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From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git rebase -i
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:55:03 -0500
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:21 AM, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I often do   'git rebase -i HEAD~10'  to rebase.  Since afaics it
> doesn't matter if you go back 'too far' I just always use HEAD~10 even
> if it's just for the last or so commit.
>
>  Would there be any objections to making  'git rebase -i' default to
> HEAD~10  or maybe 16 or 20.  Having sensible defaults for commands
> helps a bit with making it easier to use.

I think the following might be reasonable to support:

$ git rebase -i -10
$ git rebase -i -n -10

j.