[Arainach]

git rebase -i drops you into a text editor where you have to manually copy, move, and edit lines, knowing what words mean what and manually type them each time.

hg histedit gives you a TUI which shows an interactive list and allows quick manipulation with the arrow keys and single characters for actions.

The two are as "equivalent" as i3 and KDE.

[loeg]

I don't know what version of hg you're using, but the histedit I've used drops me into an identical text editing setup as git rebase -i. It includes a summary of what the verbs mean in a comment at the bottom.

[Arainach]

Interesting. The curses interface for histedit has been around since 2019, and I had no idea it wasn't the default since it's dramatically nicer to work with: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/relnotes/4.9