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[RFC/PATCH 3/4] revert: allow cherry-picking a range of commits

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
May 29, 2010, 04:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20100529044044.569.7874.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To
<20100529043738.569.85482.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

This makes it possible to pass a range of commits like A..B to "git cherry-pick" and to "git revert" to process many commits instead of just one.

But there is currently no way to continue cherry-picking or reverting if there is a problem with one commit. It's also not possible to abort the whole process. Some future work should provide the --continue and --abort options to do just that.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 builtin/revert.c |   43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index 70372dc..c281a80 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	const char * const * usage_str =
 		action == REVERT ?  revert_usage : cherry_pick_usage;
-	unsigned char sha1[20];
 	int noop;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-commit", &no_commit, "don't automatically commit"),
@@ -82,11 +81,6 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv)
 		usage_with_options(usage_str, options);
 
 	commit_name = argv[0];
-	if (get_sha1(commit_name, sha1))
-		die ("Cannot find '%s'", commit_name);
-	commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
-	if (!commit)
-		exit(1);
 }
 
 struct commit_message {
@@ -522,6 +516,9 @@ static int do_pick_commit()
 
 static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
+	const char *dotdot;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 	me = action == REVERT ? "revert" : "cherry-pick";
 	setenv(GIT_REFLOG_ACTION, me, 0);
@@ -545,6 +542,40 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (read_cache() < 0)
 		die("git %s: failed to read the index", me);
 
+	dotdot = strstr(commit_name, "..");
+	if (dotdot) {
+		struct rev_info revs;
+		const char *argv[4];
+		int argc = 0;
+
+		argv[argc++] = NULL;
+		if (action != REVERT)
+			argv[argc++] = "--reverse";
+		argv[argc++] = commit_name;
+		argv[argc++] = NULL;
+
+		init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
+		setup_revisions(argc - 1, argv, &revs, NULL);
+		if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
+			die("revision walk setup failed");
+
+		if (!revs.commits)
+			die("empty range passed");
+
+		while ( (commit = get_revision(&revs)) ) {
+			int res = do_pick_commit();
+			if (res)
+				return res;
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (get_sha1(commit_name, sha1))
+		die ("Cannot find '%s'", commit_name);
+	commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+	if (!commit)
+		exit(1);
+
 	return do_pick_commit();
 }
 
-- 
1.7.1.346.g7c1d7.dirty
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  1. 0/4 implement "git cherry-pick A..B"Christian Couder, May 29, 2010
  2. 1/4 revert: use run_command_v_opt() instead of execv_git_cmd()Christian Couder, May 29, 2010
  3. 2/4 revert: refactor code into a do_pick_commit() functionChristian Couder, May 29, 2010
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 30, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederMay 30, 2010
  6. Christian CouderMay 30, 2010
  7. 3/4 revert: allow cherry-picking a range of commitsChristian Couder, May 29, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2010
  9. Christian CouderMay 30, 2010
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 29, 2010
  11. Christian CouderMay 30, 2010
  12. Christian CouderJun 1, 2010
  13. 4/4 revert: add tests to check cherry-picking a range of commitsChristian Couder, May 29, 2010
  14. Sverre RabbelierMay 29, 2010
  15. Christian CouderMay 30, 2010

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