Re: git rebase -i

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:15:51AM +0100, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:

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Actually, I don't think that's true anymore with "rebase -i"; it is
probably most convenient way in core git to rewrite the history of a
patchset. E.g., a core part of my workflow as a contributor is:

 $ git checkout -b jk/topic origin
 $ while true; do hack hack hack; commit commit commit; done
 $ git rebase -i origin

which gives me a list of everything on the topic, ready to be
reordered, squashed, or edited as appropriate.

Yes, I do the same. But notice that you did "git rebase -i -- 

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origin<<<---". Seems to me you are definitely _thinking_ in terms of 

your topic _branch_ and not in terms of "the last few commits".

Perhaps. I think of it as "the set of commits not yet published"
(since I publish only by sending patches to Junio, and he is my origin)
and nothing to do with the topic branch itself.

But we are just quibbling over minor terminology. I think we both agree
that HEAD~10 is silly and abitrary.

-Peff