"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>We may need a version bump to 1.7.0 to update the UI for this command, >> but please do test rigorously to build a stronger case for a saner UI. > > Instead of changing the meaning of edit, how about introducing a "replace" > command? That seems like at best an awkward workaround, not a real solution to the problem, which is that the term "edit XXXX" suggests you're starting with XXXX and modifying it. The term "replace" by contrast, seems more to connote entirely removing XXXX and substituting something else. [I do wonder how on earth the current awkward behavior was accepted in the first place...] -Miles -- "Most attacks seem to take place at night, during a rainstorm, uphill, where four map sheets join." -- Anon. British Officer in WW I -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html