Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: inform the user they can re-order commits

[Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>]

Nelson Benitez Leon <nelsonjesus.benitez@seap.minhap.es> writes:

> On 03/16/2012 01:17 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> If the user does not even know that one of the primary use of the command
>> is to reorder, isn't he playing with fire?
>
> In an ideal world everybody should study the manpages and documentation of
> a program prior to using it, unfortunately most people often start with an
> easy-to-follow tutorial where there are commands to type in, the user
> will type them (confident in the tutorial reputation) and try to learn along
> the way, in this case giving the user more indications about what he can 
> do in any moment is, in my opinion, a good thing (as git already does). 

The case of "rebase" is a bit different, since "rebase" is potentially
dangerous.

But if the user sees the help message of "rebase -i", then I don't think
we will stop him from breaking anything by not mentionning that
reordering commits can work. We already give other commands that rewrite
history with more or less danger, so the additional messages isn't
really harmful.

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Matthieu Moy
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