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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Cc: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>,
	 phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk, Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
	 Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	 git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:47:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq8q7urfe1.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f15456d2-d8b2-4edc-80b4-3a9d8fc77da9@gmail.com> (Phillip Wood's message of "Wed, 1 Jul 2026 11:31:23 +0100")

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> The reason we're introducing the history command is to experiment with 
> providing a better user interface for rewriting history without being 
> bound by the limitations of "git rebase". So I think it would entirely 
> appropriate to try a different format for the squash message here. If it 
> turns out to be a success then we can see if we want to use it in "git 
> rebase" as well.

Do we know concretely things that are bad in the current way "rebase
-i" works, so that we can experiment deviation from?  If not, the
above is going backwards, I'm afraind.

Thanks

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01 13:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-14 19:25 [PATCH 0/2] rebase: add --fixup to fold a range into its oldest commit Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 1/2] t3415: remove prepare-commit-msg hook after use Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-14 19:25 ` [PATCH 2/2] rebase: add --fixup-all to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-15  2:01 ` [PATCH 0/2] rebase: add --fixup to fold a range into its oldest commit Junio C Hamano
2026-06-15  8:18   ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-15 15:17     ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-06-16  8:34       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-17  9:30         ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-15  8:37 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] rebase: add --squash to fold a range into its first commit Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-15  8:37   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] t3415: remove prepare-commit-msg hook after use Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-15  8:37   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] rebase: add --squash to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-16 10:10   ` [PATCH v2 0/2] rebase: add --squash to fold a range into its first commit Phillip Wood
2026-06-17  9:11     ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-17  9:48       ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-18 19:17   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 19:17     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 19:17     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 19:17     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 20:30       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-18 21:24         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-18 21:29           ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-06-19 12:55       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-18 19:17     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-18 21:23     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range D. Ben Knoble
2026-06-19  0:34     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-19 12:37       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-19 16:11         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-21  5:53     ` [PATCH v4 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-21  5:53       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-21  5:53       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-21  5:53       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-21  5:53       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-22 11:54       ` [PATCH v4 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-23 10:41         ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-24 21:54       ` [PATCH v5 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-24 21:54         ` [PATCH v5 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-24 21:55         ` [PATCH v5 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-24 21:55         ` [PATCH v5 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-24 21:55         ` [PATCH v5 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-26  8:52         ` [PATCH v5 0/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Phillip Wood
2026-06-26  9:57           ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-26 13:12             ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-26 14:02               ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-26 18:36                 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-29  6:26           ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-29 15:51             ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-29 16:54               ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-01 13:45                 ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-29 18:03               ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-29 19:48                 ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-29 21:13                   ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-30 13:48                     ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-30 18:38                       ` Harald Nordgren
2026-07-01 10:31                         ` Phillip Wood
2026-07-01 13:47                           ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-07-01 15:14                             ` Phillip Wood
2026-07-01 17:41                               ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-02 13:58                                 ` Phillip Wood
2026-06-30  2:55                   ` Matt Hunter
2026-06-30  7:19                     ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-30  9:23                       ` Matt Hunter
2026-06-30 14:01                     ` Phillip Wood
2026-07-02 12:54                       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-02 20:28                         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-29 16:09             ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-28  8:29         ` [PATCH v6 " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-28  8:29           ` [PATCH v6 1/4] history: extract helper for a commit's parent tree Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-28  8:29           ` [PATCH v6 2/4] history: give commit_tree_ext a message template Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-28  8:29           ` [PATCH v6 3/4] history: add squash subcommand to fold a range Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-29  5:50             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-28  8:29           ` [PATCH v6 4/4] history: re-edit a squash with every message Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-06-29  5:50             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-29 13:49               ` Harald Nordgren
2026-06-29 14:49                 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-29 17:38                   ` Junio C Hamano

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