From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIM_INVALID, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F7311F404 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:35:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966551AbeBOEfL (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Feb 2018 23:35:11 -0500 Received: from mail.javad.com ([54.86.164.124]:58384 "EHLO mail.javad.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966421AbeBOEfK (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Feb 2018 23:35:10 -0500 Received: from osv (unknown [89.175.180.246]) by mail.javad.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6C0023E89E; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 04:35:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=javad.com; s=default; t=1518669309; bh=3rZ/3TsXjxbbHzXESRMu1T2y7coe+ibrn+1L8ABCSKs=; l=872; h=Received:From:To:Subject; b=mhY1o9V2O0irfHpPw5fIQr3UAptZNjzGMKkwj/oh8RJa82Dz3Q7rHHPQvVQx4WXDJ X+gdP3Kj+HzcNGpyGlF5BnN78BXENugoAdRIHPdrrRH4jn+kSTzzoN07qkW5PpvZCG GZBw8TA6X8hIKG0pUpKub8mjuxNJNVrYmshBbiQI= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=javad.com; s=default; t=1518669309; bh=3rZ/3TsXjxbbHzXESRMu1T2y7coe+ibrn+1L8ABCSKs=; l=872; h=Received:From:To:Subject; b=mhY1o9V2O0irfHpPw5fIQr3UAptZNjzGMKkwj/oh8RJa82Dz3Q7rHHPQvVQx4WXDJ X+gdP3Kj+HzcNGpyGlF5BnN78BXENugoAdRIHPdrrRH4jn+kSTzzoN07qkW5PpvZCG GZBw8TA6X8hIKG0pUpKub8mjuxNJNVrYmshBbiQI= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=javad.com; s=default; t=1518669309; bh=3rZ/3TsXjxbbHzXESRMu1T2y7coe+ibrn+1L8ABCSKs=; l=872; h=Received:From:To:Subject; b=mhY1o9V2O0irfHpPw5fIQr3UAptZNjzGMKkwj/oh8RJa82Dz3Q7rHHPQvVQx4WXDJ X+gdP3Kj+HzcNGpyGlF5BnN78BXENugoAdRIHPdrrRH4jn+kSTzzoN07qkW5PpvZCG GZBw8TA6X8hIKG0pUpKub8mjuxNJNVrYmshBbiQI= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=javad.com; s=default; t=1518669309; bh=3rZ/3TsXjxbbHzXESRMu1T2y7coe+ibrn+1L8ABCSKs=; l=872; h=Received:From:To:Subject; b=mhY1o9V2O0irfHpPw5fIQr3UAptZNjzGMKkwj/oh8RJa82Dz3Q7rHHPQvVQx4WXDJ X+gdP3Kj+HzcNGpyGlF5BnN78BXENugoAdRIHPdrrRH4jn+kSTzzoN07qkW5PpvZCG GZBw8TA6X8hIKG0pUpKub8mjuxNJNVrYmshBbiQI= Authentication-Results: mail.javad.com; spf=pass (sender IP is 89.175.180.246) smtp.mailfrom=osv@javad.com smtp.helo=osv Received-SPF: pass (mail.javad.com: connection is authenticated) Received: from osv by osv with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1emBGF-0005O6-JG; Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:35:07 +0300 From: Sergey Organov To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: Jacob Keller , Git mailing list , Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] rebase: introduce the --recreate-merges option References: <71c42d6d3bb240d90071d5afdde81d1293fdf0ab.1516225925.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> <874lmqirma.fsf@javad.com> <87zi4edbp3.fsf@javad.com> <8760718imo.fsf@javad.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:35:07 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:14:11 +0100 (STD)") Message-ID: <87a7wazx8k.fsf@javad.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Johannes, Johannes Schindelin writes: [...] >> > I'd not argue this way myself. If there are out-of-git-tree non-human >> > users that accept and tweak todo _generated_ by current "git rebase -p" >> > _command_, I also vote for a new option. >> > >> >> To be fair, I have not seen anything that actually reads the todo list >> and tweaks it in such a manner. The closest example is the git garden >> shears script, which simply replaces the todo list. >> >> It's certainly *possible* that such a script would exist though, > > We actually know of such scripts. Please consider to explain this in the description of the change. I believe readers deserve an explanation of why you decided to invent new option instead of fixing the old one, even if it were only a suspicion, more so if it is confidence. -- Sergey