Acting on the commit graph's ref-to-ref drop menu

Dragging a branch or tag badge onto another in the commit graph pops a menu — fast-forward, merge, rebase, interactive rebase, push, reset, or start a pull request — each wired to a real git operation (useRefDrop.ts). The menu itself is a real native macOS menu, not a DOM element, so — same as every other native-menu-only flow in this suite (see branch-rename.steps.ts) — these scenarios call the exact action a real click would through the e2e-only bridge RefDropContext.tsx exposes for this reason (window.__e2eRefDropActions), then assert the real git/UI effect the click would have produced.

Fast-forwarding a target branch up to a descendant source

Dropping a source that directly descends from the target puts fast-forward on the menu: no merge commit, the target branch simply moves its pointer up to match — the same fast-forward git merge --ff-only would do, wired to a drag instead of a command.

Do this

1. Run the ref-drop action fast-forward dropping ff-source onto main

You should see

• The branch main points at the same commit as ff-source

Merging a source branch into a target branch

Two branches that have diverged get a real merge instead: the target gains a new commit with both tips as parents, exactly as running git merge from the target branch would — without leaving the graph to open a terminal.

Captured from the running app by this scenario.

Do this

1. Run the ref-drop action merge dropping feature/login onto main

You should see

• The branch main is a merge commit with feature/login as a parent
• No error notification is displayed

Starting a pull request pre-fills the head and base from the drop

The same drop also offers to start a pull request between the two branches. Pick it, and the create-PR form opens with the source and target already filled in as head and base, so relating two branches in the graph carries straight into the form instead of being retyped there.

Captured from the running app by this scenario.

Do this

1. Run the ref-drop action start-pr dropping feature/login onto main

You should see

• The create-pr form is open with head feature/login and base main

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This page is generated from apps/e2e/features/ref-drop.feature, the end-to-end test that drives the feature it describes.