{"thread":{"id":"52330","subject":"git rebase with rebase-merges option creates bad ref names","startedAt":"2019-11-25T13:31:21Z","lastAt":"2019-11-26T21:55:57Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Robert Blenis","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"386986","messageId":"CAPbTjvcPCZG---tkyQW8dCd5=LYhGmhpYg5MQSX5BPr+HEG2jw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"52330","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git rebase with rebase-merges option creates bad ref names","fromName":"Robert Blenis","fromEmail":"rblenis@gmail.com","sentAt":"2019-11-25T13:31:06Z","receivedAt":"2019-11-25T13:31:21Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rblenis@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"using command 'git rebase -i -r DEST' fails with \"error: refusing to\nupdate ref with bad name 'refs/rewritten/Release-170-1020-Rev-D.'\"\ngit is taking the commit message and turning it into a reference name\nthat is not valid (because of the period in the message)! This\nrequires a bunch of manual editing of the todo list. git version\n2.24.0\nThank you,\nRobert Blenis\n"},{"id":"387110","messageId":"nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1911262254420.31080@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet","threadId":"52330","inReplyTo":"CAPbTjvcPCZG---tkyQW8dCd5=LYhGmhpYg5MQSX5BPr+HEG2jw@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git rebase with rebase-merges option creates bad ref names","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2019-11-26T21:55:38Z","receivedAt":"2019-11-26T21:55:57Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi Robert,\n\nOn Mon, 25 Nov 2019, Robert Blenis wrote:\n\n> using command 'git rebase -i -r DEST' fails with \"error: refusing to\n> update ref with bad name 'refs/rewritten/Release-170-1020-Rev-D.'\"\n> git is taking the commit message and turning it into a reference name\n> that is not valid (because of the period in the message)! This\n> requires a bunch of manual editing of the todo list. git version\n> 2.24.0\n\nCould you verify that the patch under discussion at\nhttps://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/327 fixes the issue for you?\n\nCiao,\nJohannes\n"}]}