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[PATCH 13/18] builtin rebase: support `--allow-empty-message` option

From
Pratik Karki <predatoramigo@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2018, 15:21 UTC
Message-ID
<20180808152140.14585-14-predatoramigo@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20180808152140.14585-1-predatoramigo@gmail.com>

This commit introduces the `--allow-empty-message` option to `builtin/rebase.c`. The motivation behind this option is: if there are empty messages (which is not allowed in Git by default, but can be imported from different version control systems), the rebase will fail.

Using `--allow-empty-message` overrides that behaviour which will allow the commits having empty messages to continue in rebase operation.

Note: a very recent change made this the default in the shell scripted
`git rebase`, therefore the builtin rebase does the same.
Signed-off-by: Pratik Karki <predatoramigo@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/rebase.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index c9e992b526..dfb1e6c25b 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct rebase_options {
 	char *gpg_sign_opt;
 	int autostash;
 	char *cmd;
+	int allow_empty_message;
 };
 
 static int is_interactive(struct rebase_options *opts)
@@ -348,6 +349,8 @@ static int run_specific_rebase(struct rebase_options *opts)
 	add_var(&script_snippet, "autosquash", opts->autosquash ? "t" : "");
 	add_var(&script_snippet, "gpg_sign_opt", opts->gpg_sign_opt);
 	add_var(&script_snippet, "cmd", opts->cmd);
+	add_var(&script_snippet, "allow_empty_message",
+		opts->allow_empty_message ?  "--allow-empty-message" : "");
 
 	switch (opts->type) {
 	case REBASE_AM:
@@ -598,6 +601,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		.flags = REBASE_NO_QUIET,
 		.git_am_opt = STRBUF_INIT,
 		.allow_rerere_autoupdate  = -1,
+		.allow_empty_message = 1,
 	};
 	const char *branch_name;
 	int ret, flags, total_argc, in_progress = 0;
@@ -697,6 +701,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_STRING_LIST('x', "exec", &exec, N_("exec"),
 				N_("add exec lines after each commit of the "
 				   "editable list")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-empty-message",
+			 &options.allow_empty_message,
+			 N_("allow rebasing commits with empty messages")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
-- 
2.18.0
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  1. Pratik KarkiAug 8, 2018
  2. 01/18 builtin rebase: allow selecting the rebase "backend"Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  3. 02/18 builtin rebase: support --signoffPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  4. 03/18 builtin rebase: support --rerere-autoupdatePratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  5. 04/18 builtin rebase: support --committer-date-is-author-datePratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  6. 05/18 builtin rebase: support `ignore-whitespace` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  7. 06/18 builtin rebase: support `ignore-date` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  8. 07/18 builtin rebase: support `keep-empty` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  9. Johannes SchindelinAug 24, 2018
  10. 08/18 builtin rebase: support `--autosquash`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  11. 09/18 builtin rebase: support `--gpg-sign` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  12. 10/18 builtin rebase: support `-C` and `--whitespace=<type>`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  13. 11/18 builtin rebase: support `--autostash` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  14. Duy NguyenAug 18, 2018
  15. Johannes SchindelinAug 24, 2018
  16. 12/18 builtin rebase: support `--exec`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  17. 13/18 builtin rebase: support `--allow-empty-message` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  18. 14/18 builtin rebase: support --rebase-merges[=[no-]rebase-cousins]Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  19. 15/18 merge-base --fork-point: extract libified functionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  20. 16/18 builtin rebase: support `fork-point` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  21. 17/18 builtin rebase: add support for custom merge strategiesPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  22. 18/18 builtin rebase: support --rootPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  23. 00/18 builtin rebase optionsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  24. 01/18 builtin rebase: allow selecting the rebase "backend"Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  25. 02/18 builtin rebase: support --signoffPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  26. 03/18 builtin rebase: support --rerere-autoupdatePratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  27. 04/18 builtin rebase: support --committer-date-is-author-datePratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  28. 05/18 builtin rebase: support `ignore-whitespace` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  29. 06/18 builtin rebase: support `ignore-date` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  30. 07/18 builtin rebase: support `keep-empty` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  31. 08/18 builtin rebase: support `--autosquash`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  32. 09/18 builtin rebase: support `--gpg-sign` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  33. 11/18 builtin rebase: support `--autostash` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  34. 10/18 builtin rebase: support `-C` and `--whitespace=<type>`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  35. 12/18 builtin rebase: support `--exec`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  36. 13/18 builtin rebase: support `--allow-empty-message` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  37. 14/18 builtin rebase: support --rebase-merges[=[no-]rebase-cousins]Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  38. 15/18 merge-base --fork-point: extract libified functionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  39. 16/18 builtin rebase: support `fork-point` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  40. 17/18 builtin rebase: add support for custom merge strategiesPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  41. 18/18 builtin rebase: support --rootPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  42. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2018
  43. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2018
  44. Johannes SchindelinOct 12, 2018

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