"git rebase --continue" issued after git rebase being stop by "edit" command is trying to amend the last commit using stage changes. However, if the last commit is not the commit that was marked as "edit" then it can produce unexpected results. For instance, after being stop by "edit", I have made some changes to commit message using "git commit --amend". After that I realized that I forgot to add some changes to some file. So, I said "git add file" and the "git rebase --continue". Unfortunately, it caused that the new commit message was lost. Another problem is that after being stopped at "edit", the user adds new commits. In this case, automatic amend behavior of git rebase triggered by some stage changes causes that not only that the log message of the last commit is lost but that it will contain also wrong Author and Date information. Therefore, this patch restrict automatic amend only to the situation where HEAD is the commit at which git rebase stop by "edit" command. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes: 1. I have correct the obvious bug pointed by Junio. 2. The error message is more verbose now. git-rebase--interactive.sh | 6 +++++- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh index 5b2b1e5..d2aa954 100755 --- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh +++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ do_next () { pick_one $sha1 || die_with_patch $sha1 "Could not apply $sha1... $rest" make_patch $sha1 - : > "$DOTEST"/amend + git rev-parse --verify HEAD > "$DOTEST"/amend warn "Stopped at $sha1... $rest" warn "You can amend the commit now, with" warn @@ -430,6 +430,10 @@ do if test -f "$DOTEST"/amend then amend=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) + test "$amend" = $(cat "$DOTEST"/amend) || + die "\ +You have uncommitted changes in your working tree. Please, commit them +first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again." git reset --soft HEAD^ || die "Cannot rewind the HEAD" fi -- 1.6.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html