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[PATCH v4 6/7] cherry-pick: add a no-op --no-ff option to future proof scripts

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Mar 6, 2010, 20:34 UTC
Message-ID
<20100306203447.2960.5046.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To
<20100306203250.2960.30309.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                  |    6 +++++-
 t/t3506-cherry-pick-ff.sh         |    8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 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 476f41e..0651e34 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, allow_ff;
+static int edit, no_replay, no_commit, mainline, signoff, allow_ff, no_ff;
 static enum { REVERT, CHERRY_PICK } action;
 static struct commit *commit;
 static const char *commit_name;
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_END(),
 		OPT_END(),
 		OPT_END(),
+		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
 	if (action == CHERRY_PICK) {
 		struct option cp_extra[] = {
 			OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ff", &allow_ff, "allow fast-forward"),
+			OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-ff", &no_ff, "disallow fast forward"),
 			OPT_END(),
 		};
 		if (parse_options_concat(options, ARRAY_SIZE(options), cp_extra))
@@ -297,6 +299,8 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 			die("cherry-pick --ff cannot be used with -x");
 		if (edit)
 			die("cherry-pick --ff cannot be used with --edit");
+		if (no_ff)
+			die("cherry-pick --ff cannot be used with --no-ff");
 	}
 
 	if (read_cache() < 0)
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:
 #
-- 
1.7.0.1.307.g861f4
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Message 11 of 12 in “add --ff option to cherry-pick”
  1. 0/7 add --ff option to cherry-pickChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2010
  2. 1/7 parse-options: add parse_options_concat() to concat optionsChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2010
  3. 2/7 builtin/merge: make checkout_fast_forward() non staticChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2010
  4. 3/7 revert: add --ff option to allow fast forward when cherry-pickingChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2010
  6. Paolo BonziniMar 7, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 7, 2010
  8. Christian CouderMar 7, 2010
  9. 4/7 cherry-pick: add tests for new --ff optionChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2010
  10. 5/7 Documentation: describe new cherry-pick --ff optionChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2010
  11. 6/7 cherry-pick: add a no-op --no-ff option to future proof scriptsChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2010
  12. 7/7 rebase -i: use new --ff cherry-pick optionChristian Couder, Mar 6, 2010

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