From: Sitaram Chamarty Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:02:37 GMT Subject: Re: git rebase -i Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <43d8ce650902190152t6162593x8d0920be0e6d7a6d@mail.gmail.com> On 2009-02-19, John Tapsell wrote: > 2009/2/19 Teemu Likonen : >> 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.