The following commands fail, even if :/quuxery resolves to a perfectly valid commit: $ git rebase :/quuxery $ git rebase -i :/quuxery This is because rebase [-i] attempts to rev-parse ${REV}^0 to verify that the given revision resolves to a commit. Add tests to document these failures. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t3400-rebase.sh | 8 ++++++++ t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t3400-rebase.sh b/t/t3400-rebase.sh index b58fa1a..890f159 100755 --- a/t/t3400-rebase.sh +++ b/t/t3400-rebase.sh @@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase fast-forward to master' ' test_i18ngrep "Fast-forwarded HEAD to my-topic-branch" out ' +test_expect_failure 'rebase against revision specified as :/quuxery' ' + git checkout my-topic-branch^ && + sha1=$(git rev-parse ":/Add B") && + git rebase $sha1 && + git checkout my-topic-branch^ && + git rebase ":/Add B" +' + test_expect_success 'the rebase operation should not have destroyed author information' ' ! (git log | grep "Author:" | grep "<>") ' diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh index 79e8d3c..ca4ee92 100755 --- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh +++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh @@ -947,4 +947,12 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -i respects core.commentchar' ' test B = $(git cat-file commit HEAD^ | sed -ne \$p) ' +test_expect_failure 'rebase -i against revision specified as :/quuxery' ' + git checkout branch1 && + sha1=$(git rev-parse ":/J") && + git rebase $sha1 && + git checkout branch1 && + git rebase ":/J" +' + test_done -- 1.8.3.1.381.g31c8856.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html