From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:27:47 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] rebase -i: reword in-editor documentation of "exec"
Message-ID: <vpq39otrvmk.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <20110116020132.GB28137@burratino>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> -#  x <cmd>, exec <cmd> = Run a shell command <cmd>, and stop if it fails
> +#  x, exec = run command using shell, and stop if it fails

I don't think this is a good change to remove the <cmd> part. All
other commands are used with

<command> <sha1> <subject line>

and I don't think the user would be able to guess that exec is
different without a hint.

If the problem is the wording of the sentence that may imply that
<cmd> should be the shell itself, then why not

x <cmd>, exec <cmd> = run command <cmd> using shell, and stop if it fails

?

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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/