Re: [PATCH 3/3] commit: give correct advice for empty commit during a rebase

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Hi,

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >>> I don't this patch can distinguish between an empty cherry-pick
> >>> performed by the user while a rebase is in progress and an empty pick
> >>> performed by rebase as both create CHERRY_PICK_HEAD while
> >>> .git/rebase-merge exists. It seems to assume that CHERRY_PICK_HEAD was
> >>> created by rebase and prints advise based on that which may or may not
> >>> be the correct. I think we could distinguish the two by checking if
> >>> CHERRY_PICK_HEAD matches .git/rebase-merge/stopped-sha or REBASE_HEAD.
> >>
> >> I guess we could, but then, I would rather worry about that in the next
> >> cycle. In this cycle, I would rather fix the common case, which is that
> >> a `git rebase -i` fails and tells me to `git cherry-pick --skip` instead
> >> of `git rebase --skip`.
> >>
> >> And even if I performed a `git cherry-pick` during a `git rebase` and
> >> the result would be an empty commit, I'd rather be told to `git rebase
> >> --skip` to continue...
> >>
> >> But if you feel strongly that this should be fixed differently, I'll
> >> gladly leave it to you ;-)
> >
> > I'm happy to wait until the next cycle once we've decided what to do
> > about CHERRY_PICK_HEAD during rebases.
>
> So, is that agreed between the two?
>
> Should I eject js/advise-rebase-skip topic out of my tree and wait
> for the decision wrt CHERRY_PICK_HEAD?

Phillip, if you have some time to spend on that, I'd be very grateful, I
am a bit under the weather and in dear need for an offline weekend.

Thanks,
Dscho




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