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[PATCH 5/5] rebase -m: fix --signoff with conflicts

From
PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 18, 2024, 13:14 UTC
Message-ID
<4c8f8843780f3ac23262f1e45a5000d183adca6b.1713445918.git.phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>

When rebasing with "--signoff" the commit created by "rebase --continue" after resolving conflicts or editing a commit fails to add the "Signed-off-by:" trailer. This happens because the message from the original commit is reused instead of the one that would have been used if the sequencer had not stopped for the user interaction. The correct message is stored in ctx->message and so with a couple of exceptions this is written to rebase_path_message() when stopping for user interaction instead. The exceptions are (i) "fixup" and "squash" commands where the file is written by error_failed_squash() and (ii) "edit" commands that are fast-forwarded where the original message is still reused. The latter is safe because "--signoff" will never fast-forward.

Note this introduces a change in behavior as the message file now contains conflict comments. This is safe because commit_staged_changes() passes an explicit cleanup flag when not editing the message and when the message is being edited it will be cleaned up automatically. This means user now sees the same message comments in editor with "rebase --continue" as they would if they ran "git commit" themselves before continuing the rebase. It also matches the behavior of "git cherry-pick", "git merge" etc. which all list the files with merge conflicts.

The tests are extended to check that all commits made after continuing a rebase have a "Signed-off-by:" trailer. Sadly there are a couple of leaks in apply.c which I've not been able to track down that mean this test file is no-longer leak free when testing "git rebase --apply --signoff" with conflicts.

Reported-by: David Bimmler <david.bimmler@isovalent.com>
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
---
 sequencer.c               | 23 +++++++---
 t/t3428-rebase-signoff.sh | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 t/t3434-rebase-i18n.sh    |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 31e4d3fdec0..e29a01944be 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -3636,13 +3636,24 @@ static int error_with_patch(struct repository *r,
 			    struct replay_opts *opts,
 			    int exit_code, int to_amend)
 {
-	if (commit) {
-		if (make_patch(r, commit, opts))
+	struct replay_ctx *ctx = opts->ctx;
+
+	/*
+	 * Write the commit message to be used by "git rebase
+	 * --continue". If a "fixup" or "squash" command has conflicts
+	 * then we will have already written rebase_path_message() in
+	 * error_failed_squash(). If an "edit" command was
+	 * fast-forwarded then we don't have a message in ctx->message
+	 * and rely on make_patch() to write rebase_path_message()
+	 * instead.
+	 */
+	if (ctx->have_message && !file_exists(rebase_path_message()) &&
+	    write_message(ctx->message.buf, ctx->message.len,
+			  rebase_path_message(), 0))
+		return error(_("could not write commit message file"));
+
+	if (commit && make_patch(r, commit, opts))
 			return -1;
-	} else if (copy_file(rebase_path_message(),
-			     git_path_merge_msg(r), 0666))
-		return error(_("unable to copy '%s' to '%s'"),
-			     git_path_merge_msg(r), rebase_path_message());
 
 	if (to_amend) {
 		if (intend_to_amend())
diff --git a/t/t3428-rebase-signoff.sh b/t/t3428-rebase-signoff.sh
index 1bebd1ce74a..6f57aed9fac 100755
--- a/t/t3428-rebase-signoff.sh
+++ b/t/t3428-rebase-signoff.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ test_description='git rebase --signoff
 This test runs git rebase --signoff and make sure that it works.
 '
 
-TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-rebase.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial empty commit" &&
 	test_commit first file a &&
+	test_commit second file &&
+	git checkout -b conflict-branch first &&
+	test_commit file-2 file-2 &&
+	test_commit conflict file &&
+	test_commit third file &&
 
 	ident="$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL>" &&
 
@@ -28,6 +33,22 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	Signed-off-by: $ident
 	EOF
 
+	# Expected commit message after conflict resolution for rebase --signoff
+	cat >expected-signed-conflict <<-EOF &&
+	third
+
+	Signed-off-by: $ident
+
+	conflict
+
+	Signed-off-by: $ident
+
+	file-2
+
+	Signed-off-by: $ident
+
+	EOF
+
 	# Expected commit message after rebase without --signoff (or with --no-signoff)
 	cat >expected-unsigned <<-EOF &&
 	first
@@ -39,8 +60,12 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 # We configure an alias to do the rebase --signoff so that
 # on the next subtest we can show that --no-signoff overrides the alias
 test_expect_success 'rebase --apply --signoff adds a sign-off line' '
-	git rbs --apply HEAD^ &&
-	test_commit_message HEAD expected-signed
+	test_must_fail git rbs --apply second third &&
+	git checkout --theirs file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git rebase --continue &&
+	git log --format=%B -n3 >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected-signed-conflict actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'rebase --no-signoff does not add a sign-off line' '
@@ -51,28 +76,65 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --no-signoff does not add a sign-off line' '
 
 test_expect_success 'rebase --exec --signoff adds a sign-off line' '
 	test_when_finished "rm exec" &&
-	git commit --amend -m "first" &&
-	git rebase --exec "touch exec" --signoff HEAD^ &&
+	git rebase --exec "touch exec" --signoff first^ first &&
 	test_path_is_file exec &&
 	test_commit_message HEAD expected-signed
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'rebase --root --signoff adds a sign-off line' '
-	git commit --amend -m "first" &&
+	git checkout first &&
 	git rebase --root --keep-empty --signoff &&
 	test_commit_message HEAD^ expected-initial-signed &&
 	test_commit_message HEAD expected-signed
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'rebase -i --signoff fails' '
-	git commit --amend -m "first" &&
-	git rebase -i --signoff HEAD^ &&
-	test_commit_message HEAD expected-signed
-'
-
-test_expect_success 'rebase -m --signoff fails' '
-	git commit --amend -m "first" &&
-	git rebase -m --signoff HEAD^ &&
-	test_commit_message HEAD expected-signed
-'
+test_expect_success 'rebase -m --signoff adds a sign-off line' '
+	test_must_fail git rebase -m --signoff second third &&
+	git checkout --theirs file &&
+	git add file &&
+	GIT_EDITOR="sed -n /Conflicts:/,/^\\\$/p >actual" \
+		git rebase --continue &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	# Conflicts:
+	#	file
+
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	git log --format=%B -n3 >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected-signed-conflict actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rebase -i --signoff adds a sign-off line when editing commit' '
+	(
+		set_fake_editor &&
+		FAKE_LINES="edit 1 edit 3 edit 2" \
+			git rebase -i --signoff first third
+	) &&
+	echo a >a &&
+	git add a &&
+	test_must_fail git rebase --continue &&
+	git checkout --ours file &&
+	echo b >a &&
+	git add a file &&
+	git rebase --continue &&
+	echo c >a &&
+	git add a &&
+	git log --format=%B -n3 >actual &&
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	conflict
+
+	Signed-off-by: $ident
+
+	third
+
+	Signed-off-by: $ident
+
+	file-2
+
+	Signed-off-by: $ident
+
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3434-rebase-i18n.sh b/t/t3434-rebase-i18n.sh
index e6fef696bbc..a4e482d2cd0 100755
--- a/t/t3434-rebase-i18n.sh
+++ b/t/t3434-rebase-i18n.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ test_rebase_continue_update_encode () {
 		git config i18n.commitencoding $new &&
 		test_must_fail git rebase -m main &&
 		test -f .git/rebase-merge/message &&
-		git stripspace <.git/rebase-merge/message >two.t &&
+		git stripspace -s <.git/rebase-merge/message >two.t &&
 		git add two.t &&
 		git rebase --continue &&
 		compare_msg $msgfile $old $new &&
-- 
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  2. 1/5 sequencer: always free "struct replay_opts"Phillip Wood, Apr 18, 2024
  3. 2/5 sequencer: start removing private fields from public APIPhillip Wood, Apr 18, 2024
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  5. 3/5 sequencer: move current fixups to private contextPhillip Wood, Apr 18, 2024
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  7. 4/5 sequencer: store commit message in private contextPhillip Wood, Apr 18, 2024
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