Re: [FIXED PATCH] Make rebase save ORIG_HEAD if changing current branch

Mike Hommey [off-list ref] writes:

On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 09:43:58PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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We would make it _appear_ rebase and merge are interchangeable even more.
But the thing is, I am not convinced if promoting that appearance is
necessarily a good thing.

You now do not have to say something like:

	After a 'git pull' you can view 'git diff ORIG_HEAD..' to check
	what are new, but 'git pull --rebase' is different and you would
	say 'git diff branch@{1}.." instead.

and you can tell the users that ORIG_HEAD can be used in both cases.

And in both cases, you could use HEAD@{1} instead of ORIG_HEAD.

No you cannot.  Read what I wrote again.  I never said HEAD@{1} ;-)