Subject: Re: Newbie: report of first experience with git-rebase.

From: Andreas Ericsson <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:22:18 +0100

Steven Grimm wrote:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Andreas Ericsson <[email-masked]> writes:
>>  
>>> Make "git rebase --skip" skip patches regardless of tree and index 
>>> state,
>>> but still refuse to *start* with dirty tree or index. That way, there's
>>> no risk of losing anything that can't be re-created unless the user asks
>>> for it.
>>>     
>>
>> Sounds like a plan.
>>   
> 
> I'm unclear how that helps the usability issue here at all, though it 
> doesn't sound like an unreasonable change on its own merit.
> 

Because 'git commit --skip' will not require the user to first edit the
tree so the index matches the upstream thing, and he doesn't have to
manually run 'git reset --hard' before --skip'ing.

It's a small improvement, but one that goes in the right direction.

Btw, the above sentence should've read "but still refuse to *start*
(as in, start a brand new rebase) with dirty tree or index"

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