[PATCH 4/6] sequencer: allow introducing new root commits

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Date

Apr 27, 2018, 22:31 UTC

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	reset [new root]
	pick 012345 a commit that is about to become a root commit
	pick 234567 this commit will have the previous one as parent

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 sequencer.c              | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index fc124596b53..d10ebd62520 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -2727,18 +2727,34 @@ static int do_reset(const char *name, int len, struct replay_opts *opts)
 	if (hold_locked_index(&lock, LOCK_REPORT_ON_ERROR) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	/* Determine the length of the label */
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-		if (isspace(name[i]))
-			len = i;
-
-	strbuf_addf(&ref_name, "refs/rewritten/%.*s", len, name);
-	if (get_oid(ref_name.buf, &oid) &&
-	    get_oid(ref_name.buf + strlen("refs/rewritten/"), &oid)) {
-		error(_("could not read '%s'"), ref_name.buf);
-		rollback_lock_file(&lock);
-		strbuf_release(&ref_name);
-		return -1;
+	if (len == 10 && !strncmp("[new root]", name, len)) {
+		if (!opts->have_squash_onto) {
+			const char *hex;
+			if (commit_tree("", 0, the_hash_algo->empty_tree,
+					NULL, &opts->squash_onto,
+					NULL, NULL))
+				return error(_("writing fake root commit"));
+			opts->have_squash_onto = 1;
+			hex = oid_to_hex(&opts->squash_onto);
+			if (write_message(hex, strlen(hex),
+					  rebase_path_squash_onto(), 0))
+				return error(_("writing squash-onto"));
+		}
+		oidcpy(&oid, &opts->squash_onto);
+	} else {
+		/* Determine the length of the label */
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+			if (isspace(name[i]))
+				len = i;
+
+		strbuf_addf(&ref_name, "refs/rewritten/%.*s", len, name);
+		if (get_oid(ref_name.buf, &oid) &&
+		    get_oid(ref_name.buf + strlen("refs/rewritten/"), &oid)) {
+			error(_("could not read '%s'"), ref_name.buf);
+			rollback_lock_file(&lock);
+			strbuf_release(&ref_name);
+			return -1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	memset(&unpack_tree_opts, 0, sizeof(unpack_tree_opts));
diff --git a/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh b/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
index 3d4dfdf7bec..35260862fcb 100755
--- a/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
@@ -241,4 +241,38 @@ test_expect_success 'refuse to merge ancestors of HEAD' '
 	test_cmp_rev HEAD $before
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'root commits' '
+	git checkout --orphan unrelated &&
+	(GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Parsnip" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="root@example.com" \
+	 test_commit second-root) &&
+	test_commit third-root &&
+	cat >script-from-scratch <<-\EOF &&
+	pick third-root
+	label first-branch
+	reset [new root]
+	pick second-root
+	merge first-branch # Merge the 3rd root
+	EOF
+	test_config sequence.editor \""$PWD"/replace-editor.sh\" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git rebase -i --force --root -r &&
+	test "Parsnip" = "$(git show -s --format=%an HEAD^)" &&
+	test $(git rev-parse second-root^0) != $(git rev-parse HEAD^) &&
+	test $(git rev-parse second-root:second-root.t) = \
+		$(git rev-parse HEAD^:second-root.t) &&
+	test_cmp_graph HEAD <<-\EOF &&
+	*   Merge the 3rd root
+	|\
+	| * third-root
+	* second-root
+	EOF
+
+	: fast forward if possible &&
+	before="$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" &&
+	test_might_fail git config --unset sequence.editor &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git rebase -i --root -r &&
+	test_cmp_rev HEAD $before
+'
+
 test_done

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