+our @deferred_updates;
+our @deferred_update_messages;
+
+sub run_deferred_updates ($) {
+ my ($mrest) = @_;
+
+ my @upd_cmd = (@git, qw(update-ref --stdin -m), "debrebase: $mrest");
+ debugcmd '>|', @upd_cmd;
+ open U, "|-", @upd_cmd or die $!;
+ foreach (@deferred_updates) {
+ printdebug ">= ", $_, "\n";
+ print U $_, "\n" or die $!;
+ }
+ printdebug ">\$\n";
+ close U or failedcmd @upd_cmd;
+
+ print $_, "\n" foreach @deferred_update_messages;
+
+ @deferred_updates = ();
+ @deferred_update_messages = ();
+}
+