Re: [RFC PATCH] revert: Introduce skip-all to cleanup sequencer data
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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
- Date
- Jun 21, 2011, 06:48 UTC
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On Tuesday 21 June 2011 08:07:38 Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
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> When the sequencer data is persisted after a failed cherry-pick, don't > allow subsequent calls to cherry-pick to clobber this state: instead, > error out with the complaint that an existing cherry-pick is in > progress. To fix existing tests and the "rebase -i" script, introduce > a new "--skip-all" command-line option to call after every failed > cherry-pick; it essentially clears out the sequencer data, thereby > allowing subsequent calls.
Nitpick: I'd rather call it "--stop" or "--quit" (or maybe "--reset") to convey the meaning that we get out of cherry-pick mode.
Thanks, Christian.