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[BUG] "git rebase": fatal: Not a valid object name: ''

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Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 9, 2014, 15:36 UTC
Message-ID
<20140109153618.GA18975@inner.h.apk.li>
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Hi, everyone,

since ad8261d (rebase: use reflog to find common base with upstream) a rebase without arguments says "fatal: Not a valid object name: ''", caused by trying to determine the fork point with an empty $switch_to.

I don't really see what the appropriate fix would be. :-(
Andreas
-- 
"Totally trivial. Famous last words."
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800
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Message 2 of 6 in “[BUG] git symbolic-ref does not recognize @ as the shortcut for HEAD”
  1. Mathieu LemoineJan 9, 2014
  2. [BUG] "git rebase": fatal: Not a valid object name: ''Andreas Krey, Jan 9, 2014
  3. John KeepingJan 9, 2014
  4. Andreas KreyJan 9, 2014
  5. rebase: fix fork-point with zero argumentsJohn Keeping, Jan 9, 2014
  6. Duy NguyenJan 15, 2014

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