Hi Phillip,

On Wed, 31 Jan 2018, Phillip Wood wrote:

> On 31/01/18 13:21, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 30 Jan 2018, Stefan Beller wrote:
> > 
> >> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Johannes Schindelin
> >> <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> wrote:
> >>> @@ -116,6 +118,13 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_stopped_sha, 
> >>> "rebase-merge/stopped-sha")
> >>>  static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_rewritten_list, 
> >>> "rebase-merge/rewritten-list")
> >>>  static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_rewritten_pending,
> >>>         "rebase-merge/rewritten-pending")
> >>> +
> >>> +/*
> >>> + * The path of the file listing refs that need to be deleted after the 
> >>> rebase
> >>> + * finishes. This is used by the `merge` command.
> >>> + */
> > 
> > Whoops. The comment "This is used by the `merge` command`" is completely
> > wrong. Will fix.
> > 
> >> So this file contains (label -> commit),
> > 
> > Only `label`. No `commit`.
> > 
> >> which is appended in do_label, it uses refs to store the commits in
> >> refs/rewritten.  We do not have to worry about the contents of that file
> >> getting too long, or label re-use, because the directory containing all
> >> these helper files will be deleted upon successful rebase in
> >> `sequencer_remove_state()`.
> > 
> > Yes.
> >
> It might be a good idea to have 'git rebase --abort' delete the refs as
> well as the file though

That makes sense. I made it so.

Ciao,
Dscho

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