On Sat, Dec 01, 2018 at 03:02:09PM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 09:32:48AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > > Would it not make more sense to add a command-line option (and a config > > > > setting) to re-schedule failed `exec` commands? Like so: > > > > > > Your proposition would do in most cases, however it is not possible to > > > make a distinction between reschedulable and non-reschedulable commands. > > > > True. But I don't think that's so terrible. > > > > What I think is something to avoid is two commands that do something very, > > very similar, but with two very, very different names. > > > > In reality, I think that it would even make sense to change the default to > > reschedule failed `exec` commands. Which is why I suggested to also add a > > config option. > > I sometimes add "x false" to the top of the todo list to stop and create > new commits before the first one. That would be awkward if I could never > get past that line. However, I think elsewhere a "pause" line has been > discussed, which would serve the same purpose. > > I wonder how often this kind of "yes, I know it fails, but keep going > anyway" situation would come up. And what the interface is like for > getting past it. E.g., what if you fixed a bunch of stuff but your tests > still fail? You may not want to abandon the changes you've made, but you > need to "rebase --continue" to move forward. I encounter this often when > the correct fix is actually in an earlier commit than the one that > yields the test failure. You can't rewind an interactive rebase, so I > complete and restart it, adding an "e"dit at the earlier commit. In this sort of situation, I often whish to be able to do nested rebases. Even more because it happen relatively often that I forget that I'm working in a rebase and not on the head, and then it's quite natural to me to type things like 'git rebase -i @^^^' while already rebasing. But I suppose this has already been discussed. -- Luc
