Re: [BUG] "git rebase": fatal: Not a valid object name: ''

2014-01-09 Thread Andreas Krey
On Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:56:21 +, John Keeping wrote: ... > I think the correct fix is to change the "$switch_to" in the call to > "git merge-base --fork-point" to "${switch_to:-HEAD}", but I'm not at a > machine where I can test that or work up a patch at the moment... Thanks, looks plausible a

Re: [BUG] "git rebase": fatal: Not a valid object name: ''

2014-01-09 Thread John Keeping
On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 04:36:18PM +0100, Andreas Krey wrote: > since ad8261d (rebase: use reflog to find common base with upstream) > a rebase without arguments says "fatal: Not a valid object name: ''", > caused by trying to determine the fork point with an empty $switch_to. > > I don't really s

[BUG] "git rebase": fatal: Not a valid object name: ''

2014-01-09 Thread Andreas Krey
Hi, everyone, since ad8261d (rebase: use reflog to find common base with upstream) a rebase without arguments says "fatal: Not a valid object name: ''", caused by trying to determine the fork point with an empty $switch_to. I don't really see what the appropriate fix would be. :-( Andreas -- "