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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2022, #01; Thu, 1)

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Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Date
Dec 2, 2022, 20:11 UTC
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Rubén Justo wrote:
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> On 01-dic-2022 21:23:40, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> * rj/branch-copy-and-rename (2022-11-17) 2 commits
>>  - branch: clear target branch configuration before copying or renaming
>>  - branch: force-copy a branch to itself via @{-1} is a no-op
>> 
>>  Fix a pair of bugs in 'git branch'.
>>  
>>  Waiting for review discussion to settle.
>>  source: <f0b2d46c-2e9c-2630-2870-8ed550dd1606@gmail.com>
>> 
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> We can drop the first commit (branch: clear target branch configuration
> before copying or renaming) as it needs a better approach.  But we can
> keep the other (branch: force-copy a branch to itself via @{-1} is a
> no-op), there were no complaints about it, I think.

Agreed. I think "branch: clear target branch configuration before copying or renaming" is probably worth revisiting at some point, but "branch: force-copy a branch to itself via @{-1} is a no-op" looks fine to be as-is.

Thanks!
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> Un saludo.
> Rubén.     

P.S. I think there may be something strange about your email editor. For some reason, every line is padded out with spaces to 200 characters. Not a big deal, but your replies might render with unexpected line spacing in some email clients.

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  3. Victoria DyeDec 2, 2022
  4. Rubén JustoDec 2, 2022
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