From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:51:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/9] t3404: demonstrate that --edit-todo does not check for dropped commits
Message-ID: <xmqqimrxvm4e.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <2836634.HGSAIcGHtf@andromeda>

Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@gmail.com> writes:

>> > +	test_i18ncmp expect.2 actual &&
>> > +	cp .git/rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo.backup \
>> > +		.git/rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo &&
>> 
>> Why?  Who uses this copy?
>> 
>
> The same technique is used in "rebase -i respects rebase.missingCommitsCheck = 
> error".

Ah, I misread the code.  I thought you were making a copy in .backup
that nobody looks at after the copy is made.