Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: avoid checking out $branch when possible
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
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> I was a bit torn on whether I should abort with checkout, or without
> it. The manual clearly states that rebase "will perform an automatic
> git checkout <branch> before doing anything else", which mandates at
> least *trying* the checkout in the error path, hence this version.
>
> However, in contrived cases this can lead to strange behavior. For
> example, a checkout conflict with a file in the worktree may prevent
> the abort path from working correctly, even though going through with
> the rebase itself may succeed.
Given all that contortion, is it even worth doing this?
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>