Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 01/10] Teach rebase interactive the mark command

From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:56:48 -0400

Jrg Sommer <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > Wouldn't
> > 
> > 	pick 5cc8f37 (init: show "Reinit" message even in ...)
> > 	mark 1
> > 	pick 18d077c (quiltimport: fix misquoting of parse...)
> > 	mark 2
> > 	reset 1
> 
> “reset 18d077c~2” or “reset some-tag” or “reset my-branch~12”
> 
> >         merge #2
> > 
> > be easier for people?
> 
> 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.  :-)

-- 
Shawn.