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From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] rebase: add --revisions flag
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:51:41 +0900
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"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> writes:
> OTOH, rebase --revisions as I implemented is a "smarter cherry-pick" which
> can't easily be achieved with existing commands, especially if you add
> "-i".

It also allows making use of rebase's rather extensive machinery for
dealing with conflicts (e.g., rebase --continue / --skip / --abort).

But it would make more sense to have it in cherry-pick...
(cherry-pick --continue / --skip / --abort...)

-Miles

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