Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: correctly remember --root flag across --continue

> From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
>
> d911d14 (rebase -i: learn to rebase root commit, 2009-01-02) tried to
> remember the --root flag across a merge conflict in a broken way.
> Introduce a flag file $DOTEST/rebase-root to fix and clarify.
>
> While at it, also make sure $UPSTREAM is always initialized to guard
> against existing values in the environment.
>
> [tr: added tests]
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
> ---
>
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Since you never use the value stored in "$DOTEST/upstream" for anything
>> else anyway, how about doing something like this instead?  It would make
>> the meaning of the file used as a state variable much clearer.
>
> Yes, thanks, a patch precisely "like this" is in fact the right fix.
>
> I came up with some tests that try a conflicted --root rebase of each
> flavour, to guard against the problem in the future.  I wasn't
> entirely sure how to shape this into a patch, but here's a version
> that forges patch message and sign-off in your name.
>
> Dscho, with that confusion cleared, you can add my Ack to your 1/2
> (unchanged, though I'm afraid you'll get a textual conflict).