Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> pick 29a79f8 two >> pick 74bf293 three >> # Ref refs/heads/branch3 checked out at '/tmp/test/WT' >> >> update-ref refs/heads/branch2 >> >> update-ref refs/heads/branch1 >> >> pick 5f59b82 four >> >> Eliminate those empty lines. > > After this change, I think the end result is this: > > pick 29a79f8 two > pick 74bf293 three > # Ref refs/heads/branch3 checked out at '/tmp/test/WT' > update-ref refs/heads/branch2 > update-ref refs/heads/branch1 > pick 5f59b82 four > > Specifically, there is no whitespace break between the last > 'update-ref' command and the next 'pick' command. Since the > 'update-ref' commands likely correspond to chunks of changes, > it would be nice to still have that whitespace remain. I > agree that the whitespace between the comments and previous > 'update-ref' commands is wasteful, but I'd rather leave the > wasteful (and usually rare) whitespace than lose the helpful > whitespace. > > There is precedent for this kind of whitespace when using > '--rebase-merges'. > > If you can find a nice way to add a line of whitespace between > these lines and the next instruction type, then I fully > support this change. Sounds like it is sensible to omit this step for now from this series. Thanks.