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Re: New feature discussion: git rebase --status

From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Jun 11, 2013, 13:19 UTC
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John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> writes:
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> The one piece of information that I often want is the SHA1 of the commit
> that is currently being applied.  Currently I have to look through my
> scrollback for the "stopping" message or poke around in .git/.
>
> Having that in the output of "git status" would be really nice,

... and should be rather easy as it is the content of .git/rebase-merge/stopped-sha

Perhaps "git status" could say stg like "(applying 1d3fb08, 2/5)"
> output format you've posted is a big improvement over what we have at
> the moment for this case.

My idea when I wrote the item on the wiki was to keep the a very short summary in "git status", and to put all the information one could whish in a separate command. I'd describe it as a complement more than an improvement ;-).

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Matthieu Moy
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  1. Mathieu Liénard--MayorJun 11, 2013
  2. Thomas RastJun 11, 2013
  3. John KeepingJun 11, 2013
  4. Matthieu MoyJun 11, 2013
  5. Hilco WijbengaJun 11, 2013
  6. Linus TorvaldsJun 11, 2013
  7. Mathieu Liénard--MayorJun 12, 2013
  8. Célestin MatteJun 12, 2013
  9. Mathieu Liénard--MayorJun 12, 2013
  10. Antoine PelisseJun 12, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2013
  12. Antoine PelisseJun 13, 2013
  13. Mathieu Liénard--MayorJun 13, 2013
  14. Matthieu MoyJun 12, 2013
  15. John KeepingJun 12, 2013
  16. Mathieu Liénard--MayorJun 12, 2013

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