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Re: git rebase: retain original head?

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Jan 8, 2019, 20:51 UTC
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On Jan 08 2019, Markus Wiederkehr <markus.wiederkehr@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 6:43 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 08 2019, Markus Wiederkehr <markus.wiederkehr@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Would it be possible to retain this information?
>>
>> You could use the reflog of the current branch, where it is the second
>> entry.
>
> It is not, depending on what happens in the rebase it could be any
> entry.
Don't look at the HEAD reflog, use the branch reflog, ie. @{1}.
Andreas.
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  5. Markus WiederkehrJan 9, 2019
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