# Problem with local branches and git svn rebase

2 messages from 2009-05-08 to 2009-05-08. Participants: Dan Fairs.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/19246

## Dan Fairs, 2009-05-08 08:57

Subject: Problem with local branches and git svn rebase
Message-ID: <08FCF5E0-A2AA-4F23-9C23-E8F823AF2546@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/08FCF5E0-A2AA-4F23-9C23-E8F823AF2546%40gmail.com

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Hi,

I'm experiencing a problem with local branches and the git svn rebase  
command. I'm using git 1.5.5.1. Basically, I can no longer 'git svn  
rebase'.

I've been doing all my work on a local branch 'work' which I've been  
successfully using with a remote SVN repository successfully for  
weeks. I yesterday needed to do some disruptive work, so I committed  
everything on my 'work' branch, created a new branch 'onlinehacking',  
checked it out, did some work on that, and committed. I then tried to  
check out my original 'work' branch and run a git svn rebase to pull  
down my colleagues' work. Here's what happens:

bash-3.2$ git branch
   dan-bf-merge-lc
   master
* onlinehacking
   work
bash-3.2$ git status
# On branch onlinehacking
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
bash-3.2$ git checkout work
error: Entry 'online.cfg' not uptodate. Cannot merge.
bash-3.2$ git checkout -m work
Checking out files:   8% (169/2051)
   ... snip ...
Checking out files: 100% (2051/2051)
Checking out files: 100% (2051/2051), done.
M	online.cfg
M	products/online/Formulator/CREDITS.txt

    ... snip ...

M	products/online/Formulator/www/StringField.gif
M	products/online/Formulator/www/TextAreaField.gif
Switched to branch "work"
bash-3.2$ git svn rebase
Cannot rebase with uncommited changes:
# On branch work
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
status: command returned error: 1

bash-3.2$ git status
# On branch work
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
bash-3.2$ git diff
bash-3.2$ git diff --cached
bash-3.2$

I'm still pretty new to git, so I'm sure that I've done somthing  
stupid, not git. I tried adding the -m option to 'git checkout work'  
as advised by the git-checkout man page, but git diff doesn't show any  
changes afterwards.

What have I done wrong, and how can I pull latest changes from svn  
into my work branch?

Thanks,
Dan
--
Dan Fairs <dan.fairs@gmail.com> | http://www.fezconsulting.com/

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## Dan Fairs, 2009-05-08 14:41

Subject: Re: Problem with local branches and git svn rebase
Message-ID: <BE627AFF-29EA-48E7-A91F-40B29FF36AF5@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BE627AFF-29EA-48E7-A91F-40B29FF36AF5%40gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <08FCF5E0-A2AA-4F23-9C23-E8F823AF2546@gmail.com>

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> I'm experiencing a problem with local branches and the git svn  
> rebase command. I'm using git 1.5.5.1. Basically, I can no longer  
> 'git svn rebase'.


For the benefit of the archive, a git rebase --abort on the 'work'  
branch fixed the issue, despite giving a 'No rebase in progress?'  
message. Thanks to tvakah on #git.

Thanks
Dan

--
Dan Fairs <dan.fairs@gmail.com> | http://www.fezconsulting.com/

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