Re: [PATCHv2] rebase [-i --exec | -ix] <CMD>...

> This patch provides a way to automatically add these "exec" lines
> between each commit applications. For instance, running 'git rebase -i
> --exec "make test"' lets you check that intermediate commits are
> compilable. It is also compatible with the option --autosquash. At
> this point, you can't use --exec without the interactive mode (-i).
> 
> Tests about this new command are also added in
> t3404-rebase-interactive.sh.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lucien Kong <Lucien.Kong@ensimag.imag.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Valentin Duperray <Valentin.Duperray@ensimag.imag.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Franck Jonas <Franck.Jonas@ensimag.imag.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Nguy <Thomas.Nguy@ensimag.imag.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Huynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen <Huynh-Khoi-Nguyen.Nguyen@ensimag.imag.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
> ---
> The part of --onto in the documentation is changed to be consistent
> with the other options. The exec line, when using the option --autosquash,
> is now only added after the squash/fixup series.
> 
>  Documentation/git-rebase.txt  |   54 +++++++++++++++--
>  git-rebase--interactive.sh    |   19 ++++++
>  git-rebase.sh                 |   20 ++++++-
>  t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh |  124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> index 147fa1a..1dd95c4 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
>  SYNOPSIS
>  --------
>  [verse]
> -'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--onto <newbase>]
> +'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
>  	[<upstream>] [<branch>]
> -'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] --onto <newbase>
> +'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] --onto <newbase>
>  	--root [<branch>]
>  'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
>  
> @@ -210,11 +210,29 @@ rebase.autosquash::
>  
>  OPTIONS
>  -------
> -<newbase>::
> -	Starting point at which to create the new commits. If the
> -	--onto option is not specified, the starting point is
> -	<upstream>.  May be any valid commit, and not just an
> -	existing branch name.
> +-x <cmd>::
> +--exec <cmd>::
> +	Automatically add "exec" followed by <cmd> between each commit
> +	applications. Using this option along with --autosquash adds
> +	the exec line after the squash/fixeup series only. <cmd>
> +	stands for shell commands. The --exec option has to be
> +	specified. (see INTERACTIVE MODE below)

> +You may execute several commands between each commit applications.
> +For this, you can use one instance of exec:
> +	git rebase -i --exec "cmd1; cmd2; ...".
> +You can also insert several instances of exec, if you wish to
> +only have one command per line for example:
> +	git rebase -i --exec "cmd1" --exec "cmd2" ...

> +
> +--onto <newbase>::
> +	With this option, git rebase takes all commits from <branch>,
> +	that are not in <upstream>, and transplant them on top of
> +	<newbase>. <newbase> is the starting point at which to create
> +	the new commits. If the --onto option is not specified, the
> +	starting point is <upstream>.  May be any valid commit, and
> +	not just an existing branch name.