Re: [RFC] checkout --rebase

From: Sebastian Staudt <koraktor@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 19, 2013, 10:48 UTC
Message-ID: <CA+xP2SbHD+MU4K0JBbZdA6bWQFQerBi5mWA+7G9=tBksjp+LXw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0m-ZpVvvgAB_yzooah0=veeNDudahs=4ur2YHN03h-h4g@mail.gmail.com>

Isn't this what you want?

 $ git rebase master um-build

2013/7/19 Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>:

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> Hi,
>
> I'm often work on small topic branches, and find myself doing this quite often:
>
>   # on branch master
>   $ git checkout um-build
>   $ git rebase master
>
> This is horribly inefficient; the first operation takes a _really_
> long time to complete, since master updates itself very often and I
> have to check out an old worktree.  So, I work around this issue by
> doing:
>
>   # on branch master
>   $ git checkout -b um-build-2
>   $ git cherry-pick ..um-build
>   $ git branch -M um-build
>
> ... and I scripted it.  Perhaps we should get this functionality in
> core, as `git checkout --rebase` (or something)?
>
> Thanks.
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