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[PATCH 1/1] rebase -i: introduce the 'break' command

From
Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 3, 2018, 15:00 UTC
Message-ID
<b358178548bdc9134d4e4b83b1d0384ebb257a72.1538578818.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

The 'edit' command can be used to cherry-pick a commit and then immediately drop out of the interactive rebase, with exit code 0, to let the user amend the commit, or test it, or look around.

Sometimes this functionality would come in handy *without* cherry-picking a commit, e.g. to interrupt the interactive rebase even before cherry-picking a commit, or immediately after an 'exec' or a 'merge'.

This commit introduces that functionality, as the spanking new 'break' command.
Suggested-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 rebase-interactive.c       | 1 +
 sequencer.c                | 7 ++++++-
 t/lib-rebase.sh            | 2 +-
 t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh | 9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/rebase-interactive.c b/rebase-interactive.c
index 0f4119cbae..78f3263fc1 100644
--- a/rebase-interactive.c
+++ b/rebase-interactive.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ void append_todo_help(unsigned edit_todo, unsigned keep_empty,
 "s, squash <commit> = use commit, but meld into previous commit\n"
 "f, fixup <commit> = like \"squash\", but discard this commit's log message\n"
 "x, exec <command> = run command (the rest of the line) using shell\n"
+"b, break = stop here (continue rebase later with 'git rebase --continue')\n"
 "d, drop <commit> = remove commit\n"
 "l, label <label> = label current HEAD with a name\n"
 "t, reset <label> = reset HEAD to a label\n"
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 8dd6db5a01..b209f8af46 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -1416,6 +1416,7 @@ enum todo_command {
 	TODO_SQUASH,
 	/* commands that do something else than handling a single commit */
 	TODO_EXEC,
+	TODO_BREAK,
 	TODO_LABEL,
 	TODO_RESET,
 	TODO_MERGE,
@@ -1437,6 +1438,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ 'f', "fixup" },
 	{ 's', "squash" },
 	{ 'x', "exec" },
+	{ 'b', "break" },
 	{ 'l', "label" },
 	{ 't', "reset" },
 	{ 'm', "merge" },
@@ -1964,7 +1966,7 @@ static int parse_insn_line(struct todo_item *item, const char *bol, char *eol)
 	padding = strspn(bol, " \t");
 	bol += padding;
 
-	if (item->command == TODO_NOOP) {
+	if (item->command == TODO_NOOP || item->command == TODO_BREAK) {
 		if (bol != eol)
 			return error(_("%s does not accept arguments: '%s'"),
 				     command_to_string(item->command), bol);
@@ -3293,6 +3295,9 @@ static int pick_commits(struct todo_list *todo_list, struct replay_opts *opts)
 			unlink(rebase_path_stopped_sha());
 			unlink(rebase_path_amend());
 			delete_ref(NULL, "REBASE_HEAD", NULL, REF_NO_DEREF);
+
+			if (item->command == TODO_BREAK)
+				break;
 		}
 		if (item->command <= TODO_SQUASH) {
 			if (is_rebase_i(opts))
diff --git a/t/lib-rebase.sh b/t/lib-rebase.sh
index 25a77ee5cb..584604ee63 100644
--- a/t/lib-rebase.sh
+++ b/t/lib-rebase.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ set_fake_editor () {
 		case $line in
 		squash|fixup|edit|reword|drop)
 			action="$line";;
-		exec*)
+		exec*|break)
 			echo "$line" | sed 's/_/ /g' >> "$1";;
 		"#")
 			echo '# comment' >> "$1";;
diff --git a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
index c145dbac38..185a491089 100755
--- a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
+++ b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
@@ -239,5 +239,14 @@ test_rerere_autoupdate -m
 GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=: && export GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR
 test_rerere_autoupdate -i
 test_rerere_autoupdate --preserve-merges
+unset GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR
+
+test_expect_success 'the todo command "break" works' '
+	rm -f execed &&
+	FAKE_LINES="break exec_>execed" git rebase -i HEAD &&
+	test_path_is_missing execed &&
+	git rebase --continue &&
+	test_path_is_file execed
+'
 
 test_done
-- 
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  1. 0/1 rebase -i: introduce the 'break' commandJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Oct 3, 2018
  2. 1/1 rebase -i: introduce the 'break' commandJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Oct 3, 2018
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2018
  4. Jacob KellerOct 5, 2018
  5. Johannes SchindelinOct 5, 2018
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2018
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2018
  8. 0/2 rebase -i: introduce the 'break' commandJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Oct 10, 2018
  9. 1/2 rebase -i: clarify what happens on a failed `exec`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Oct 10, 2018
  10. Eric SunshineOct 10, 2018
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2018
  12. Johannes SchindelinOct 12, 2018
  13. 2/2 rebase -i: introduce the 'break' commandJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Oct 10, 2018
  14. Phillip WoodOct 11, 2018
  15. Johannes SchindelinOct 12, 2018
  16. Phillip WoodOct 12, 2018
  17. Johannes SchindelinOct 12, 2018
  18. 0/2 rebase -i: introduce the 'break' commandJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Oct 12, 2018
  19. 1/2 rebase -i: clarify what happens on a failed `exec`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Oct 12, 2018
  20. 2/2 rebase -i: introduce the 'break' commandJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Oct 12, 2018
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2018
  22. Johannes SchindelinOct 12, 2018
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2018
  24. Johannes SchindelinOct 12, 2018
  25. 3/2 rebase -i: recognize short commands without argumentsJohannes Sixt, Oct 25, 2018
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 26, 2018
  27. Johannes SchindelinOct 26, 2018

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