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[PATCH v3] [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice message

From
ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 5, 2021, 05:48 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.1010.v3.git.1628142482640.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<pull.1010.v2.git.1627953383.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>

In the past, git cherry-pick would print such advice when there was a conflict:

hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths hint: with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>' hint: and commit the result with 'git commit'

But in fact, when we want to cherry-pick multiple commits, we should not use "git commit" after resolving conflicts, which will make Git generate some errors. We should recommend users to use `git cherry-pick --continue`, `git cherry-pick --abort`, just like git rebase does.

This is the improved advice:

hint: Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with hint: "git add/rm <conflicted_files>", then run hint: "git cherry-pick --continue". hint: You can instead skip this commit: run "git cherry-pick --skip". hint: To abort and get back to the state before "git cherry-pick", hint: run "git cherry-pick --abort".

It is worth mentioning that now we use advice() to print the content of GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP in print_advice(), each line of output will start with "hint: ".

Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Mentored-by Hariom Verma <hariom18599@gmail.com>:
Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Hepled-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
---
    [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice message
    
    Because git cherry-pick's past advice message is not good enough, it
    often misleads new users of Git, so this patch makes git chery-pick
    advice message better.
    
    v5:
    https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1010.git.1627714877.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
    
    v5-->v6:
    
     1. Deleted the first patch, which could have made git cherry-pick not
        delete CHERRY_PICK_HEAD when using GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP, but both
        Junio and Phillip believe that this design does not need to be
        changed.
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1010%2Fadlternative%2Fcherry-pick-help-fix-3-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1010/adlternative/cherry-pick-help-fix-3-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1010
Range-diff vs v2:
 1:  5d2fd55c580 < -:  ----------- [GSOC] cherry-pick: fix bug when used with GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP
 2:  5279bca7a79 ! 1:  701645dde17 [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice message
     @@ Commit message
          hint: To abort and get back to the state before "git cherry-pick",
          hint: run "git cherry-pick --abort".
      
     +    It is worth mentioning that now we use advice() to print the content
     +    of GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP in print_advice(), each line of output will
     +    start with "hint: ".
     +
          Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
          Mentored-by Hariom Verma <hariom18599@gmail.com>:
          Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
     @@ Commit message
          Signed-off-by: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
      
       ## sequencer.c ##
     -@@ sequencer.c: static void print_advice(struct replay_opts *opts, int show_hint)
     +@@ sequencer.c: static void print_advice(struct repository *r, int show_hint,
     + 	char *msg = getenv("GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP");
     + 
       	if (msg) {
     - 		advise("%s\n", msg);
     - 	} else if (show_hint) {
     +-		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg);
     ++		advise("%s\n", msg);
     + 		/*
     + 		 * A conflict has occurred but the porcelain
     + 		 * (typically rebase --interactive) wants to take care
     +@@ sequencer.c: static void print_advice(struct repository *r, int show_hint,
     + 	}
     + 
     + 	if (show_hint) {
      -		if (opts->no_commit)
      +		if (opts->action == REPLAY_PICK) {
      +			advise(_("Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with\n"
     @@ sequencer.c: static void print_advice(struct replay_opts *opts, int show_hint)
      +				 "You can instead skip this commit: run \"git cherry-pick --skip\".\n"
      +				 "To abort and get back to the state before \"git cherry-pick\",\n"
      +				 "run \"git cherry-pick --abort\"."));
     -+
      +		} else if (opts->no_commit)
       			advise(_("after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths\n"
       				 "with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'"));
 sequencer.c                     | 11 +++++++++--
 t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 0bec01cf38e..7fa91b99870 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static void print_advice(struct repository *r, int show_hint,
 	char *msg = getenv("GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP");
 
 	if (msg) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg);
+		advise("%s\n", msg);
 		/*
 		 * A conflict has occurred but the porcelain
 		 * (typically rebase --interactive) wants to take care
@@ -415,7 +415,14 @@ static void print_advice(struct repository *r, int show_hint,
 	}
 
 	if (show_hint) {
-		if (opts->no_commit)
+		if (opts->action == REPLAY_PICK) {
+			advise(_("Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with\n"
+				 "\"git add/rm <conflicted_files>\", then run\n"
+				 "\"git cherry-pick --continue\".\n"
+				 "You can instead skip this commit: run \"git cherry-pick --skip\".\n"
+				 "To abort and get back to the state before \"git cherry-pick\",\n"
+				 "run \"git cherry-pick --abort\"."));
+		} else if (opts->no_commit)
 			advise(_("after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths\n"
 				 "with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'"));
 		else
diff --git a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
index 014001b8f32..d3ed9d7ce0d 100755
--- a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
+++ b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ test_expect_success 'advice from failed cherry-pick' "
 	picked=\$(git rev-parse --short picked) &&
 	cat <<-EOF >expected &&
 	error: could not apply \$picked... picked
-	hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths
-	hint: with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'
-	hint: and commit the result with 'git commit'
+	hint: Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with
+	hint: \"git add/rm <conflicted_files>\", then run
+	hint: \"git cherry-pick --continue\".
+	hint: You can instead skip this commit: run \"git cherry-pick --skip\".
+	hint: To abort and get back to the state before \"git cherry-pick\",
+	hint: run \"git cherry-pick --abort\".
 	EOF
 	test_must_fail git cherry-pick picked 2>actual &&
 
@@ -68,8 +71,12 @@ test_expect_success 'advice from failed cherry-pick --no-commit' "
 	picked=\$(git rev-parse --short picked) &&
 	cat <<-EOF >expected &&
 	error: could not apply \$picked... picked
-	hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths
-	hint: with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'
+	hint: Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with
+	hint: \"git add/rm <conflicted_files>\", then run
+	hint: \"git cherry-pick --continue\".
+	hint: You can instead skip this commit: run \"git cherry-pick --skip\".
+	hint: To abort and get back to the state before \"git cherry-pick\",
+	hint: run \"git cherry-pick --abort\".
 	EOF
 	test_must_fail git cherry-pick --no-commit picked 2>actual &&
 

base-commit: daab8a564f8bbac55f70f8bf86c070e001a9b006
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  1. 0/2 [GSOC] cherry-pick: fix bug when used with GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELPZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jul 31, 2021
  2. 2/2 [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice messageZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jul 31, 2021
  3. Phillip WoodAug 1, 2021
  4. ZheNing HuAug 2, 2021
  5. 1/2 [GSOC] cherry-pick: fix bug when used with GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELPZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Jul 31, 2021
  6. Phillip WoodAug 1, 2021
  7. ZheNing HuAug 2, 2021
  8. 0/2 [GSOC] cherry-pick: fix bug when used with GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELPZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Aug 3, 2021
  9. 1/2 [GSOC] cherry-pick: fix bug when used with GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELPZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Aug 3, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2021
  11. ZheNing HuAug 4, 2021
  12. Phillip WoodAug 4, 2021
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2021
  14. ZheNing HuAug 5, 2021
  15. 2/2 [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice messageZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Aug 3, 2021
  16. [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice messageZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Aug 5, 2021
  17. Phillip WoodAug 11, 2021
  18. ZheNing HuAug 13, 2021
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2021
  20. ZheNing HuAug 14, 2021
  21. Phillip WoodAug 17, 2021
  22. [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice messageZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Aug 14, 2021
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2021
  24. ZheNing HuAug 15, 2021
  25. [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice messageZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Aug 16, 2021
  26. Phillip WoodAug 18, 2021
  27. ZheNing HuAug 19, 2021
  28. ZheNing HuAug 19, 2021
  29. [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice messageZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Aug 19, 2021
  30. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2021
  31. ZheNing HuAug 21, 2021
  32. [GSOC] cherry-pick: use better advice messageZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget, Aug 22, 2021

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