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bug: git name-rev --stdin --no-undefined on detached head

From
EEErik Cervin Edin <erik@cervined.in>
Date
Dec 22, 2021, 10:05 UTC
Message-ID
<CA+JQ7M-ORVCj6teGjVy01SF=f0=PdKKYdHNU9ruK9XUAX9F8Ag@mail.gmail.com>
Hey all!

I ran into a situation that I think may be a bug using git name-rev for detached heads.

Steps to reproduce:
Create a detached head
  git checkout --detached
  git commit --allow-empty -m foo
Expected results:
My understanding is that
  git name-rev $(git rev-list -1 HEAD)
  git rev-list -1 HEAD | git name-rev --stdin
should yield the same result.

As well as combining with other flags like --name-only / --no-undefined

Actual results:
Where this fails as expected
  git name-rev --no-undefined $(git rev-list HEAD)
this just prints the SHA wo failing
  git rev-list -1 HEAD |  git name-rev --stdin --no-undefined
"name-only" is also affected
  git rev-list -1 HEAD |  git name-rev --stdin --name-only
returns the SHA and not the name

Tested on git version 2.34.1.windows.1

-- 
Erik Cervin-Edin
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