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

From
Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 9, 2014, 16:06 UTC
Message-ID
<20140109160603.GR7102@inner.h.apk.li>
In-Reply-To
<20140109155620.GH7608@serenity.lan>

On Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:56:21 +0000, John Keeping wrote: ...

> I think the correct fix is to change the "$switch_to" in the call to
> "git merge-base --fork-point" to "${switch_to:-HEAD}", but I'm not at a
> machine where I can test that or work up a patch at the moment...
Thanks, looks plausible and works. Need to catch train myself now.
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 4 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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