The ultimate goal of this series is to allow git-cherry-pick(1) to automatically drop redundant commits. The mechanism chosen is an `--empty` option that provides the same flexibility as the `--empty` options for git-rebase(1) and git-am(1). Some secondary goals are to improve the consistency in the values and documentation for this option across the three commands. See "Does extending `--empty` to git-cherry-pick make sense?" [1] for some context for why this option is desired in git-cherry-pick(1). [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAHPHrSevBdQF0BisR8VK=jM=wj1dTUYEVrv31gLerAzL9=Cd8Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Along the way, I (with some help from Elijah and Phillip) found a few other things in the docs and related sequencer code to clean up. The primary difference from v2 of this patch is that I no longer make any attempt to change the behavior of `--keep-redundant-commits` implying `--allow-empty`, and the new `--empty=keep` will likewise also imply `--allow-empty`. See "Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] cherry-pick: add `--empty` for more robust redundant commit handling" [2] and the previous messages in that thread for more context. Patch 6/8 from v2 is dropped entirely, with some adjustments to the ultimate patch in this series as well. [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqttltu7zs.fsf@gitster.g/ Brian Lyles (7): docs: address inaccurate `--empty` default with `--exec` docs: clean up `--empty` formatting in git-rebase(1) and git-am(1) rebase: update `--empty=ask` to `--empty=stop` sequencer: treat error reading HEAD as unborn branch sequencer: do not require `allow_empty` for redundant commit options cherry-pick: enforce `--keep-redundant-commits` incompatibility cherry-pick: add `--empty` for more robust redundant commit handling Documentation/git-am.txt | 20 ++++++---- Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 30 +++++++++++---- Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 26 ++++++++----- builtin/rebase.c | 16 +++++--- builtin/revert.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++- sequencer.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++--------------- t/t3424-rebase-empty.sh | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh | 14 +++++-- t/t3505-cherry-pick-empty.sh | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++- t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh | 32 ++++++++++++++++ 10 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-) -- 2.43.0
