From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> When switching a branch *and* updating said branch to a different revision, let's avoid a double entry in HEAD's reflog by first updating the branch and then adjusting the symbolic ref HEAD. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- builtin/rebase.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c index efa90ca894..5c827b2f03 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: -- gitgitgadget