# Re: \[PATCH 2/2\] \[WIP\] sequencer.c: carry forward notes on HEAD across "rebase -x"

- From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-03-12 12:27:44 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/03/7879471
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/03/7879405/t.md

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On Fri, Mar 12 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> +# NEEDSWORK: Fix c762aada1ab3a2c428c with s/@/HEAD/;
> +
>  test_expect_success 'rebase -x with empty command fails' '
>  	test_when_finished "git rebase --abort ||:" &&
>  	test_must_fail env git rebase -x "" @ 2>actual &&
> @@ -867,6 +869,22 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -i can copy notes over a fixup' '
>  	test_cmp expect output
>  '

I eyeballed c762aada1ab (rebase -x: sanity check command, 2019-01-29)
for a bit and still don't quite know what this HEAD v.s. @ is about in
that context, seems this is a stray FIXME comment for an unrelated test.

Maybe it would be better to have test_expect_failure etc. here as
appropriate?

> +test_expect_success 'notes are copied even rebase -x changes HEAD' '
> +	git reset --hard n3 &&
> +	git rebase -x "git commit --amend --no-edit" n1^1 &&
> +	git log --format="%s <%N>" n1^1..n3 >expect &&
> +	git log --format="%s <%N>" n1^1..HEAD >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect actual
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_failure 'notes are copied even rebase -x changes HEAD' '
> +	git reset --hard n3 &&
> +	git rebase -x "git commit --amend -m tweak" n1^1 &&
> +	git log --format="tweak <%N>" n1^1..n3 >expect &&
> +	git log --format="%s <%N>" n1^1..HEAD >actual &&
> +	test_cmp expect actual
> +'
> +
>  test_expect_success 'rebase while detaching HEAD' '
>  	git symbolic-ref HEAD &&
>  	grandparent=$(git rev-parse HEAD~2) &&

```