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[PATCH v3 1/1] sequencer: finish parsing the todo list despite an invalid first line

From
Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 21, 2023, 05:58 UTC
Message-ID
<20230721055841.28146-2-alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
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<20230721055841.28146-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com>

ddb81e5072 (rebase-interactive: use todo_list_write_to_file() in edit_todo_list(), 2019-03-05) made edit_todo_list more efficient by replacing transform_todo_file with todo_list_parse_insn_buffer. Unfortunately, that innocuous change caused a regression because todo_list_parse_insn_buffer would stop parsing after encountering an invalid 'fixup' line. If the user accidentally made the first line a 'fixup' and tried to recover from their mistake with `git rebase --edit-todo`, all of the commands after the first would be lost.

To avoid throwing away important parts of the todo list, change todo_list_parse_insn_buffer to keep going and not return early on error.

Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
---
 sequencer.c                   |  2 +-
 t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index cc9821ece2..adc9cfb4df 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -2702,7 +2702,7 @@ int todo_list_parse_insn_buffer(struct repository *r, char *buf,
 		if (fixup_okay)
 			; /* do nothing */
 		else if (is_fixup(item->command))
-			return error(_("cannot '%s' without a previous commit"),
+			res = error(_("cannot '%s' without a previous commit"),
 				command_to_string(item->command));
 		else if (!is_noop(item->command))
 			fixup_okay = 1;
diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index ff0afad63e..fba89146cf 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -1596,6 +1596,24 @@ test_expect_success 'static check of bad command' '
 	test C = $(git cat-file commit HEAD^ | sed -ne \$p)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'the first command cannot be a fixup' '
+	rebase_setup_and_clean fixup-first &&
+	(
+		set_fake_editor &&
+		test_must_fail env FAKE_LINES="fixup 1 2 3 4 5" \
+			       git rebase -i --root 2>actual &&
+		grep "cannot .fixup. without a previous commit" actual &&
+		grep "You can fix this with .git rebase --edit-todo.." actual &&
+		grep -v "^#" .git/rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo >orig &&
+		test_must_fail git rebase --edit-todo 2>actual &&
+		grep "cannot .fixup. without a previous commit" actual &&
+		grep "You can fix this with .git rebase --edit-todo.." actual &&
+		grep -v "^#" .git/rebase-merge/git-rebase-todo >actual &&
+		# check that --edit-todo did not lose any of the todo list
+		test_cmp orig actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'tabs and spaces are accepted in the todolist' '
 	rebase_setup_and_clean indented-comment &&
 	write_script add-indent.sh <<-\EOF &&
-- 
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  15. 0/1 sequencer: finish parsing the todo list despite an invalid first lineAlex Henrie, Jul 22, 2023
  16. 1/1 sequencer: finish parsing the todo list despite an invalid first lineAlex Henrie, Jul 22, 2023
  17. Phillip WoodJul 24, 2023
  18. Alex HenrieJul 24, 2023
  19. Phillip WoodJul 24, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2023
  21. Alex HenrieJul 24, 2023
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