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Subject: Re: [9front] Git interactive rebase
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Quoth Benjamin Riefenstahl <b.riefenstahl@turtle-trading.net>:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to fix git commit messages and structure of my local
> branch.  In particular I want to squash the last two commits.
> 
> * So I try "git/rebase -i hash".
> 
> * The window text turns blue (this is called hold-mode, I believe) and I
>   edit the todo-list to have the last commit "squash".
> 
> * I go back to the last line and press ESC and than Control-D.
> 
> * I get returned to the prompt.
> 
> * When I check the history, the last two commits are gone.
> 
> What I expected was that after editing the todo-list I get thrown into
> the hold-mode again where I can edit the commit message.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> TIA, benny
> 

hold mode is slightly confusing -- only the text
you enter gets sent, the text that gets printed
is there as a prompt.

We should think about how to improve this.