Add support for --update-ref

[glensc]

https://adamj.eu/tech/2022/10/15/how-to-rebase-stacked-git-branches/

suggests to set the flag globally:

git config --global --add --bool rebase.updateRefs true

yet this breaks this tool:

✖ git rebase origin/main -i  
hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file... Invalid action: update-ref
error: There was a problem with the editor 'interactive-rebase-tool'.

please add support for the flag, and maybe (if needed) update-ref command type

$ git --version
git version 2.41.0
$ interactive-rebase-tool --version
interactive-rebase-tool 2.2.1 (2023-03-13)

[MitMaro]

Thanks for the issue!

update-ref support was added this past November, however, looking at that version number, it should be working for you.

Probably a bug in the parsing, let me take a look!

[MitMaro]

@glensc , can you give version 2.3.0 a try?

It was released yesterday, and update-ref seems to be working in all my tests.

If it's not working, mind sharing the update-ref line(s) that is failing for you? You can anonymize it.

[glensc]

@MitMaro I think the problem is not about update-ref rebase lines, but that --update-ref is set as a global option:

git config --global --add --bool rebase.updateRefs true

the editor is not even launched, aborts with error:

✖ git rebase origin/main -i  
hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file... Invalid action: update-ref
error: There was a problem with the editor 'interactive-rebase-tool'.

from my ~/.gitconfig I find these lines:

[sequence]
    editor = interactive-rebase-tool
[interactive-rebase-tool]
    autoSelectNext = true
[rebase]
   updateRefs = true    

[glensc]

Update: seems 2.3.0 was released just 2 days ago:

• https://github.com/MitMaro/git-interactive-rebase-tool/releases/tag/2.3.0

so, that's why it's not yet in brew.

and can't run the file directly from downloads, killed as not from a verified developer

~/Downloads/macos-interactive-rebase-tool          
zsh: killed     ~/Downloads/macos-interactive-rebase-tool

so have to wait for brew update to test :)

[glensc]

Update2: brew update pr is here, but currently build failing:

• git-interactive-rebase-tool 2.3.0 Homebrew/homebrew-core#137013

[neersighted]

This feature was implemented in 2.3.0, and I have been using it myself with rebase.updateRefs = true for several months. I think this issue can be closed 😄

[MitMaro]

Thanks @neersighted ! Good to hear that it's been working for you over the past several months.

I will keep the issue open until @glensc can confirm that it works on their system (once 2.3.0 hits homebrew), just in case there is some odd edge case.

[glensc]

2.3.0 hit homebrew!

[glensc]

I can confirm 2.3.0 no longer gives the parse error!