Re: [PATCH 3/3] rebase: new convenient option to edit a single commit

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:28 AM, Eric Sunshine [off-list ref] wrote:

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy [off-list ref] wrote:

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"git rebase -e XYZ" is basically the same as

EDITOR="sed -i '1s/pick XYZ/edit XYZ/' $@" \
git rebase -i XYZ^

In English, it prepares the todo list for you to edit only commit XYZ
to save your time. The time saving is only significant when you edit a
lot of commits separately.

Is it correct to single out only "edit" for special treatment? If
allowing "edit" on the command-line, then shouldn't command-line
"reword" also be supported? I, for one, often need to reword a commit
message (or two or three); far more frequently than I need to edit a
commit.

(This is a genuine question about perceived favoritism of "edit", as
opposed to a request to further bloat the interface.)

Heh I had the same thought yesterday. The same thing could be asked
for "git commit --fixup" to send us back to the fixed up commit so we
can do something about it. If we go along that line, then "git commit"
may be a better interface to reword older commits..
-- 
Duy