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[PATCH] commit: do not lose SQUASH_MSG contents

From
SSSven Strickroth <sven@cs-ware.de>
Date
Mar 13, 2016, 18:39 UTC
Message-ID
<56E5B3F9.6070404@cs-ware.de>
In-Reply-To
<xmqqziu7h01f.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

When concluding a conflicted "git merge --squash", the command failed to read SQUASH_MSG that was prepared by "git merge", and showed only the "# Conflicts:" list of conflicted paths.

Place the contents from SQUASH_MSG at the beginning, just like we show the commit log skeleton first when concluding a normal merge, and then show the "# Conflicts:" list, to help the user write the log message for the resulting commit.

Signed-off-by: Sven Strickroth <sven@cs-ware.de>
---
 builtin/commit.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index d054f84..d40b788 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -726,9 +726,18 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 				      &sb, &ctx);
 		hook_arg1 = "message";
 	} else if (!stat(git_path_merge_msg(), &statbuf)) {
+		/*
+		 * prepend SQUASH_MSG here if it exists and a
+		 * "merge --squash" was originally performed
+		*/
+		if (!stat(git_path_squash_msg(), &statbuf)) {
+			if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path_squash_msg(), 0) < 0)
+				die_errno(_("could not read SQUASH_MSG"));
+			hook_arg1 = "squash";
+		} else
+			hook_arg1 = "merge";
 		if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path_merge_msg(), 0) < 0)
 			die_errno(_("could not read MERGE_MSG"));
-		hook_arg1 = "merge";
 	} else if (!stat(git_path_squash_msg(), &statbuf)) {
 		if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path_squash_msg(), 0) < 0)
 			die_errno(_("could not read SQUASH_MSG"));
-- 
Best regards,
 Sven Strickroth
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Message 9 of 13 in “Commit message not helpful after merge squash with conflicts”
  1. Sven StrickrothMar 5, 2016
  2. Also read SQUASH_MSG if a conflict on a merge squash occurredSven Strickroth, Mar 8, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2016
  4. Sven StrickrothMar 8, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2016
  6. commit: do not lose SQUASH_MSG contentsSven Strickroth, Mar 8, 2016
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2016
  9. commit: do not lose SQUASH_MSG contentsSven Strickroth, Mar 13, 2016
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2016
  12. commit: do not lose SQUASH_MSG contentsSven Strickroth, Mar 21, 2016
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2016

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