Re: [PATCH 0/3] rebase: offer to reschedule failed exec commands automatically

Stefan Beller [off-list ref] writes:

I wonder if it might be better to push this mechanism
one layer down: Instead of having a flag that changes
the behavior of the "exec" instructions and having a
handy '-y' short cut for the new mode, we'd rather have
a new type of command that executes&retries a command
...
By having two classes, I would anticipate fewer compatibility
issues ('"Exec" behaves differently, and I forgot I had turned
on the rescheduling').

It takes us back to the original proposal that started this whole
thing.

    cf. [ref]

After re-reading the thread, I still do not quite follow why it was
considered better to change the way "exec" is run with the command
line option than to implement this as a new insn [*1*], but that is
where this series fit in the larger picture, I think.


[Footnote]

*1* The original proposal called it "test" which I do not think was
    a great name.