From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 16:56:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] rebase: update branches in multi-part topic
Message-ID: <xmqqpmjpheiv.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1247.git.1654263472.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> This is a feature I've wanted for quite a while. When working on the sparse
> index topic, I created a long RFC that actually broke into three topics for
> full review upstream. These topics were sequential, so any feedback on an
> earlier one required updates to the later ones. I would work on the full
> feature and use interactive rebase to update the full list of commits.
> However, I would need to update the branches pointing to those sub-topics.
>
> This series adds a new --update-refs option to 'git rebase' (along with a
> rebase.updateRefs config option) that adds 'git update-ref' commands into
> the TODO list. This is powered by the commit decoration machinery.

;-)