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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Cc: "Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	"Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	"Tim Landscheidt" <tim@tim-landscheidt.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] rebase: introduce and use pseudo-ref ORIG_COMMIT
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 11:00:59 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy3kbcj2s.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8D8PaDR0r+6AKMgPo9UBcWYQC8goaVkVhxMCXCa1E9F9A@mail.gmail.com> (Duy Nguyen's message of "Thu, 1 Feb 2018 17:02:39 +0700")

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 6:18 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> ...
>> Hmph, how is this new file conceptually different from existing ones
>> like CHERRY_PICK_HEAD?
>
> Conceptually the same, except that CHERRY_PICK_HEAD can't be reused
> because it's specifically tied to git-cherry-pick (there's even code
> that delete this ref if cherry-pick is run as part of rebase, and
> git-status uses this ref to see if a cherry-pick is in progress).
> There's also REVERT_HEAD in sequencer.c, same purpose but for
> git-revert. Perhaps I should rename this new ref to REBASE_HEAD to
> follow the same naming?

I just found "ORIG_COMMIT" too similar to "ORIG_HEAD" that is
totally a different thing and feared unnecessary confusion.  I think
you are correct to suggest that REBASE_HEAD would be more in line
with the naming convention with the sequencer-like operations.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-02-02 19:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-26  9:55 [PATCH 0/2] Add "git rebase --show-patch" Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-26  9:55 ` [PATCH 1/2] am: add --show-patch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-26  9:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] rebase: " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-26 11:12   ` Phillip Wood
2018-01-26 11:22     ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-30 11:15       ` Phillip Wood
2018-01-26 19:11   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-27  1:42     ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-26 18:47 ` [PATCH 0/2] Add "git rebase --show-patch" Tim Landscheidt
2018-01-27  1:45   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-27 11:26 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-01-29 15:09 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-01-30  9:10   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-30 12:32     ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-01-30 20:19       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-01  2:06         ` Tim Landscheidt
2018-01-31  9:30 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31  9:30   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] am: add --show-current-patch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31  9:40     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-01-31 22:59       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-02  9:25         ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-02  9:46           ` Eric Sunshine
2018-02-02  9:53             ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-02 18:56           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-31  9:30   ` [PATCH] gitignore.txt: elaborate shell glob syntax Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 23:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-01  9:59       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-31  9:30   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] rebase: add --show-current-patch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31  9:30   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] rebase: introduce and use pseudo-ref ORIG_COMMIT Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-31 23:18     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-02-01 10:02       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-02-02 19:00         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-02-01 11:05     ` Phillip Wood
2018-02-11  9:43   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add "git rebase --show-current-patch" Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-11  9:43     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] am: add --show-current-patch Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-11  9:43     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] rebase: " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-11  9:43     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] rebase: introduce and use pseudo-ref REBASE_HEAD Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-02-22  0:21     ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add "git rebase --show-current-patch" Junio C Hamano
2018-02-22  0:54       ` Tim Landscheidt
2018-02-23 10:20         ` Duy Nguyen

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