From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:29:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch: let '--edit-description' default to rebased branch during rebase
Message-ID: <CAPig+cTWxj+dRiYZEEbfUA7=NiEF3crTaYCVGPR2qG-VEV+Y0w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqwo8y2ovu.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

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.

> > > 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/