Re: [PATCH] Warnings before rebasing -i published history

On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:52:04 +0200, Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] wrote:

Isn't a more conventional way to do that

sed -e '...' "$1" >"$1".new
mv "$1".new "$1"

?

Is sed -i not portable or what is the reason not to use it?