Re: [PATCH] branch: move multiple branches in a single --force

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 11, 2025, 15:26 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqecvqjo46.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAEgWtF_0JzZ24L+H-WoKFGaK6Hho-YYbutxSXRud4SK3HwOYXg@mail.gmail.com>

Andrea Stacchiotti <andreastacchiotti@gmail.com> writes:

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> Il giorno mer 11 giu 2025 alle ore 02:22 Junio C Hamano
> <gitster@pobox.com> ha scritto:
>>
>> Andrea Stacchiotti <andreastacchiotti@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > This patch aims to make repointing multiple branches to the same commit-ish
>> > easier, currently it needs a shell loop.
>>
>> Or "update-ref --stdin"?
>
> I learned something new, but I'd still like to keep advocating for a syntax
> like `branch --some-flag A B C X` instead of feeding by hand
> update-ref commands.

I am personally not interested in such a mode, I do not know why you think "--some-flag" is needed when the command can figure out from the number of things on the command line being more than 2 just fine.

But my comment was targetted against "it needs a shell loop" in the justification in the proposed log message, which is not quite correct.