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Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: inform the user they can re-order commits

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Mar 16, 2012, 14:12 UTC
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Nelson Benitez Leon <nelsonjesus.benitez@seap.minhap.es> writes:
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> On 03/16/2012 01:17 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> If the user does not even know that one of the primary use of the command
>> is to reorder, isn't he playing with fire?
>
> In an ideal world everybody should study the manpages and documentation of
> a program prior to using it, unfortunately most people often start with an
> easy-to-follow tutorial where there are commands to type in, the user
> will type them (confident in the tutorial reputation) and try to learn along
> the way, in this case giving the user more indications about what he can 
> do in any moment is, in my opinion, a good thing (as git already does).

The case of "rebase" is a bit different, since "rebase" is potentially dangerous.

But if the user sees the help message of "rebase -i", then I don't think we will stop him from breaking anything by not mentionning that reordering commits can work. We already give other commands that rewrite history with more or less danger, so the additional messages isn't really harmful.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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  1. rebase -i: inform the user they can re-order commitsNelson Benitez Leon, Mar 16, 2012
  2. Matthieu MoyMar 16, 2012
  3. Nelson Benitez LeonMar 16, 2012
  4. Matthieu MoyMar 16, 2012
  5. Jakub NarebskiMar 16, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2012
  7. Nelson Benitez LeonMar 16, 2012
  8. Matthieu MoyMar 16, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2012
  10. Matthieu MoyMar 16, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2012
  14. Matthieu MoyMar 21, 2012
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