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Re: [PATCH] rebase, cherry-pick, revert: only run from toplevel

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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 31, 2021, 03:05 UTC
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 8:03 PM Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:

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> From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
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> Allowing rebase, cherry-pick and revert to run from subdirectories
> inevitably leads to eventual user confusion.  For example, if they
> are within a directory that was created by one of the patches being
> rebased, then the rebase operation could hit a conflict before the
> directory is restored leading the user to be running from a directory
> that no longer exists.  Similarly with cherry-pick and revert, those
> operations could result in the directory being removed.
>
> Similar to bisect, simply require that these commands be run from the
> toplevel to avoid such problems.
See also <xmqqv93n7q1v.fsf@gitster.g> and the rest of the thread.
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  1. rebase, cherry-pick, revert: only run from toplevelElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Aug 31, 2021
  2. Elijah NewrenAug 31, 2021
  3. Johannes SixtAug 31, 2021
  4. Jeff KingAug 31, 2021
  5. Elijah NewrenAug 31, 2021
  6. Taylor BlauSep 1, 2021
  7. Elijah NewrenSep 1, 2021
  8. Taylor BlauSep 1, 2021
  9. Elijah NewrenSep 1, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2021
  11. Elijah NewrenSep 1, 2021
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