Re: [PATCH 1/1] pull --rebase=<type>: allow single-letter abbreviations for the type

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Junio,

On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> writes:
> 
> > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> >
> > Git for Windows' original 4aa8b8c8283 (Teach 'git pull' to handle
> > --rebase=interactive, 2011-10-21) had support for the very convenient
> > abbreviation
> >
> > 	git pull --rebase=i
> >
> > which was later lost when it was ported to the builtin `git pull`, and
> > it was not introduced before the patch eventually made it into Git as
> > f5eb87b98dd (pull: allow interactive rebase with --rebase=interactive,
> > 2016-01-13).
> >
> > However, it is *really* a useful short hand for the occasional rebasing
> > pull on branches that do not usually want to be rebased.
> >
> > So let's reintroduce this convenience, at long last.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> > ---
> 
> Makes sense, whether this patch is adding back what in the past
> existed only in the Windows port but lost, and whether the lossage
> was long time ago or in just a few releases go, or it is adding a
> complete new feature for that matter.  This looks like a good
> short-hand.
> 
> Will queue.

Thanks!
Dscho