[darcs-users] How do you rename a patch with amend-record?

[Trent W. Buck]

Simon Michael <simon at joyful.com> writes:

> As noted, you can rename by using darcs amend --edit-long-comment and
> changing the top line.
>
> darcs send --edit-description is for editing the body of a darcs patch
> email.
>
> It's very hard to remember which is which in the thick of battle. I've
> just about got them straight

OK, this is why I screwed up the documentation for amend-record, because
I always use --edit, which I *assumed* always meant --edit-description
but in fact currently means either --edit-long-comment *or*
--edit-description, depending on which of the two the command expects.

> but each time I use one I still need to pause. Also the first one is
> kind of long and clunky to type.

You can abbreviate options to the shortest unique prefix when used
interactively, e.g. darcs changes --match actually means --matches.