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Re: [PATCH] checkout: do not switch branch during a rebase unless -f is given

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 9, 2010, 14:11 UTC
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Heya,
2010/11/9 Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>:
> I like it.  Would it be possible to make sure the (widespread?) practice
> of using
>
>        rm -fr .git/rebase-merge
Awr, and here I was, all hopeful reading your message up to here.
> to terminate a rebase without going back to the original branch
> still works?  I think it should be.

And then here you smash my hopes that you were suggesting we stop asking the user to mess around in the .git directory :(. After all, if we let that rm be handled by some 'git rebase' mode, it could also unlock any branches it has locked.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 7 of 12 in “commit: do not switch branch during a rebase unless -f is given”
  1. commit: do not switch branch during a rebase unless -f is givenNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 28, 2010
  2. checkout: do not switch branch during a rebase unless -f is givenNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 28, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederSep 28, 2010
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 28, 2010
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 9, 2010
  6. Jonathan NiederNov 9, 2010
  7. Sverre RabbelierNov 9, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederNov 9, 2010
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 9, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederNov 9, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2010
  12. Sverre RabbelierSep 28, 2010

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