Hi Junio,

On Fri, 4 Jan 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <[email protected]>
> writes:
> 
> > From: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
> >
> > When switching a branch *and* updating said branch to a different
> > revision, let's avoid a double entry by first updating the branch and
> > then adjusting the symbolic ref HEAD.
> 
> Ah, in the original sequence, HEAD is updated twice, leaving two
> reflog entries for HEAD (and one for the underlying "switch_to"
> branch by virtue of REF_UPDATE_VIA_HEAD).  In the new sequence,
> update_ref() updates the underlying "switch_to" and then HEAD, so
> we'd get one reflog entry for each of them.
> 
> Makes sense.  s/let's avoid a double entry/& in HEAD's reflog/ would
> have avoided wasting reader's time who needlessly wondered where
> that redundancy came from, though.

Will fix the commit message.

Thanks!
Dscho

> 
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  builtin/rebase.c | 7 ++++---
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
> > index e1dfa74ca8..768bea0da8 100644
> > --- a/builtin/rebase.c
> > +++ b/builtin/rebase.c
> > @@ -438,10 +438,11 @@ static int reset_head(struct object_id *oid, const 
> > char *action,
> >                              detach_head ? REF_NO_DEREF : 0,
> >                              UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR);
> >     else {
> > -           ret = create_symref("HEAD", switch_to_branch, msg.buf);
> > +           ret = update_ref(reflog_orig_head, switch_to_branch, oid,
> > +                            NULL, 0, UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR);
> >             if (!ret)
> > -                   ret = update_ref(reflog_head, "HEAD", oid, NULL, 0,
> > -                                    UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR);
> > +                   ret = create_symref("HEAD", switch_to_branch,
> > +                                       reflog_head);
> >     }
> >  
> >  leave_reset_head:
> 

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