Re: [BUG?] git rebase not accepting :/ syntax

On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:54:49 +0200
Andreas Schwab [off-list ref] wrote:

Yann Dirson [off-list ref] writes:

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In 1.7.10.3, "git rebase -i :/Merge" will complain with:

fatal: Needed a single revision
invalid upstream :/Merge

... whereas "git rev-parse :/Merge" has no problem resolving
to a single revision.

git rebase actually calls "git rev-parse :/Merge^0", which due to the
unlimited nature of :/ doesn't work.

Hm.  But then, git rev-parse $(git rev-parse :/Merge}^0 does work, a trivial
patch would appear to make things better.

BTW, git-rebase.sh seems to be quite inconsistent on the use of $() vs. ``,
not to mention the clear preference stated in CodingGuidelines.

I guess I'll find a moment for a couple of patches...

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OTOH, "git rebase -i HEAD^{/Merge}" does work, and rev-parse resolves
it to the same commit.

OTOH, "git rev-parse HEAD^{/Merge}^0" works as expected.

Andreas.

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Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies