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On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 09:33:42AM -0400, Jay Soffian wrote:

> 4. Just append to the existing reflog? Given:
> 
> $ git checkout -b topic origin/master # 1
> $ git add; git commit ...
> $ git checkout master
> $ git merge topic
> $ git branch -d topic
> $ git checkout -b topic origin/master # 2

I like how the user would interact with that, but what happens with:

  git checkout -b topic/subtopic

The reflog of the deleted branch is in the way.

-Peff