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[PATCH 07/18] builtin rebase: support `keep-empty` option

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

The `--keep-empty` option can be used to keep the commits that do not change anything from its parents in the result.

While the scripted version uses `interactive_rebase=implied` to indicate that the rebase needs to use the `git-rebase--interactive` backend in non-interactive mode as fallback when figuring out which backend to use, the C version needs to use a different route because the backend will already be chosen during the `parse_options()` call.

Signed-off-by: Pratik Karki <predatoramigo@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/rebase.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 42ee040da3..fd9ad8efae 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ struct rebase_options {
 	const char *action;
 	int signoff;
 	int allow_rerere_autoupdate;
+	int keep_empty;
 };
 
 static int is_interactive(struct rebase_options *opts)
@@ -103,6 +104,23 @@ static int is_interactive(struct rebase_options *opts)
 		opts->type == REBASE_PRESERVE_MERGES;
 }
 
+static void imply_interactive(struct rebase_options *opts, const char *option)
+{
+	switch (opts->type) {
+	case REBASE_AM:
+		die(_("%s requires an interactive rebase"), option);
+		break;
+	case REBASE_INTERACTIVE:
+	case REBASE_PRESERVE_MERGES:
+		break;
+	case REBASE_MERGE:
+		/* we silently *upgrade* --merge to --interactive if needed */
+	default:
+		opts->type = REBASE_INTERACTIVE; /* implied */
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Returns the filename prefixed by the state_dir */
 static const char *state_dir_path(const char *filename, struct rebase_options *opts)
 {
@@ -276,6 +294,7 @@ static int run_specific_rebase(struct rebase_options *opts)
 		opts->allow_rerere_autoupdate < 0 ? "" :
 		opts->allow_rerere_autoupdate ?
 		"--rerere-autoupdate" : "--no-rerere-autoupdate");
+	add_var(&script_snippet, "keep_empty", opts->keep_empty ? "yes" : "");
 
 	switch (opts->type) {
 	case REBASE_AM:
@@ -588,6 +607,8 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			 &options.allow_rerere_autoupdate,
 			 N_("allow rerere to update index  with resolved "
 			    "conflict")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-empty", &options.keep_empty,
+			 N_("preserve empty commits during rebase")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -787,6 +808,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		options.flags |= REBASE_FORCE;
 	}
 
+	if (options.keep_empty)
+		imply_interactive(&options, "--keep-empty");
+
 	switch (options.type) {
 	case REBASE_MERGE:
 	case REBASE_INTERACTIVE:
-- 
2.18.0
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Message 8 of 44 in “builtin rebase options”
  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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