From: Ramkumar Ramachandra Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:32:25 GMT Subject: [PATCH 2/6] rebase: prepare to write reflog message for checkout Message-ID: <1371130349-30651-3-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1371130349-30651-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com> rebase should never write "checkout: " messages to the reflog, since it is highly confusing to the end user, and breaks grab_nth_branch_checkout(), as demonstrated by failing tests in t/checkout-last. Set a sensible GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: checkout does not respect GIT_REFLOG_ACTION yet, but this defect will be addressed in a future patch. When the defect is addressed, rebase will write the following line to the reflog when started: rebase: checkout master This is much better than the confusing message it currently writes: checkout: moving from master to 1462b67 Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra --- git-rebase.sh | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh index d0c11a9..6587019 100755 --- a/git-rebase.sh +++ b/git-rebase.sh @@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ test "$type" = interactive && run_specific_rebase # Detach HEAD and reset the tree say "$(gettext "First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...")" + +GIT_REFLOG_ACTION="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: checkout $onto_name" git checkout -q "$onto^0" || die "could not detach HEAD" git update-ref ORIG_HEAD $orig_head -- 1.8.3.1.384.g7cec0b4