{"thread":{"id":"45463","subject":"Warn user about known Git Rebase bug?!","startedAt":"2017-03-22T13:55:48Z","lastAt":"2017-03-22T22:39:09Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Lars Schneider","Jonathan Nieder"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"314902","messageId":"C45FE2B3-E4B5-4988-85B4-3CCB41C9ACC3@gmail.com","threadId":"45463","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Warn user about known Git Rebase bug?!","fromName":"Lars Schneider","fromEmail":"larsxschneider@gmail.com","sentAt":"2017-03-22T13:55:36Z","receivedAt":"2017-03-22T13:55:48Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"larsxschneider@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/477434?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nwe rebased a branch using \"--preserve-merges --interactive\" and were \nsurprised that the operation reported success although it silently \nomitted commits (Git 2.12 on Windows). A little search revealed that \nthese are likely known bugs [1]. Would it make sense to print an \nappropriate warning message if a user runs rebase with \n\"--preserve-merges --interactive\"?\n\nThanks,\nLars\n\n[1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase#_bugs\n"},{"id":"315014","messageId":"20170322223902.GG26108@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com","threadId":"45463","inReplyTo":"C45FE2B3-E4B5-4988-85B4-3CCB41C9ACC3@gmail.com","subject":"Re: Warn user about known Git Rebase bug?!","fromName":"Jonathan Nieder","fromEmail":"jrnieder@gmail.com","sentAt":"2017-03-22T22:39:02Z","receivedAt":"2017-03-22T22:39:09Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jrnieder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/281595?v=4"},"body":"Lars Schneider wrote:\n\n> we rebased a branch using \"--preserve-merges --interactive\" and were \n> surprised that the operation reported success although it silently \n> omitted commits (Git 2.12 on Windows). A little search revealed that \n> these are likely known bugs [1]. Would it make sense to print an \n> appropriate warning message if a user runs rebase with \n> \"--preserve-merges --interactive\"?\n\nSounds like a good idea.  Care to suggest a patch?\n\nThanks,\nJonathan\n\n> [1] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase#_bugs\n"}]}