From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> This is what the legacy (scripted) rebase does in `move_to_original_branch`, and we will need this functionality in the next commit. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- builtin/rebase.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c index 5c827b2f03..c65493a484 100644 --- a/builtin/rebase.c +++ b/builtin/rebase.c @@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ static void add_var(struct strbuf *buf, const char *name, const char *value) #define RESET_HEAD_DETACH (1<<0) #define RESET_HEAD_HARD (1<<1) +#define RESET_HEAD_REFS_ONLY (1<<2) static int reset_head(struct object_id *oid, const char *action, const char *switch_to_branch, unsigned flags, @@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ static int reset_head(struct object_id *oid, const char *action, { unsigned detach_head = flags & RESET_HEAD_DETACH; unsigned reset_hard = flags & RESET_HEAD_HARD; + unsigned refs_only = flags & RESET_HEAD_REFS_ONLY; struct object_id head_oid; struct tree_desc desc[2] = { { NULL }, { NULL } }; struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT; @@ -359,7 +361,7 @@ static int reset_head(struct object_id *oid, const char *action, if (switch_to_branch && !starts_with(switch_to_branch, "refs/")) BUG("Not a fully qualified branch: '%s'", switch_to_branch); - if (hold_locked_index(&lock, LOCK_REPORT_ON_ERROR) < 0) { + if (!refs_only && hold_locked_index(&lock, LOCK_REPORT_ON_ERROR) < 0) { ret = -1; goto leave_reset_head; } @@ -372,6 +374,9 @@ static int reset_head(struct object_id *oid, const char *action, if (!oid) oid = &head_oid; + if (refs_only) + goto reset_head_refs; + memset(&unpack_tree_opts, 0, sizeof(unpack_tree_opts)); setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(&unpack_tree_opts, action); unpack_tree_opts.head_idx = 1; @@ -412,6 +417,7 @@ static int reset_head(struct object_id *oid, const char *action, goto leave_reset_head; } +reset_head_refs: reflog_action = getenv(GIT_REFLOG_ACTION_ENVIRONMENT); strbuf_addf(&msg, "%s: ", reflog_action ? reflog_action : "rebase"); prefix_len = msg.len; -- gitgitgadget