Hi Alban, On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Alban Gruin wrote: > The message contained in `edit_todo_list_advice' (sequencer.c) is > printed after the initial edit of the todo list if it can't be parsed or > if commits were dropped. This is done either in complete_action() for > `rebase -i', or in check_todo_list_from_file() for `rebase -p'. > > Since we want to add this check when editing the list, we also want to > use this message from edit_todo_list() (rebase-interactive.c). To this > end, check_todo_list_from_file() is moved to rebase-interactive.c, and > `edit_todo_list_advice' is copied there. In the next commit, > complete_action() will stop using it, and `edit_todo_list_advice' will > be removed from sequencer.c. Makes sense to me. > diff --git a/rebase-interactive.c b/rebase-interactive.c > index aa18ae82b7..ad5dd49c31 100644 > --- a/rebase-interactive.c > +++ b/rebase-interactive.c > @@ -187,3 +193,32 @@ int todo_list_check(struct todo_list *old_todo, struct todo_list *new_todo) > clear_commit_seen(&commit_seen); > return res; > } > + > +int check_todo_list_from_file(struct repository *r) > +{ > + struct todo_list old_todo = TODO_LIST_INIT, new_todo = TODO_LIST_INIT; > + int res = 0; > + > + if (strbuf_read_file(&new_todo.buf, rebase_path_todo(), 0) < 0) { > + res = error(_("could not read '%s'."), rebase_path_todo()); > + goto out; > + } > + > + if (strbuf_read_file(&old_todo.buf, rebase_path_todo_backup(), 0) < 0) { > + res = error(_("could not read '%s'."), rebase_path_todo_backup()); > + goto out; > + } > + > + res = todo_list_parse_insn_buffer(r, old_todo.buf.buf, &old_todo); > + if (!res) > + res = todo_list_parse_insn_buffer(r, new_todo.buf.buf, &new_todo); > + if (!res) > + res = todo_list_check(&old_todo, &new_todo); > + if (res) > + fprintf(stderr, _(edit_todo_list_advice)); > +out: > + todo_list_release(&old_todo); > + todo_list_release(&new_todo); > + > + return res; > +} No need to address the following concern in this patch series, but I do think that a #leftoverbits project could be to simplify this to if (strbuf_read_file(&new_todo.buf, rebase_path_todo(), 0) < 0) res = error(_("could not read '%s'."), rebase_path_todo()); else if (strbuf_read_file(&old_todo.buf, rebase_path_todo_backup(), 0) < 0) res = error(_("could not read '%s'."), rebase_path_todo_backup()); else if ((res = todo_list_parse_insn_buffer(r, old_todo.buf.buf, &old_todo)) || (res = todo_list_parse_insn_buffer(r, new_todo.buf.buf, &new_todo)) || (res = todo_list_check(&old_todo, &new_todo))) fprintf(stderr, _(edit_todo_list_advice)); Ciao, Dscho