Re: [rebase] `fatal: cannot force update the branch ... checkout out at ...` is confusing when it isn't active

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Josh Soref <jsoref@gmail.com>

Date

Jul 12, 2023, 20:33 UTC

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Josh Soref writes:

> fatal: cannot force update the branch 'main' checked out at
> '/private/var/folders/r3/n29fz25x72x191fdv6mhhr3m0000gp/T/tmp.fGD64HAf'

> It's true git in the repository does have a pin of sorts for the
> `main` branch and that `git-rebase` would be very upset if the
> branch's location were changed, but as an end user, the `main` branch
> is not checked out, the `next` branch is checked out.

Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Fair enough.  Perhaps "cannot force update the branch 'main' in use"
> would alleviate the confusion?

That would be better.