Re: git cherry-pick conflict error message is deceptive when cherry-picking multiple commits
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Aug 17, 2016, 09:13 UTC
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- <968827697.1226723.1471337060482.JavaMail.zimbra@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>
Hi,
On Tue, 16 Aug 2016, Remi Galan Alfonso wrote:
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> Stephen Morton <stephen.morton@nokia.com> writes:
> > + if (multiple_commits)
> > + advise(_("after resolving the conflicts,
> > mark the corrected paths with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'\n"
> > + "then continue with 'git %s
> > --continue'\n"
> > + "or cancel with 'git %s
> > --abort'" ), action_name(opts), action_name(opts));
> > + else
> > + advise(_("after resolving the
> > conflicts, mark the corrected paths\n"
> > + "with 'git add <paths>' or 'git
> > rm <paths>'\n"
> > + "and commit the result with
> > 'git commit'"));
>
> In both cases (multiple_commits or not), the beginning of the advise
> is nearly the same, with only a '\n' in the middle being the
> difference:
>
> multiple_commits:
> "after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths with 'git
> add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'\n"
>
> !multiple_commits:
> "after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths\n with 'git
> add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'\n"
> ~~~~~~~^
>
> In 'multiple_commits' case the advise is more than 80 characters long,
> did you forget the '\n' in that case?
>
> If you end up using the same beginning of advice, maybe it's possible
> to give it before the 'if(multiple_commits)' and avoid duplication of
> the lines.I concur with this, and also with Christian's advice to append the parameter consistently as last one, and also with renaming it to "last_commit".
Ciao, Johannes