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rebase -i --update-refs can lead to deletion of branches

From
Hherr.kaste <herr.kaste@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 20, 2022, 17:01 UTC
Message-ID
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Hi,
I have the following:
While doing a
`$ git rebase --interactive  --update-refs X`

I *removed* the "update-ref" lines from the todo list. The rebase runs as expected and prints e.g.

``` Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/test. Updated the following refs with --update-refs: refs/heads/master refs/heads/permissive-interactive-rebase refs/heads/variable-annotations-meta-block ```

After that all refs have been removed/deleted.
```
$ git branch  --list
* test
```

Now, I should just have not used `--update-refs` in the first place but anyway I decide late that I rather don't want to update "master" etc. and it should probably not delete the local refs.

Actually, I so love the new feature that I switched it *on* by default, and just wanted to overwrite the behavior in the todo editor.

Regards Caspar Duregger

Next: Erik Cervin Edin
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  1. herr.kasteOct 20, 2022
  2. Erik Cervin EdinOct 20, 2022
  3. Phillip WoodNov 3, 2022
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  7. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  8. Victoria DyeNov 4, 2022
  9. rebase --update-refs: avoid unintended ref deletionVictoria Dye, Nov 4, 2022
  10. Taylor BlauNov 4, 2022
  11. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  12. Phillip WoodNov 4, 2022
  13. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2022
  14. rebase --update-refs: avoid unintended ref deletionVictoria Dye, Nov 7, 2022
  15. Taylor BlauNov 7, 2022
  16. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2022
  17. Phillip WoodNov 8, 2022

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