Re: Aborting git rebase --edit-todo

>> I think the implementor chose the first interpretation.  The "drop"
>> insn is a relatively recent invention, and back when it was missing
>> from the vocabulary, I do not think it was possible to say " discard
>> all the rest" without emptying the todo list, so that design is
>> understandable.
>>
>> Now we have the "drop" verb, the latter interpretation becomes
>> possible without making it impossible for the user to express the
>> former.  It might be a good idea to
>>
>>  (1) save away the original before allowing --edit-todo to edit,
>>
>>  (2) open the editor, and
>>
>>  (3) when getting an empty buffer back, go back to step (2) using
>>      the back-up made in step (1).
>>
>> Either way, the todo list editor buffer can have additional comment
>> instructing what happens when the buffer is emptied.
>>
> Personally I would like to see your approach (1,2,3) implemented
> because it is not destructive. If the user wants to achieve something
> different he can retry.