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Re: [PATCH] branch: let '--edit-description' default to rebased branch during rebase

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Feb 7, 2020, 19:29 UTC
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On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 2:12 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@gmail.com> writes:
> > Then --edit-description during won't default to the branch you started
> > from the bisect. So we are back to my original proposal only, having
> > branch default during rebase. Eric, do you mind?
I don't feel strongly one way or the other.
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> > > How about teaching "git branch --edit-description [HEAD]" notice
> > > when/if HEAD is detached and always error out, no matter what
> > > operation is in progress?
>
> What I meant by "no matter what is in progress" is not to special
> case "during rebase", either.

That would defeat the original purpose[1] of this submission, I think. As I understand it, the idea all along was to make this operation work during a rebase.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200110071929.119000-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com/
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  1. branch: let '--edit-description' default to rebased branch during rebasemarcandre.lureau@redhat.com, Jan 11, 2020
  2. Eric SunshineJan 11, 2020
  3. Marc-André LureauJan 11, 2020
  4. Eric SunshineJan 12, 2020
  5. Marc-André LureauJan 12, 2020
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  13. Marc-André LureauFeb 6, 2020
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  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2020
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  19. Eric SunshineFeb 7, 2020
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