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[PATCH] rebase -i -p: doesn't pick certain merge commits that are children of "upstream"

From
Andrew Wong <andrew.kw.w@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 7, 2011, 04:08 UTC
Message-ID
<1307419725-4470-2-git-send-email-andrew.kw.w@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1307419725-4470-1-git-send-email-andrew.kw.w@gmail.com>
Consider this graph:
        D---E    (topic, HEAD)
       /   /
  A---B---C      (master)
   \
    F            (topic2)
and the following three commands:
  1. git rebase -i -p A
  2. git rebase -i -p --onto F A
  3. git rebase -i -p B

Currently, (1) and (2) will pick B, D, C, and E onto A and F, respectively. However, (3) will only pick D and E onto B, but not C, which is inconsistent with (1) and (2). As a result, we cannot modify C during the interactive-rebase.

The current behavior also creates a bug if we do:
  4. git rebase -i -p C

In (4), E is never picked. And since interactive-rebase resets "HEAD" to "onto" before picking any commits, D and E are lost after the interactive-rebase.

This patch fixes the inconsistency and bug by ensuring that all children
of upstream are always picked.  This essentially reverts the commit:
  d80d6bc146232d81f1bb4bc58e5d89263fd228d4

When compiling the "todo" list, commits reachable from "upstream" should never be skipped under any conditions. Otherwise, we lose the ability to modify them like (3), and create a bug like (4).

Two of the tests contain a scenario like (3). Since the new behavior added more commits for picking, these tests need to be updated to edit the "todo" list properly. A new test has also been added for (4).

Signed-off-by: Andrew Wong <andrew.kw.w@gmail.com>
---
 git-rebase--interactive.sh               |    3 +--
 t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh            |    2 +-
 t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh        |   28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 t/t3411-rebase-preserve-around-merges.sh |    2 +-
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 65690af..c6ba7c1 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -713,7 +713,6 @@ then
 	# parents to rewrite and skipping dropped commits would
 	# prematurely end our probe
 	merges_option=
-	first_after_upstream="$(git rev-list --reverse --first-parent $upstream..$orig_head | head -n 1)"
 else
 	merges_option="--no-merges --cherry-pick"
 fi
@@ -746,7 +745,7 @@ do
 			preserve=t
 			for p in $(git rev-list --parents -1 $sha1 | cut -d' ' -s -f2-)
 			do
-				if test -f "$rewritten"/$p -a \( $p != $onto -o $sha1 = $first_after_upstream \)
+				if test -f "$rewritten"/$p
 				then
 					preserve=f
 				fi
diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 47c8371..8538813 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ test_expect_success 'preserve merges with -p' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'edit ancestor with -p' '
-	FAKE_LINES="1 edit 2 3 4" git rebase -i -p HEAD~3 &&
+	FAKE_LINES="1 2 edit 3 4" git rebase -i -p HEAD~3 &&
 	echo 2 > unrelated-file &&
 	test_tick &&
 	git commit -m L2-modified --amend unrelated-file &&
diff --git a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
index 08201e2..16d316d 100755
--- a/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3409-rebase-preserve-merges.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@ export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
 #      \
 #       B2     <-- origin/topic
 #
-# In all cases, 'topic' is rebased onto 'origin/topic'.
+# Clone 4 ():
+#
+# A1--A2--B3   <-- origin/master
+#  \
+#   B1--A3--M  <-- topic
+#    \     /
+#     \--A4    <-- topic2
+#      \
+#       B2     <-- origin/topic
 
 test_expect_success 'setup for merge-preserving rebase' \
 	'echo First > A &&
@@ -57,6 +65,13 @@ test_expect_success 'setup for merge-preserving rebase' \
 	git merge origin/master
 	) &&
 
+	git clone ./. clone4 &&
+	(
+		cd clone4 &&
+		git checkout -b topic origin/topic &&
+		git merge origin/master
+	) &&
+
 	echo Fifth > B &&
 	git add B &&
 	git commit -m "Add different B" &&
@@ -123,4 +138,15 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -p preserves no-ff merges' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success '' '
+	(
+	cd clone4 &&
+	git fetch &&
+	git rebase -p HEAD^2 &&
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Modify A" | wc -l) &&
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Modify B" | wc -l) &&
+	test 1 = $(git rev-list --all --pretty=oneline | grep "Merge remote-tracking branch " | wc -l)
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3411-rebase-preserve-around-merges.sh b/t/t3411-rebase-preserve-around-merges.sh
index 14a23cd..ace8e54 100755
--- a/t/t3411-rebase-preserve-around-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3411-rebase-preserve-around-merges.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 #        -- C1 --
 #
 test_expect_success 'squash F1 into D1' '
-	FAKE_LINES="1 squash 3 2" git rebase -i -p B1 &&
+	FAKE_LINES="1 squash 4 2 3" git rebase -i -p B1 &&
 	test "$(git rev-parse HEAD^2)" = "$(git rev-parse C1)" &&
 	test "$(git rev-parse HEAD~2)" = "$(git rev-parse B1)" &&
 	git tag E2
-- 
1.7.6.rc0.1.gf20d7
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Message 17 of 28 in “[BUG] rebase -p loses commits”
  1. Jeff KingMay 16, 2011
  2. Andrew WongMay 16, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2011
  4. Andrew WongMay 17, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2011
  7. Jeff KingMay 17, 2011
  8. Andrew WongMay 17, 2011
  9. Jeff KingMay 17, 2011
  10. [RFC] Interactive-rebase doesn't pick all children of "upstream"Andrew Wong, May 21, 2011
  11. [RFC] Interactive-rebase doesn't pick all children of "upstream"Andrew Wong, May 21, 2011
  12. Andrew WongMay 21, 2011
  13. Interactive-rebase doesn't pick all children of "upstream"Andrew Wong, Jun 5, 2011
  14. Johannes SixtJun 5, 2011
  15. Andrew WongJun 5, 2011
  16. rebase -i -p: doesn't pick certain merge commits that are children of "upstream"Andrew Wong, Jun 7, 2011
  17. rebase -i -p: doesn't pick certain merge commits that are children of "upstream"Andrew Wong, Jun 7, 2011
  18. Andrew WongJun 12, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2011
  20. Andrew WongJun 13, 2011
  21. Stephen HabermanJun 16, 2011
  22. Andrew WongJun 18, 2011
  23. Stephen HabermanJun 18, 2011
  24. Andrew WongJun 18, 2011
  25. Stephen HabermanJun 18, 2011
  26. rebase -i -p: include non-first-parent commits in todo listAndrew Wong, Jun 18, 2011
  27. Andrew WongJun 18, 2011
  28. Jeff KingMay 17, 2011

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