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[PATCH v3 8/9] cherry-pick: add a no-op --no-ff option to future proof scripts

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Mar 3, 2010, 20:11 UTC
Message-ID
<20100303201146.23506.11793.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To
<20100303201046.23506.32653.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

A --ff option to allow "git cherry-pick" to fast forward if possible was added in a previous patch, and this behavior may become the default one in the future.

So to future proof scripts that may rely on the current behavior it is safer to add a --no-ff option to make sure that the current behavior will be used.

Requested-by: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt |    6 +++++-
 builtin/revert.c                  |    5 +++--
 t/t3506-cherry-pick-ff.sh         |    8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index d71607a..dfc8243 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-cherry-pick - Apply the change introduced by an existing commit
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>
+'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--[no-]ff] <commit>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 	cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will
 	be performed.
 
+--no-ff::
+	Does nothing right now, but in the future this may disallow
+	fast forward if it becomes the default behavior.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index 4799073..111853b 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static const char * const cherry_pick_usage[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static int edit, no_replay, no_commit, mainline, signoff, ff_ok;
+static int edit, no_replay, no_commit, mainline, signoff, ff_ok, no_ff;
 static enum { REVERT, CHERRY_PICK } action;
 static struct commit *commit;
 static const char *commit_name;
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('r', NULL, &noop, "no-op (backward compatibility)"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &signoff, "add Signed-off-by:"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ff", &ff_ok, "allow fast forward"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-ff", &no_ff, "disallow fast forward"),
 		OPT_INTEGER('m', "mainline", &mainline, "parent number"),
 		OPT_RERERE_AUTOUPDATE(&allow_rerere_auto),
 		OPT_END(),
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix
 		die("%s: cannot parse parent commit %s",
 		    me, sha1_to_hex(parent->object.sha1));
 
-	if (action == CHERRY_PICK && ff_ok &&
+	if (action == CHERRY_PICK && ff_ok && !no_ff &&
 	    parent && !hashcmp(parent->object.sha1, head) &&
 	    !edit && !no_commit && !no_replay && !signoff) {
 		char *hex = sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1);
diff --git a/t/t3506-cherry-pick-ff.sh b/t/t3506-cherry-pick-ff.sh
index e17ae71..2d7e532 100755
--- a/t/t3506-cherry-pick-ff.sh
+++ b/t/t3506-cherry-pick-ff.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick not using --ff does not fast forwards' '
 	test "$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" != "$(git rev-parse --verify second)"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cherry-pick using --no-ff does not fast forwards' '
+	git checkout master &&
+	git reset --hard first &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git cherry-pick --no-ff second &&
+	test "$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" != "$(git rev-parse --verify second)"
+'
+
 #
 # We setup the following graph:
 #
-- 
1.7.0.315.gbc198
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Message 9 of 10 in “add --ff option to cherry-pick”
  1. 0/9 add --ff option to cherry-pickChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  2. 1/9 reset: refactor updating heads into a static functionChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  3. 2/9 reset: refactor reseting in its own functionChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  4. 3/9 reset: make reset function non static and declare it in "reset.h"Christian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  5. 4/9 revert: refactor checking parent in a check_parent() functionChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  6. 5/9 revert: add --ff option to allow fast forward when cherry-pickingChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  7. 6/9 cherry-pick: add tests for new --ff optionChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  8. 7/9 Documentation: describe new cherry-pick --ff optionChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  9. 8/9 cherry-pick: add a no-op --no-ff option to future proof scriptsChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010
  10. 9/9 rebase -i: use new --ff cherry-pick optionChristian Couder, Mar 3, 2010

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