[PATCH 3/6] rebase -i: prepare to write reflog message for checkout

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 13, 2013, 13:32 UTC
Message-ID: <1371130349-30651-4-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1371130349-30651-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>

Interactive 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 -i will write the following line to the reflog when started:

  rebase -i (start): checkout master

This is much better than the confusing message it currently writes:

  checkout: moving from master to 1462b67

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
 git-rebase--interactive.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index f953d8d..0f04425 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ comment_for_reflog start
 
 if test ! -z "$switch_to"
 then
+	GIT_REFLOG_ACTION="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: checkout $switch_to"
 	output git checkout "$switch_to" -- ||
 		die "Could not checkout $switch_to"
 fi
@@ -981,6 +982,7 @@ has_action "$todo" ||
 
 test -d "$rewritten" || test -n "$force_rebase" || skip_unnecessary_picks
 
+GIT_REFLOG_ACTION="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: checkout $onto_name"
 output git checkout $onto || die_abort "could not detach HEAD"
 git update-ref ORIG_HEAD $orig_head
 do_rest

-- 
1.8.3.1.384.g7cec0b4