Re: [RFC/PATCH] rebase -i: add run command to launch a shell command

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Jul 30, 2010, 10:04 UTC
Message-ID: <vpq1valffpz.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <vpq1van3cnl.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

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> Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net> writes:
>
>> $ git run HEAD^4.. command arguments
>>
>> (I'm not quite sure about the syntax). Something like "git bisect run"
>> but for all the commits in the range.
>>
>>  I know you said "given points in history", maybe each approach is
>> useful for each use case.
>
> Yes, I think both approaches make sense.

I started playing with the patch, and I'm already starting to love it ;-). For example

pick <commit1> fixup <commit4> run make pick <commit2> pick <commit3> ...

Just does "the right thing": it checks that the fixup doesn't break the commit (which is really not only a new state, but also a new patch, so it can really break), but doesn't spend too much time re-checking <commit2> and <commit3> (which are new states, but much more trustworthy than the fixup since the patches are really the same. I may check them later, but don't want to lose time with them while hacking).

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Matthieu Moy
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