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From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 01/10] Teach rebase interactive the mark command
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:56:48 -0400
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Jrg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote:
> > Wouldn't
> >=20
> > 	pick 5cc8f37 (init: show "Reinit" message even in ...)
> > 	mark 1
> > 	pick 18d077c (quiltimport: fix misquoting of parse...)
> > 	mark 2
> > 	reset 1
>=20
> =E2=80=9Creset 18d077c~2=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Creset some-tag=E2=80=9D=
 or =E2=80=9Creset my-branch~12=E2=80=9D
>=20
> >         merge #2
> >=20
> > be easier for people?
>=20
> I don't know. Using the special sign everywhere a mark is used looks =
more
> consistent to me. The only case where it might be omitted is the mark
> command, because it only uses marks.

Why not use the mark syntax that fast-import uses?  In fast-import
we use ":n" anytime we need to refer to a mark, e.g. ":1" or ":5".
Its the same idea.  We already have a language for it.  Heck, the
commands above are bordering on a language not too far from the
one that fast-import accepts.  :-)

--=20
Shawn.