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Re: [RFC/largely untested/PATCH] sha1_name: interpret ~n as HEAD~n

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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May 1, 2011, 21:21 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> "Michael J Gruber" <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
>
>> I meant "rebase -i", sorry. And in fact I mostly mean those cases where
>> I want to "amend" a commit which is not the top most one.
>
> I also see myself getting tempted to say "rebase -i -2" every once in a
> while; it seems to go well with "log -2" especially when the history is
> linear.

I like that. As easy to type (or more, depending on the keyboard) as ~2, but no nasty interaction with the shell. OTOH, that would be a special-case for rebase only (i.e. doesn't make "git show HEAD~2" easier to type), but that's the most common case.

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  1. sha1_name: interpret ~n as HEAD~nMichael J Gruber, Apr 29, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2011
  3. Michael J GruberMay 1, 2011
  4. Matthieu MoyMay 1, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2011
  6. Matthieu MoyMay 1, 2011
  7. Jeff KingApr 29, 2011
  8. Sverre RabbelierApr 29, 2011
  9. Mikael MagnussonMay 7, 2011
  10. Andreas SchwabApr 29, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2011
  12. Andreas SchwabApr 30, 2011
  13. Michael J GruberMay 2, 2011
  14. Michael J GruberMay 2, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2011
  16. Michael J GruberMay 2, 2011
  17. Matthieu MoyMay 2, 2011

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