b4 doesn't allow remote tracking branches

b4 doesn't allow remote tracking branches

[Tom Tromey]

I tried to do:

    b4 prep -e origin/master

... but it gave me some error.
Instead I had to do 'b4 prep -e master'.

Then, today, I forgot to checkout master + rebase before doing a 'b4
send', so it sent some random patches from origin/master as part of my
series.

I think it would be nice if b4 let me use a remote branch as the base
for my branch.  'git rebase' has no issue with this.

thanks,
Tom

Re: b4 doesn't allow remote tracking branches

[Philippe Blain]

Hi Tom,

Le 2023-02-12 à 22:26, Tom Tromey a écrit :
> I tried to do:
> 
>     b4 prep -e origin/master
> 
> ... but it gave me some error.
> Instead I had to do 'b4 prep -e master'.
> 
> Then, today, I forgot to checkout master + rebase before doing a 'b4
> send', so it sent some random patches from origin/master as part of my
> series.
> 
> I think it would be nice if b4 let me use a remote branch as the base
> for my branch.  'git rebase' has no issue with this.

I completely agree. In fact, I don't usually have a local 'master' branch 
(and when I do, it's usually not up to date). 

I sent a patch to support remote-tracking branches in 'b4 prep -e':
https://lore.kernel.org/tools/20230219-allow-remote-branches-as-base-v1-1-a1cf7948b2cc@gmail.com/T/#u

Cheers,

Philippe.