Re: git rebase interactive: usability issue

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Dmitry Potapov wrote:

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> From: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:23:22 +0400
> Subject: [PATCH] don't allow 'commit --amend' during rebase conflict resolution

This is a very funny way to interpret the SubmittingPatches document.  
Just stating a fact here.

> Running 'commit --amend' during git rebase is almost certainly a 
> mistake, which causes that two consequent patches are squashed together. 
> Moreover, the commit message of the second commit is silently lost. It 
> is almost certainly not what the user expects. In that very unlikely 
> case when you really want to combine two patches during rebase conflict 
> resolution, you can do that using "git reset --soft HEAD^" followed by 
> "git commit".

NACK.

You just broke the 'edit' command.

Ciao,
Dscho
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