Re: [PATCH 3/3] replay: allow to specify a ref with option --ref

[Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>]

"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Mar 23, 2026, at 17:09, Toon Claes wrote:
>> To enable users to replay commits without having refs in
>> <revision-range> or as the value for --advance and --revert, start
>> accepting option --ref. When the user specifies a --ref, the refs from
>> the other option are ignored, and only the ref is acted on.
>
> s/option are/options are/

Thanks!

>> Signed-off-by: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
>> ---
>>[snip]
>> +To replay onto a specific commit while updating a different reference:
>> +
>> +------------
>> +$ git replay --onto 112233 --ref refs/heads/mybranch aabbcc..ddeeff
>> +------------
>
> This example could use the stuck form like in the two previous commits.
>
>     git replay --onto=112233 --ref=refs/heads/mybranch ...

Good point.

>> +
>> +This replays the range `aabbcc..ddeeff` onto commit `112233` and updates
>> +`refs/heads/mybranch` to point at the result. This is useful when you want
>> +to use bare commit IDs instead of branch names.
>> +
>>  NOTE: For reverting an entire merge request as a single commit (rather
>> than
>>[snip]

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Cheers,
Toon