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Re: [FIXED PATCH] Make rebase save ORIG_HEAD if changing current branch

From
Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Date
Jul 7, 2008, 14:36 UTC
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On Jul 7, 2008, at 7:18 AM, Theodore Tso wrote:
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> On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 11:28:36PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> (1) ORIG_HEAD is not strictly necessary these days, because we have
>>     reflogs;
>
> True, but (and please correct me if I'm wrong) ORIG_HEAD will always
> be pointing out HEAD before the user typed pretty much any git
> porcelein command (which saves HEAD into ORIG_HEAD), but with reflogs,
> it you have to paw through multiple HEAD@{n} to find the 'n' which
> corresponds to state before executing the git plumbing command, since
> multiple git plumbing commands could have updated the HEAD's reflog,
> right?

This is _exactly_ why I wanted `pull --rebase` to set ORIG_HEAD. Reflogs are great in their own way, but having ORIG_HEAD regularly being available for a quick way to set it back or refer to the original state is just too useful.

~~ Brian
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Message 12 of 28 in “Make rebase save ORIG_HEAD if changing current branch”
  1. Make rebase save ORIG_HEAD if changing current branchBrian Gernhardt, Jul 6, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  3. Brian GernhardtJul 7, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  7. Theodore TsoJul 7, 2008
  8. Jakub NarebskiJul 7, 2008
  9. Brian GernhardtJul 7, 2008
  10. Jeff KingJul 8, 2008
  11. Brian GernhardtJul 8, 2008
  12. Brian GernhardtJul 7, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  15. Jakub NarebskiJul 7, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  17. Jakub NarebskiJul 7, 2008
  18. Brian GernhardtJul 8, 2008
  19. Documentation: mention ORIG_HEAD in am, merge, and rebaseBrian Gernhardt, Jul 8, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2008
  21. Brian GernhardtJul 8, 2008
  22. Jay SoffianJul 8, 2008
  23. Mike HommeyJul 7, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  25. Mike HommeyJul 7, 2008
  26. Nanako ShiraishiJul 7, 2008
  27. Re* [FIXED PATCH] Make rebase save ORIG_HEAD if changing current branchJunio C Hamano, Jul 7, 2008
  28. Brian GernhardtJul 7, 2008

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