Re: [PATCH v2] rebase -i: add config to abbreviate command-names

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 08:13:27PM -0400, liam Beguin wrote:

> > > +rebase.abbrevCmd::
> > > +	If set to true, `git rebase -i` will abbreviate the command-names in the
> > > +	instruction list. This means that instead of looking like this,
> > 
> > This is by no means your fault, but it is really horrible by how many
> > different names Git's documentation refers to the todo script, nothing
> > short of confusing. It is the todo script (which I called it initially,
> > maybe not a good name, but it has the merit of the longest tradition at
> > least), the todo list, the instruction sheet, the rebase script, the
> > instruction list... etc
> > 
> > However, the thing is called "todo list" elsewhere in the same file,
> > therefore lets try to avoid even more confusion and use that term instead
> > of "instruction list" here.
> 
> thanks for pointing this out, I was not quite sure what to call this list.

I think the words "instruction list" may have come from my suggestion. I
used them because that is the term used in the rebase.instructionFormat
documentation directly above the option you are adding.

It may be worth a follow-on patch to convert that one to "todo list" if
that's the preferred name.

-Peff