On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:54:49 +0200
Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yann Dirson <dirson@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > 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...
> > 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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