Re: rebasing multiple git branches at once

[Carl Sorensen]

On 1/24/10 6:49 AM, "Carl Sorensen" <address@hidden> wrote:

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> On 1/23/10 11:10 PM, "Mark Polesky" <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> I wrote a little shell script to rebase all my local git
>> branches at once.  However, reading the git-pull man page
>> makes me wonder if there's not some tragedy waiting to
>> happen.  The script is designed for developers who are only
>> tracking the `master' branch (translators shouldn't rebase
>> too casually anyway).
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>> So, is this a dumb idea for some reason?  Or is it useful
>> enough to add to scripts/auxiliar/?  Right now, I have six
>> local branches, and individually doing `git pull -r' was
>> just getting me down.  Actually, this script speeds up the
>> process even more: it only pulls for `master', then rebases
>> the other branches to the updated local master (which is
>> much faster than pulling for each).
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> So does the script rebase all branches in a repository?


Oops -- embarrassed, red face -- I missed the attachment due to a shift in
mail clients.

The script is cool, and nicely written, and appears safe to me.

Thanks,

Carl