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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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Subject: Re: Using two-dot range notation in `git rebase`?
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Potentially it opens the door for stuff like:
>
>   git rebase ^A B C D
>
> but I am not sure if that is helpful or horrifying. ;)

It is the "you might be forgetting that 'rebase' is a tool to rebase
a single branch, and is not a tool to replay a history on a commit"
example.

The "multi-pick" variant of "git cherry-pick" probably has a lot
more affinity with the idea of specifying general sub-graph of
history to be replayed, expressed in the "externded SHA-1" syntax, I
would think.

Thanks.