Re: [BUG] "git rebase -r" lacks sanitation on merges with arbitrary reference syntax
Hi Yann,
On Thu, 24 Oct 2019, ydirson@free.fr wrote:
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> I have a branch which does successive merges from a vendor branch, like:
>
> git merge vendor/poky-intercepts^{/warrior}'
> git merge vendor/poky-intercepts^{/zeus}'
>
> Now if I try to use "rebase -r" across such a merge, the result is:
>
> error: refusing to update ref with bad name 'refs/rewritten/vendor/poky-intercepts^{/warrior}'
> hint: Could not execute the todo command
> hint:
> hint: label vendor/poky-intercepts^{/warrior}
> hint:
> hint: It has been rescheduled; To edit the command before continuing, please
> hint: edit the todo list first:
> hint:
> hint: git rebase --edit-todo
> hint: git rebase --continue
>
> If I manually sanitize the label name, everything's fine.The patch series is stalled a little: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/327
Unfortunately, we are deep in -rc mode for the upcoming v2.24.0, so I don't think that this bug fix will make it into that release, there are more pressing bugs.
But it is still on my radar!
Ciao, Johannes
