Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: inform the user they can re-order commits

Nelson Benitez Leon [off-list ref] writes:

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  You can re-order the lines to change the order of commits in history.

I like it but the word 'history' seems a bit too technical for me, and may
scare the normal user,, what about:

You can re-order the lines to change the order the commits are applied.

Perfect. "are applied" says more than my "in history", since rebase -i
is all about various ways to apply commits.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

Nelson Benitez Leon [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

quoted

  You can re-order the lines to change the order of commits in history.

I like it but the word 'history' seems a bit too technical for me, and may
scare the normal user,, what about:

You can re-order the lines to change the order the commits are applied.

Perfect. "are applied" says more than my "in history", since rebase -i
is all about various ways to apply commits.

Nitpick: shouldn't it be s/the commits/commits/

    You can re-order the lines to change the order commits are applied.

-- 
Jakub Narebski