# [PATCH] rebase: use -f for checkout

1 messages from 2013-04-10 to 2013-04-10. Participants: Orgad Shaneh.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/33461

## Orgad Shaneh, 2013-04-10 18:11

Subject: [PATCH] rebase: use -f for checkout
Message-ID: <1365617484-5181-1-git-send-email-orgads@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1365617484-5181-1-git-send-email-orgads%40gmail.com

```
If a file's case is changed on rename (Foo -> foo), rebase
fails on Windows because the file already exists.

The change is safe, because if working directory is not clean
rebase fails before checking out.
---
 git-rebase.sh |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index b2f1c76..28fdc32 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ test "$type" = interactive && run_specific_rebase
 
 # Detach HEAD and reset the tree
 say "$(gettext "First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...")"
-git checkout -q "$onto^0" || die "could not detach HEAD"
+git checkout -fq "$onto^0" || die "could not detach HEAD"
 git update-ref ORIG_HEAD $orig_head
 
 # If the $onto is a proper descendant of the tip of the branch, then
-- 
1.7.10.4

```