# git rebase --interactive needn't call editor for noop

2 messages from 2009-01-06 to 2009-01-06. Participants: jidanni@jidanni.org, Thomas Rast.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17009

## jidanni@jidanni.org, 2009-01-06 03:17

Subject: git rebase --interactive needn't call editor for noop
Message-ID: <87bpulnmw2.fsf@jidanni.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87bpulnmw2.fsf%40jidanni.org

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On occasions when git rebase --interactive will invoke the editor with
the word "noop" in the buffer, it would be better if it just said that
on the command line instead of bothering to call the editor.

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## Thomas Rast, 2009-01-06 08:47

Subject: Re: git rebase --interactive needn't call editor for noop
Message-ID: <200901060947.51303.trast@student.ethz.ch>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200901060947.51303.trast%40student.ethz.ch
In-Reply-To: <87bpulnmw2.fsf@jidanni.org>

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jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> On occasions when git rebase --interactive will invoke the editor with
> the word "noop" in the buffer, it would be better if it just said that
> on the command line instead of bothering to call the editor.

The editor gives you a chance to wipe the entire todo file, aborting
the rebase.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch


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