When converting all grafts in a graft file to replace refs, and one of them happens to leave the original commit's parents unchanged, we do not want to error out. Instead, we would like to issue a warning. Prepare the create_graft() function for such a use case by adding a `gentle` parameter. If set, we do not return an error when the replace ref is unchanged, but a mere warning. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- builtin/replace.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/replace.c b/builtin/replace.c index e57d3d187ed..64f58112701 100644 --- a/builtin/replace.c +++ b/builtin/replace.c @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static int check_mergetags(struct commit *commit, int argc, const char **argv) return for_each_mergetag(check_one_mergetag, commit, &mergetag_data); } -static int create_graft(int argc, const char **argv, int force) +static int create_graft(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int gentle) { struct object_id old_oid, new_oid; const char *old_ref = argv[0]; @@ -470,8 +470,13 @@ static int create_graft(int argc, const char **argv, int force) strbuf_release(&buf); - if (!oidcmp(&old_oid, &new_oid)) + if (!oidcmp(&old_oid, &new_oid)) { + if (gentle) { + warning("graft for '%s' unnecessary", oid_to_hex(&old_oid)); + return 0; + } return error("new commit is the same as the old one: '%s'", oid_to_hex(&old_oid)); + } return replace_object_oid(old_ref, &old_oid, "replacement", &new_oid, force); } @@ -547,7 +552,7 @@ int cmd_replace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (argc < 1) usage_msg_opt("-g needs at least one argument", git_replace_usage, options); - return create_graft(argc, argv, force); + return create_graft(argc, argv, force, 0); case MODE_LIST: if (argc > 1) -- 2.17.0.windows.1.36.gdf4ca5fb72a