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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rebase: introduce --update-branches option
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> In contrast, I would think that
>
> 	label --update-branch my-side-track
>
> would make for a nicer read than
>
> 	label my-side-track
> 	branch my-side-track

Because labelling while recreating a mergey history is conceptually
the same as temporarily updating the branch head from end users'
point of view, so this sounds quite sensible.