From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:41:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clarify: rebase abort leaves <branch> checked-out
Message-ID: <7vtyf6hkpo.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1300035258.5129.12.camel@drew-northup.unet.maine.edu>

Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu> writes:

> -The latter form is just a short-hand of `git checkout topic`
> -followed by `git rebase master`.
> +*NOTE:* The latter form is just a short-hand of `git checkout topic`
> +followed by `git rebase master`. If the rebase is aborted `topic` will 
> +remain the checked-out branch.

The behaviour is consistent between the case where "this on that" form
succeeds and it stops and gets aborted, and I think both are euqally
noteworthy.  So I'd suggest dropping "if aborted".