Re: [BUG?] git rebase not accepting :/ syntax
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- Yann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr>
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- Sep 10, 2012, 07:12 UTC
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On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:54:49 +0200 Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
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> Yann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr> writes: > > > In 1.7.10.3, "git rebase -i :/Merge" will complain with: > > > > fatal: Needed a single revision > > invalid upstream :/Merge > > > > ... whereas "git rev-parse :/Merge" has no problem resolving > > to a single revision. > > git rebase actually calls "git rev-parse :/Merge^0", which due to the > unlimited nature of :/ doesn't work.
Hm. But then, git rev-parse $(git rev-parse :/Merge}^0 does work, a trivial patch would appear to make things better.
BTW, git-rebase.sh seems to be quite inconsistent on the use of $() vs. ``, not to mention the clear preference stated in CodingGuidelines.
I guess I'll find a moment for a couple of patches...
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> > OTOH, "git rebase -i HEAD^{/Merge}" does work, and rev-parse resolves
> > it to the same commit.
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> OTOH, "git rev-parse HEAD^{/Merge}^0" works as expected.
>
> Andreas.
> -- Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies