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Re: [Support] Branch pointer does not move

From
Franz Liedke <franz@develophp.org>
Date
Mar 14, 2011, 16:44 UTC
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:29:43 +0100, Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:

> I don't know how smartgit reacts when you switch the branch in git while
> smartgit is running, for example.
>

That works just fine. SmartGit does really well when it comes to refreshing.

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>> I ran some sort of cleanup tool yesterday, possibly about the time when
>> the problem started (I only noticed it today). Something along the lines
>> of 'git gc' maybe, if I remember correctly. Could that be the cause?
>
> git gc does not do any evil as long as you're not accessing the repo
> with another client at the same time.
Ah, there we go. I was.
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> So, have you lost any commits? Maybe something like
>
> git log --graph --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline --decorate --all
>
> will give you a clearer picture of where your commits went. If they're
> not there then inspecting the reflog of HEAD may help:
>
> git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline --decorate HEAD

No, I did not lose anything. Commits were added to the log correctly, but the branch pointer stayed where it was.

I've appended the output of the second command below. Is it correct that the branch name appears in front of every commit in that branch ("168-...", down to the one where the problem started, actually; that's where it stops displaying the name)?

---

d07b4b6 (HEAD, lie2815/fluxbb-1.4, fluxbb-1.4) HEAD@{0}: commit: #168: Fix query bug and don't display buttons when we don't show any results? 57d8f07 HEAD@{1}: checkout: moving from 168-users-mass-edit to fluxbb-1.4 e5b0b91 (168-users-mass-edit) HEAD@{2}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD 099c040 HEAD@{3}: commit: Test e5b0b91 (168-users-mass-edit) HEAD@{4}: checkout: moving from fluxbb-1.4 to 168-users-mass-edit 57d8f07 HEAD@{5}: commit (amend): #168: Merge commits that were ignored in previous commits. Mainly related to moving users to different groups. f27510a HEAD@{6}: commit: #168: Merge commits that were ignored in previous merge. e1dcbf6 HEAD@{7}: checkout: moving from master to fluxbb-1.4 be38cd6 (master) HEAD@{8}: checkout: moving from 168-users-mass-edit to master e5b0b91 (168-users-mass-edit) HEAD@{9}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD 327259b HEAD@{10}: commit: test e5b0b91 (168-users-mass-edit) HEAD@{11}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD 7137c68 HEAD@{12}: commit: test e5b0b91 (168-users-mass-edit) HEAD@{13}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD 70169b6 HEAD@{14}: commit: Foobar test commit. e5b0b91 (168-users-mass-edit) HEAD@{15}: checkout: moving from fluxbb-1.4 to 168-users-mass-edit e1dcbf6 HEAD@{16}: commit: #168: Add batch actions for banning, deleting and moving users to the admin users page. 1587022 (origin/fluxbb-1.4) HEAD@{17}: merge origin/fluxbb-1.4: Fast-forward 7c4b93b HEAD@{18}: checkout: moving from 168-users-mass-edit to fluxbb-1.4 e5b0b91 (168-users-mass-edit) HEAD@{19}: commit: Change form markup. #168 15186ad HEAD@{20}: commit: #168: Implement moving users to another group. 02a4541 HEAD@{21}: commit: Don't allow moderators to mass ban other moderators. #168. Related to #343. ccb44c8 HEAD@{22}: checkout: moving from fluxbb-1.4 to 168-users-mass-edit 7c4b93b HEAD@{23}: rebase: #343: Moderators could ban other moderators. e313ed0 HEAD@{24}: checkout: moving from fluxbb-1.4 to e313ed0a936071a6abe7efcabcd79f6de295822e^0 5980b56 HEAD@{25}: commit: #343: Moderators could ban other moderators. d9824a9 HEAD@{26}: checkout: moving from 168-users-mass-edit to fluxbb-1.4 ccb44c8 HEAD@{27}: commit (amend): Add button for changing user group. #168 ccbdebd HEAD@{28}: commit: Add button for changing user group. #168 731a790 HEAD@{29}: commit: Display admin menu on user deletion confirmation page, too. #168 a494a13 HEAD@{30}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD ac9bdf9 HEAD@{31}: commit: Display admin menu on user deletion confirmation page, too. #168 a494a13 HEAD@{32}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD d73a7b3 HEAD@{33}: commit: Display admin menu on user deletion confirmation page, too. #168 a494a13 HEAD@{34}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD c99c40c HEAD@{35}: commit: foobarba a494a13 HEAD@{36}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD 6345b66 HEAD@{37}: commit: foobarba a494a13 HEAD@{38}: commit (amend): Implement banning of multiple users. #168 7bea1d7 HEAD@{39}: commit: Implement banning of multiple users. #168 d4cd3f9 HEAD@{40}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD 9de9d8f HEAD@{41}: commit: Implement banning of multiple users. #168 d4cd3f9 HEAD@{42}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD 54eb388 HEAD@{43}: commit (amend): Implement banning of multiple users. #168 29f8471 HEAD@{44}: commit: Implement banning of multiple users. #168 d4cd3f9 HEAD@{45}: commit: Only show checkboxes and action buttons on admin users list when permissions are sufficient. #168. 7560b75 HEAD@{46}: commit: More logical check for valid user IDs when deleting users. #168. 9f73b8d HEAD@{47}: commit: Switch order of action buttons and "select all" link in admin users page. #168 891c4fe HEAD@{48}: checkout: moving from fluxbb-1.4 to 168-users-mass-edit d9824a9 HEAD@{49}: checkout: moving from fluxbb-1.2 to fluxbb-1.4 f233870 (origin/fluxbb-1.2, lie2815/fluxbb-1.2, fluxbb-1.2) HEAD@{50}: commit: #240: Fix authentication cookie being set incorrectly in some cases. 0a71ae9 (tag: fluxbb-1.2.23) HEAD@{51}: checkout: moving from 168-users-mass-edit to fluxbb-1.2 891c4fe HEAD@{52}: commit: Move JavaScript code to a file common.js and only use one link for toggling checkboxes. e9349be HEAD@{53}: checkout: moving from fluxbb-1.4 to 168-users-mass-edit d9824a9 HEAD@{54}: HEAD^ --: updating HEAD f39af9d HEAD@{55}: commit: #294: Limit size of tracking cookie so that there is some more space in nginx. d9824a9 HEAD@{56}: commit: #330: Fix my feed fix. XML-namespace-related. 2b470b6 HEAD@{57}: commit: #331: Fix hard-coded language entry on admin reports page. e0fa124 HEAD@{58}: commit: Enhance RSS feeds by adding atom:link with rel="self". 5abbbfc HEAD@{59}: checkout: moving from master to fluxbb-1.4 be38cd6 (master) HEAD@{60}: checkout: moving from fluxbb-2.0 to master 20b0441 (origin/fluxbb-2.0, lie2815/fluxbb-2.0, fluxbb-2.0) HEAD@{61}: checkout: moving from 168-users-mass-edit to fluxbb-2.0 e9349be HEAD@{62}: commit: Implement mass deletion of users. #168. 1dff30b HEAD@{63}: checkout: moving from master to 168-users-mass-edit be38cd6 (master) HEAD@{64}: merge origin/master: Fast-forward f813ef5 HEAD@{65}: checkout: moving from 168-users-mass-edit to master 1dff30b HEAD@{66}: commit: Add JavaScript code for selecting / unselecting multiple checkboxes. 4acd8f8 HEAD@{67}: checkout: moving from master to 168-users-mass-edit f813ef5 HEAD@{68}: pull origin master: Fast-forward d55266d HEAD@{69}: checkout: moving from 168-users-mass-edit to master 4acd8f8 HEAD@{70}: checkout: moving from master to 168-users-mass-edit d55266d HEAD@{71}: commit: #272: Add new language string to install.php for default name of Guests group 4291ae6 HEAD@{72}: pull origin master: Fast-forward 28d33cf HEAD@{73}: commit: Change breadcrumbs text in search results depending on whether we're searching for posts or topics. 1bef6cc HEAD@{74}: commit: #274: Fix usernames in breadcrumbs being converted to lower-case when searching for posts by author name. 971f14e HEAD@{75}: commit: #257: Apply my last commit to edit.php, too. ---

Thanks for your help again Franz

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