TapsellFeb 19, 2009
  11. Sitaram ChamartyFeb 19, 2009
  12. John TapsellFeb 19, 2009
  13. Stephan BeyerFeb 23, 2009
  14. Pieter de BieFeb 19, 2009
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