When a single argument was a non-commit, the error message used to be: fatal: BUG: expected exactly one commit from walk For multiple arguments, when none of the arguments was a commit, the error was: fatal: empty commit set passed Finally, when some of the arguments were non-commits, we ignored those arguments. Instead, now make sure all arguments are commits, and for the first non-commit, error out with: fatal: <name>: Can't cherry-pick a <type> Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@xxxxxxx> --- On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 09:56:55AM -0700, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In other words, perhaps we would want to inspect pending objects > before running prepare_revision_walk and make sure everybody is > commit-ish or something? Sure, that makes sense to me. sequencer.c | 13 +++++++++++++ t/t3508-cherry-pick-many-commits.sh | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index baa0310..eb25101 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ int sequencer_pick_revisions(struct replay_opts *opts) { struct commit_list *todo_list = NULL; unsigned char sha1[20]; + int i; if (opts->subcommand == REPLAY_NONE) assert(opts->revs); @@ -1067,6 +1068,18 @@ int sequencer_pick_revisions(struct replay_opts *opts) if (opts->subcommand == REPLAY_CONTINUE) return sequencer_continue(opts); + for (i = 0; i < opts->revs->pending.nr; i++) { + unsigned char sha1[20]; + const char *name = opts->revs->pending.objects[i].name; + + if (!get_sha1(name, sha1)) { + enum object_type type = sha1_object_info(sha1, NULL); + + if (type > 0 && type != OBJ_COMMIT) + die(_("%s: can't cherry-pick a %s"), name, typename(type)); + } + } + /* * If we were called as "git cherry-pick <commit>", just * cherry-pick/revert it, set CHERRY_PICK_HEAD / diff --git a/t/t3508-cherry-pick-many-commits.sh b/t/t3508-cherry-pick-many-commits.sh index 4e7136b..19c99d7 100755 --- a/t/t3508-cherry-pick-many-commits.sh +++ b/t/t3508-cherry-pick-many-commits.sh @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ one two" ' +test_expect_success 'cherry-pick three one two: fails' ' + git checkout -f master && + git reset --hard first && + test_must_fail git cherry-pick three one two: +' + test_expect_success 'output to keep user entertained during multi-pick' ' cat <<-\EOF >expected && [master OBJID] second -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html