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Re: Strange behavior with git rebase (-i)

From
Steven Walter <stevenrwalter@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2008, 16:25 UTC
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<20080202162524.GB25945@dervierte>
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On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 03:42:06PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> I don't believe it.  "git branch" would have shown "* (no branch)" as 
> current branch, unless the rebase is finalized.
> 
> git rebase -i works on a _detached_ HEAD, for two reasons:
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008, Stefan (metze) Metzmacher wrote:
> > I was using git 1.5.3.2

Did rebase -i in git 1.5.3.2 use a detached head? I thought that was new in 1.5.4.

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  1. Stefan (metze) MetzmacherFeb 2, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 2, 2008
  3. Steven WalterFeb 2, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 2, 2008
  5. Stefan (metze) MetzmacherFeb 3, 2008

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