Michael J Gruber <g...@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

> 'git rebase' uses the full onto sha1 for the reflog message whereas 'git
> rebase -i' uses the short sha1. This is not only inconsistent, but can
> lead to problems when the reflog is inspected at a later time at which
> that abbreviation may have become ambiguous.
>
> Make 'rebase -i' use the full onto sha1, as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <g...@drmicha.warpmail.net>
> ---
> I don't remember having sent this out before but have been running with
> it since (including tests). I don't see it on the list either.
>
> While not for 1.7.12 obviously, it might still be good to have.

Makes sense, I agree it is not that urgent to include it in 1.7.12,
and I think it is not just "good to have" but "we should have done
so from day one and it cannot break anybody who is reading the
reflog".

Thanks.

>
>  git-rebase--interactive.sh | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
> index 0d2056f..dbc9de6 100644
> --- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
> +++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
> @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ do_next () {
>       newhead=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
>       case $head_name in
>       refs/*)
> -             message="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: $head_name onto $shortonto" &&
> +             message="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: $head_name onto $onto" &&
>               git update-ref -m "$message" $head_name $newhead $orig_head &&
>               git symbolic-ref \
>                 -m "$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: returning to $head_name" \
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