Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> writes:

> If you fold this into the previous patch, I am sure that after your 3/9
> indenting the function properly, the splitting into functions will look
> more or less like this:
>
> -git_rebase__interactive () {
> +initiate_action () {
> +     action="$1"
>  
>       [... unchanged code ...]
> +}
> +
> +<next function> () {
> +     [... setting up variables ...]
>  
>       [.. unchanged code ...]
> +}
> [... more of the same ...]
> +
> +git_rebase__interactive () {
> +     initiate_action "$action" &&
> +     <next function> <arguments> &&
> +     ...
> +}
>
> In other words, it would be easier to review and to verify that the
> previous code is left unchanged (although that would have to be verified
> manually by applying 3/9 and then looking at the diff with the -w option,
> anyway).

We are on the same page on this.  A series structured to have a step
that looks exactly like the above would be very pleasant to review.

Thanks for a great suggestion.

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