Re: git rebase --continue with goofy error

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> On Dec 4, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Adrian Klingel wrote:
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>> I am trying so, so hard to rebase a branch with updates made in  
>> master:
>>
>> *********
>> git rebase master
>> *********
>>
>> I get about 20 conflicts back, which I fix and do:
>>
>> *********
>> git add *
>> *********
>>
>> There were also many, many error messages after the rebase  
>> command, eg:
>>
>> *********
>> error: test/unit/missing_year_test.rb: already exists in index
>> error: test/unit/axle_test.rb: already exists in index
>> error: test/unit/body_style_test.rb: already exists in index
>> error: test/unit/brake_test.rb: already exists in index
>> error: test/unit/category_test.rb: already exists in index
>> error: test/unit/comment_test.rb: already exists in index
>> error: test/unit/company_comment_test.rb: does not exist in index
>> error: test/unit/country_test.rb: already exists in index
>> *********
>>
>>
>> but I ignore that error, because I have no idea what it means.  If  
>> I were to guess, I'd say it's trying to copy files from master to  
>> my current branch.  Of course.
>>
>> So now I have added my conflict fixes, per the message:
>>
>> *********
>> Failed to merge in the changes.
>> Patch failed at 0002.
>>
>> When you have resolved this problem run "git rebase --continue".
>> If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run "git rebase -- 
>> skip".
>> To restore the original branch and stop rebasing run "git rebase -- 
>> abort".
>> *********
>>
>>
>> So I decide to continue:
>>
>> *********
>> git rebase --continue
>> *********
>>
>>
>> And I get the following:
>>
>> *********
>> mymac:/Library/mydir/code/myapp me$ git rebase --continue
>> Unknown option: 1
>> Usage: head [-options] <url>...
>>    -m <method>   use method for the request (default is 'HEAD')
>>    -f            make request even if head believes method is illegal
>>    -b <base>     Use the specified URL as base
>>    -t <timeout>  Set timeout value
>>    -i <time>     Set the If-Modified-Since header on the request
>>    -c <conttype> use this content-type for POST, PUT, CHECKIN
>>    -a            Use text mode for content I/O
>>    -p <proxyurl> use this as a proxy
>>    -P            don't load proxy settings from environment
>>    -H <header>   send this HTTP header (you can specify several)
>>
>>    -u            Display method and URL before any response
>>    -U            Display request headers (implies -u)
>>    -s            Display response status code
>>    -S            Display response status chain
>>    -e            Display response headers
>>    -d            Do not display content
>>    -o <format>   Process HTML content in various ways
>>
>>    -v            Show program version
>>    -h            Print this message
>>
>>    -x            Extra debugging output
>> Applying
>> You still have unmerged paths in your index
>> did you forget to use 'git add'?
>>
>> When you have resolved this problem run "git rebase --continue".
>> If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run "git rebase -- 
>> skip".
>> To restore the original branch and stop rebasing run "git rebase -- 
>> abort".
>>
>> *********
>>
>>
>> A google search of "git" and "Unknown option: 1" yields zero  
>> results.  Notice I did not commit the adds.  I didn't think it  
>> made sense to do that, since I imagine that is what the rebase is  
>> doing anyway?
>>
>
> I'm not sure what the first part of this is saying (The "unknown  
> option").
>
> The important part is later on:
>
> You still have unmerged paths in your index
> did you forget to use 'git add'?
>
> After you resolve any conflicts, make sure to git add any remaining  
> files before you "rebase --continue"
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott
>
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