Re: git rebase -i

Hi,

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Jay Soffian wrote:

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:21 AM, John Tapsell [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

 I often do 'git rebase -i HEAD~10' to rebase.  Since afaics it 
doesn't matter if you go back 'too far' I just always use HEAD~10 even 
if it's just for the last or so commit.

 Would there be any objections to making 'git rebase -i' default to 
HEAD~10 or maybe 16 or 20.  Having sensible defaults for commands 
helps a bit with making it easier to use.

I think the following might be reasonable to support:

$ git rebase -i -10
$ git rebase -i -n -10

I disagree.

You think -10 would be the same as HEAD~10?  Think again.  And include 
merge commits amongst the last 9 commits in your thoughts.

Once you thought about such a scenario, "-10" is probably no longer that 
attractive, right?

Ciao,
Dscho