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Re: git-rebase--interactive needs a better message

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 23, 2007, 23:56 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0709240055150.28395@racer.site>
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<20070923224502.GB7249@potapov>
Ho.
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007, Dmitry Potapov wrote:
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> I have tried to use git-rebase --interactive today, and run into a strange
> error message saying:
> 
> /usr/bin/git-rebase--interactive: line 333: $GIT_DIR/.dotest-merge/author-script: No such file or directory
> 
> I had to scratch my head for a while before I realized that I forgot to
> say git-commit. So, it was mine mistake, but I think that it should be
> possible to have a better error message suggesting the user what to do.

Actually, it should just work, I'd say. IOW git-rebase--interactive should store an author script also for "edit"s.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Dmitry PotapovSep 23, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinSep 23, 2007
  3. rebase -i: commit when continuing after "edit"Johannes Schindelin, Sep 24, 2007
  4. Dmitry PotapovSep 24, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinSep 25, 2007
  7. Johannes SixtSep 25, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinSep 25, 2007
  9. Johannes SixtSep 25, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinSep 25, 2007
  11. Johannes SixtSep 25, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinSep 25, 2007
  13. David KastrupSep 25, 2007
  14. Johannes SixtSep 25, 2007
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