From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 20:54:01 GMT
Subject: nd/merge-quit, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2019, #01; Thu, 9)
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1905092251200.44@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqlfzgg8s3.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio & Duy,

On Thu, 9 May 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> * nd/merge-quit (2019-05-07) 2 commits
>  - merge: add --quit
>  - merge: remove drop_save() in favor of remove_merge_branch_state()
>
>  "git merge" learned "--quit" option that cleans up the in-progress
>  merge while leaving the working tree and the index still in a mess.
>
>  Hmph, why is this a good idea?

It also seems to work *only* on Linux. At least the tests break on macOS
and on Windows:

https://dev.azure.com/gitgitgadget/git/_build/results?buildId=8313&view=ms.vss-test-web.build-test-results-tab

Sadly, I ran out of time do look into this (I am pretty busy preparing Git
for Windows for v2.22.0-rc0).

Ciao,
Dscho