Re: [PATCH] branch: move multiple branches in a single --force

From: Andrea Stacchiotti <andreastacchiotti@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 12, 2025, 00:19 UTC
Message-ID: <CAEgWtF9MRbRASg1Jb3n6Ggvh8viZOpyev+OyX5DSpWQ7bMF8dg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqecvqjo46.fsf@gitster.g>

So, if I may ask, is the proposed patch as written (branch -f A B C X) acceptable and you just need me to rewrite the commit message or are you not interested in it at all?

Il giorno mer 11 giu 2025 alle ore 17:26 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> ha scritto:

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> Andrea Stacchiotti <andreastacchiotti@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Il giorno mer 11 giu 2025 alle ore 02:22 Junio C Hamano
> > <gitster@pobox.com> ha scritto:
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> >> Andrea Stacchiotti <andreastacchiotti@gmail.com> writes:
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> >> > This patch aims to make repointing multiple branches to the same commit-ish
> >> > easier, currently it needs a shell loop.
> >>
> >> Or "update-ref --stdin"?
> >
> > I learned something new, but I'd still like to keep advocating for a syntax
> > like `branch --some-flag A B C X` instead of feeding by hand
> > update-ref commands.
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> I am personally not interested in such a mode, I do not know why you
> think "--some-flag" is needed when the command can figure out from
> the number of things on the command line being more than 2 just
> fine.
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> But my comment was targetted against "it needs a shell loop" in the
> justification in the proposed log message, which is not quite
> correct.
>