"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > Git for Windows' original 4aa8b8c8283 (Teach 'git pull' to handle > --rebase=interactive, 2011-10-21) had support for the very convenient > abbreviation > > git pull --rebase=i > > which was later lost when it was ported to the builtin `git pull`, and > it was not introduced before the patch eventually made it into Git as > f5eb87b98dd (pull: allow interactive rebase with --rebase=interactive, > 2016-01-13). > > However, it is *really* a useful short hand for the occasional rebasing > pull on branches that do not usually want to be rebased. > > So let's reintroduce this convenience, at long last. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > --- Makes sense, whether this patch is adding back what in the past existed only in the Windows port but lost, and whether the lossage was long time ago or in just a few releases go, or it is adding a complete new feature for that matter. This looks like a good short-hand. Will queue.
