Re: `git rebase (--no-fork-point) --onto=<newbase> [<upstream> [<branch>]]` leaves HEAD detached and *HEAD not moved when <branch> is exactly `HEAD`

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On 01/09/2024 12:02, Han Jiang wrote:
What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)

git -C './client/repo' -c 'core.editor=cat' rebase
--onto=HEAD@{upstream} --interactive "$(git -C './client/repo'
merge-base --fork-point HEAD@{upstream} HEAD)" HEAD

"git rebase <upstream> <branch>" is designed to switch to a different branch before rebasing it. If you do not want to switch branches you should use "git rebase <upstream>". "<branch>" is expected to be a branch name, not a symbolic ref to the branch like "HEAD".

Replacing `HEAD` with branch name (`"$(git -C './client/repo' branch
--show-current)"`) works around the problem.

This is working as expected.

"git checkout HEAD" is a no-op so "git rebase <upstream> HEAD" is behaving differently to "git checkout HEAD && git rebase <upstream>". We could look at changing that but it would be a breaking change for anyone relying on the current behavior to detach HEAD before rebasing.

Best Wishes

Phillip




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