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From:   Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:24:58 +0700
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Subject: Re: Bug, git rebase -i does not abort correctly
To:     Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Kaartic Sivaraam
<kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> wrote:
> This might seem to be a bug as the comment in "git-rebase-todo" says,
>
>     However, if you remove everything, the rebase will be aborted.
>
> But "man git rebase" clearly says,
>
>     If <branch> is specified, git rebase will perform an automatic "git
>     checkout <branch>" before doing anything else. Otherwise it remains
>     on
>     the current branch.
>
> Junio has previously confirmed that "git rebase [-i] <upstream>
> <branch>" is just a short hand for "git checkout <branch> && git rebase
> [-i] <upstream>".[ref 1] So, it's not surprising that it left HEAD at
> @~3 when you completely removed the contents of git-rebase-todo and
> exited the editor.
>
> Does that help solve your issue?

Sort of. It smells bad design to me when a mistake can easily become a
feature. But with your help, I think I should be able to disable this
feature on my local build. Thanks.
-- 
Duy