# [PATCH guilt] guilt-rebase: Make fast-forward work

2 messages from 2007-07-28 to 2007-07-28. Participants: Eric Lesh, Josef Sipek.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/9274

## Eric Lesh, 2007-07-28 12:22

Subject: [PATCH guilt] guilt-rebase: Make fast-forward work
Message-ID: <87d4ycen0r.fsf@hubert.paunchy.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87d4ycen0r.fsf%40hubert.paunchy.net

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Merges created with --no-commit and a blank commit message didn't update
the branch's HEAD in a fast-forward merge. Rebasing didn't actually do
anything in that case.

Also quote the log message when displaying the new HEAD.

Signed-off-by: Eric Lesh <eclesh@ucla.edu>
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 guilt-rebase |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guilt-rebase b/guilt-rebase
index cc8dcf6..f7de813 100755
--- a/guilt-rebase
+++ b/guilt-rebase
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ cp "$applied" "$rebase_dir/status"
 
 echo "First, poping all patches..."
 pop_all_patches
-git-merge --no-commit "" HEAD $upstream > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+git-merge --no-commit $upstream > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
 
 echo ""
 log=`git-log -1 --pretty=oneline`
-echo "HEAD is now at `echo $log | cut -c 1-7`... `echo $log | cut -c 41-`"
+echo "HEAD is now at `echo $log | cut -c 1-7`... `echo "$log" | cut -c 41-`"
 
 #
 # For each previously applied patch:
-- 
1.5.2

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## Josef Sipek, 2007-07-28 20:40

Subject: Re: [PATCH guilt] guilt-rebase: Make fast-forward work
Message-ID: <20070728204043.GB6240@filer.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20070728204043.GB6240%40filer.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu
In-Reply-To: <87d4ycen0r.fsf@hubert.paunchy.net>

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On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 05:22:12AM -0700, Eric Lesh wrote:
> Merges created with --no-commit and a blank commit message didn't update
> the branch's HEAD in a fast-forward merge. Rebasing didn't actually do
> anything in that case.
> 
> Also quote the log message when displaying the new HEAD.
 
Applied. Thanks.

Josef 'Jeff' Sipek.

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