Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > If the user gives us a set that prepare_revision_walk() > takes to be empty, like: > > git cherry-pick base..base > > then we report an error. It's nonsense, and there's nothing > to pick. > > But if they use revision options that later cull the list, > like: > > git cherry-pick --author=nobody base~2..base > > then we quietly create an empty todo list and return > success. > > Arguably either behavior is acceptable, but we should > definitely be consistent about it. Reporting an error > seems to match the original intent, which dates all the way > back to 7e2bfd3f99 (revert: allow cherry-picking more than > one commit, 2010-06-02). That in turn was trying to match > the single-commit case that exited before then (and which > continues to issue an error). Other than s/exited/existed/, the above looks perfect ;-) I wish all analysis part of proposed log messages were written like this. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> > --- > sequencer.c | 6 ++++-- > t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh | 7 ++++++- > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c > index 5354d4d51e..f692b2ef44 100644 > --- a/sequencer.c > +++ b/sequencer.c > @@ -1863,8 +1863,6 @@ static int prepare_revs(struct replay_opts *opts) > if (prepare_revision_walk(opts->revs)) > return error(_("revision walk setup failed")); > > - if (!opts->revs->commits) > - return error(_("empty commit set passed")); > return 0; > } > > @@ -2317,6 +2315,10 @@ static int walk_revs_populate_todo(struct todo_list *todo_list, > short_commit_name(commit), subject_len, subject); > unuse_commit_buffer(commit, commit_buffer); > } > + > + if (!todo_list->nr) > + return error(_("empty commit set passed")); > + > return 0; > } > > diff --git a/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh b/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh > index b42cd66d3a..3505b6aa14 100755 > --- a/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh > +++ b/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh > @@ -480,11 +480,16 @@ test_expect_success 'malformed instruction sheet 2' ' > test_expect_code 128 git cherry-pick --continue > ' > > -test_expect_success 'empty commit set' ' > +test_expect_success 'empty commit set (no commits to walk)' ' > pristine_detach initial && > test_expect_code 128 git cherry-pick base..base > ' > > +test_expect_success 'empty commit set (culled during walk)' ' > + pristine_detach initial && > + test_expect_code 128 git cherry-pick -2 --author=no.such.author base > +' > + > test_expect_success 'malformed instruction sheet 3' ' > pristine_detach initial && > test_expect_code 1 git cherry-pick base..anotherpick &&