Thanks for your suggestion, Thomas, here are the steps that result in the
weird behaviour:
(in an empty git repo...)
echo "bish bash bosh" >> file1.txt
echo "bish bash bosh" >> file2.txt
echo "bish bash bosh" >> file3.txt
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"
echo "bish bash bosh" >> file4.txt
git add .
git commit "add file4"
vi .
(do some editing in file2.txt)
git add .
git commit -m "edit file2.txt"
git reflog
shows this:
e519fb1 HEAD@{0}: commit: edit file2.txt
7746811 HEAD@{1}: commit: add file4.txt
5329025 HEAD@{2}: commit (initial): initial commit
then...
git rebase -i 53290
(note it's the hash of the first commit)
produces:
Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/master.
AND also opens a *blank* file called .git/rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo.
I was expecting a pick list to open in the editor.
Any further insight would be appreciated.
Les
On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:09:29 PM UTC-7, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
wrote:
>
> I haven't experienced this.
>
> Are you maybe doing git rebase -i <SHA>
>
> .. where <SHA> is the latest commit in your repo (same as doing git
> rebase -i HEAD)?
>
> Usually I rebase like this (if I want to edit the last 5 commits): git
> rebase -i HEAD~5
>
> On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:11:54 PM UTC+1, Les Nightingill wrote:
>>
>> ...trying to understand how interactive rebase works...
>>
>> under what circumstances does git rebase -i <sha of some commit>
>> simply complete and present an empty git-rebase-todo for editing (i.e.
>> without a list of commits for me to pick/edit/squash etc)?
>>
>> In my test, the rebase completes with the message "Successfully
>> rebased and updated refs/heads/newbranch." AND also a blank file (.git/
>> rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo) is opened in my editor.
>>
>> I must be missing something... any suggestions would be appreciated
>>
>> Les
>
>
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