Hi Stefan, On Thu, 22 Dec 2016, Stefan Beller wrote: > *Ideally* I would rather have a different formatting, e.g. maybe: > > $ git checkout remotes/origin/js/sequencer-wo-die > $ git rebase -i --new-magic v2.10.0-rc2^ > > which produces: > > pick d5cb9cbd64 Git 2.10-rc2 | Documentation/RelNo.., GIT-VERSION-GEN -..(+5, -1) > ... That sounds more like a patch adding a new placeholder to the user formats than a patch modifying rebase -i; by using rebase.instructionFormat you can implement that "new magic", and the new functionality may even benefit more obscure use cases. Ciao, Dscho