From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:11:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rebase: introduce --update-branches option
Message-ID: <xmqqwoehjq5h.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1909091605540.5377@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> In contrast, I would think that
>
> 	label --update-branch my-side-track
>
> would make for a nicer read than
>
> 	label my-side-track
> 	branch my-side-track

Because labelling while recreating a mergey history is conceptually
the same as temporarily updating the branch head from end users'
point of view, so this sounds quite sensible.