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Re: rebase -i --update-refs can lead to deletion of branches

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EEErik Cervin Edin <erik@cervined.in>
Date
Oct 20, 2022, 20:49 UTC
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 7:04 PM herr.kaste <herr.kaste@gmail.com> wrote:
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> After that all refs have been removed/deleted.
>
> ```
> $ git branch  --list
> * test
> ```
:(
> I decide late that I rather don't want to update "master" etc. and it should
> probably not delete the local refs.

Deleting refs if you remove from the rebase-todo seems undesirable in my opinion. It's too easy to use that footgun. It may be a good feature to be _able_ to delete branches during a rebase, in a similar manner as updating them, but with a different explicit flag, like d regs/heads/ or something

> Actually, I so love the new feature that I switched it *on* by default, and just
> wanted to overwrite the behavior in the todo editor.

I didn't know this feature had been added but I'm very very pleased as I've wanted it. It doesn't seem to update tags though. That would've been nice.

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Message 2 of 17 in “rebase -i --update-refs can lead to deletion of branches”
  1. herr.kasteOct 20, 2022
  2. Erik Cervin EdinOct 20, 2022
  3. Phillip WoodNov 3, 2022
  4. herr.kasteNov 3, 2022
  5. Erik Cervin EdinNov 3, 2022
  6. Victoria DyeNov 4, 2022
  7. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  8. Victoria DyeNov 4, 2022
  9. rebase --update-refs: avoid unintended ref deletionVictoria Dye, Nov 4, 2022
  10. Taylor BlauNov 4, 2022
  11. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  12. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  13. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2022
  14. rebase --update-refs: avoid unintended ref deletionVictoria Dye, Nov 7, 2022
  15. Taylor BlauNov 7, 2022
  16. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2022
  17. Phillip WoodNov 8, 2022

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