With this option, it is possible to require a linear commit history with
the following benefits over the next best option `Rebase+fast-forward`:
The original commits continue existing, with the original signatures
continuing to stay valid instead of being rewritten, there is no merge
commit, and reverting commits becomes easier.
Closes#24906
The merge and update branch code was previously a little tangled and had
some very long functions. The functions were not very clear in their
reasoning and there were deficiencies in their logging and at least one
bug in the handling of LFS for update by rebase.
This PR substantially refactors this code and splits things out to into
separate functions. It also attempts to tidy up the calls by wrapping
things in "context"s. There are also attempts to improve logging when
there are errors.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>
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Signed-off-by: Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>
Co-authored-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@gitea.io>
Co-authored-by: delvh <dev.lh@web.de>
