Re: [RFC] Teach git-branch howto rename a branch

[Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>]

Shawn Pearce wrote:

> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
>> Without -f, it should barf.  With -f, we would want the rename
>> to happen.  In the latter case, I think it should work the same
>> way as deleting it and creating it anew, and that would make
>> sure that reflog for the old one will be lost and a new log is
>> started afresh; otherwise, the log would say old history for
>> that branch and it won't be a "rename" anymore.
> 
> This patch doesn't rename the reflog when the branch renames.
> Myself and a few other users I support want the reflog preserved
> when a branch renames, we all see the reflog as part of the history
> of that branch and a rename is the same branch but stored under a
> different name...

And of course reflog should store the fact of renaming branch.

> I had planned to do a rename branch command myself, but its been
> lower priority than everything else, so I have just never gotten
> around to it.  I'm glad to see someone is attempting it!

I have thought that command to rename branch was created to deal
with simultaneous renaming of reflog + marking rename in reflog.
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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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