Stacking should handle rebases performed outside of gh stack
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Description
Let's say I have
```
trunk: AA1
branch1: BB1
branch2: CC1
```
The stack JSON will look something like this
```
{
"schemaVersion": 1,
"stacks": [{
"trunk": {
"branch": "master",
"head": "AA1"
},
"branches": [{
"branch": "branch1",
"head": "BB1",
"base": "AA1",
"pullRequest": {
// ...
}
}, {
"branch": "branch2",
"head": "CC1",
"base": "BB1",
"pullRequest": {
// ..
}
}
]
}
]
}
```
If I now perform an interactive rebase (**outside of gh stack**) - e.g. to _remove_ the head commit from branch1, or if I do something like `git reset HEAD^1 --hard` **from a branch1 checkout**, the stack has no knowledge of what has happened.
If I view the stack, there's now one fewer commit on branch1 (as expected) **but one extra commit on branch2**. I'd like / expect that commit to have been removed entirely from the stack.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the stack with trunk, branch1, and branch2, then rebase or run `git reset HEAD^1 --hard` from the branch1 checkout and inspect the resulting stack view and JSON. Trace how gh stack detects branch bases and commit changes; done means commits removed from an upstream branch are not retained as extra commits in descendant branches.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- git, go
- Domain
- cli, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100