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[PATCH 16/18] revert: Don't implicitly stomp pending sequencer operation

From
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 1, 2011, 18:07 UTC
Message-ID
<1312222025-28453-17-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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Protect the user from forgetting about a pending sequencer operation by immediately erroring out when an existing cherry-pick or revert operation is in progress like:

  $ git cherry-pick foo
  ... conflict ...
  $ git cherry-pick moo
  error: .git/sequencer already exists
  hint: A cherry-pick or revert is in progress
  hint: Use --reset to forget about it
  fatal: cherry-pick failed

A naive version of this would break the following established ways of working:

  $ git cherry-pick foo
  ... conflict ...
  $ git reset --hard  # I actually meant "moo" when I said "foo"
  $ git cherry-pick moo
  $ git cherry-pick foo
  ... conflict ...
  $ git commit # commit the resolution
  $ git cherry-pick moo # New operation

However, the previous patches "reset: Make reset remove the sequencer state" and "revert: Remove sequencer state when no commits are pending" make sure that this does not happen.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/revert.c                |   30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh |    9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index ce57301..09d4b6b 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ struct replay_opts {
 
 #define GIT_REFLOG_ACTION "GIT_REFLOG_ACTION"
 
+static void fatal(const char *advice, ...)
+{
+	va_list params;
+
+	va_start(params, advice);
+	vreportf("fatal: ", advice, params);
+	va_end(params);
+}
+
 static const char *action_name(const struct replay_opts *opts)
 {
 	return opts->action == REVERT ? "revert" : "cherry-pick";
@@ -675,13 +684,15 @@ static void walk_revs_populate_todo(struct commit_list **todo_list,
 		next = commit_list_append(commit, next);
 }
 
-static void create_seq_dir(void)
+static int create_seq_dir(void)
 {
 	const char *seq_dir = git_path(SEQ_DIR);
 
-	if (!(file_exists(seq_dir) && is_directory(seq_dir))
-		&& mkdir(seq_dir, 0777) < 0)
+	if (file_exists(seq_dir))
+		return error(_("%s already exists."), seq_dir);
+	else if (mkdir(seq_dir, 0777) < 0)
 		die_errno(_("Could not create sequencer directory '%s'."), seq_dir);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void save_head(const char *head)
@@ -803,9 +814,18 @@ static int pick_revisions(struct replay_opts *opts)
 		remove_sequencer_state(1);
 		return 0;
 	} else {
-		/* Start a new cherry-pick/ revert sequence */
+		/*
+		 * Start a new cherry-pick/ revert sequence; but
+		 * first, make sure that an existing one isn't in
+		 * progress
+		 */
+
 		walk_revs_populate_todo(&todo_list, opts);
-		create_seq_dir();
+		if (create_seq_dir() < 0) {
+			fatal(_("A cherry-pick or revert is in progress."));
+			advise(_("Use --reset to forget about it"));
+			exit(128);
+		}
 		if (get_sha1("HEAD", sha1)) {
 			if (opts->action == REVERT)
 				die(_("Can't revert as initial commit"));
diff --git a/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh b/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
index 0b68397..fe65d89 100755
--- a/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
+++ b/t/t3510-cherry-pick-sequence.sh
@@ -106,4 +106,13 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick cleans up sequencer state when one commit is le
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick does not implicitly stomp an existing operation' '
+	pristine_detach initial &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick base..anotherpick &&
+	test-chmtime -v +0 .git/sequencer >expect &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick unrelatedpick &&
+	test-chmtime -v +0 .git/sequencer >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.7.4.rc1.7.g2cf08.dirty
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Message 22 of 33 in “Sequencer for inclusion”
  1. 00/18 Sequencer for inclusionRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  2. 01/18 advice: Introduce error_resolve_conflictRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  3. 02/18 config: Introduce functions to write non-standard fileRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  4. 03/18 revert: Simplify and inline add_message_to_msgRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  5. 04/18 revert: Don't check lone argument in get_encodingRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  6. 05/18 revert: Rename no_replay to record_originRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  7. 06/18 revert: Eliminate global "commit" variableRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  8. 07/18 revert: Introduce struct to keep command-line optionsRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  9. 08/18 revert: Separate cmdline parsing from functional codeRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  10. 09/18 revert: Don't create invalid replay_opts in parse_argsRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  11. Christian CouderAug 2, 2011
  12. Christian CouderAug 2, 2011
  13. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 4, 2011
  14. 10/18 revert: Save data for continuing after conflict resolutionRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  15. 11/18 revert: Save command-line options for continuing operationRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  16. Christian CouderAug 4, 2011
  17. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 4, 2011
  18. 12/18 revert: Make pick_commits functionally act on a commit listRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  19. 13/18 revert: Introduce --reset to remove sequencer stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  20. 14/18 reset: Make reset remove the sequencer stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  21. 15/18 revert: Remove sequencer state when no commits are pendingRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  22. 16/18 revert: Don't implicitly stomp pending sequencer operationRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  23. 17/18 revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operationRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011
  24. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 1, 2011
  25. Christian CouderAug 2, 2011
  26. Christian CouderAug 2, 2011
  27. Christian CouderAug 2, 2011
  28. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 2, 2011
  29. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 4, 2011
  30. Christian CouderAug 2, 2011
  31. Christian CouderAug 4, 2011
  32. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 4, 2011
  33. 18/18 revert: Propagate errors upwards from do_pick_commitRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 1, 2011

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