Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] rebase: reset_head() related fixes and improvements

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 27, 2022, 17:37 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqilu53wsb.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aedee582-7f00-7e12-c378-35b0cbc6b565@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

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> So the theme started out as "convert 'rebase -i' to use reset_head()
> and stop forking 'git checkout'" which I thought would be one to two 
> patches. Then I started looking at the code and realized that
> reset_head() needed some work before we could use it for 'rebase -i'
> and that work ended up dominating the series. I've updated the cover
> letter as you suggested.

Great.

It helped me summarizing the topic in the "What's cooking" report.

 Use an internal call to reset_head() helper function instead of
 spawning "git checkout" in "rebase", and update code paths that are
 involved in the change.

Perhaps I'd rename the topic branch, but perhaps not.

Thanks.