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Re: [PATCH] rebase: rebasing can also be done when HEAD is detached

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 22, 2017, 02:13 UTC
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Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> writes:
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> In a repository when attempting to rebase when the HEAD is detached
> and it is already up to date with upstream (so there's nothing to do),
> the following message is shown
>
>         Current branch HEAD is up to date.
>
> which is clearly wrong as HEAD is not a branch.
>
> Handle the special case of HEAD correctly to give a more precise
> error message.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
> ---
>  In this patch, I basically assumed that there would be no
>  branch named "HEAD".

Perhaps time to learn "git symbolic-ref HEAD" and use it instead of depending on the name?

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Message 2 of 18 in “rebase: rebasing can also be done when HEAD is detached”
  1. rebase: rebasing can also be done when HEAD is detachedKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 21, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2017
  3. 0/3 rebase: give precise error messageKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 27, 2017
  4. 1/3 rebase: use a more appropriate variable nameKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 27, 2017
  5. 2/3 rebase: distinguish user input by quoting itKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 27, 2017
  6. 3/3 rebase: rebasing can also be done when HEAD is detachedKaartic Sivaraam, Nov 27, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2017
  8. Kaartic SivaraamNov 28, 2017
  9. 3/3 rebase: rebasing can also be done when HEAD is detachedKaartic Sivaraam, Dec 1, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2017
  11. Kaartic SivaraamNov 28, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2017
  13. Kaartic SivaraamNov 29, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2017
  15. 0/3 rebase: give precise error messagesKaartic Sivaraam, Dec 16, 2017
  16. 1/3 rebase: consistently use branch_name variableKaartic Sivaraam, Dec 16, 2017
  17. 2/3 rebase: distinguish user input by quoting itKaartic Sivaraam, Dec 16, 2017
  18. 3/3 rebase: rebasing can also be done when HEAD is detachedKaartic Sivaraam, Dec 16, 2017

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