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Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] commit: display advice hints when commit fails

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 19, 2019, 19:22 UTC
Message-ID
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> This fix was about "we do not want to unconditionally drop the
> advice messages when we reject the attempt to commit and show the
> output like 'git status'", wasn't it?  The earlier single-liner fix
> in v1 that flips s->hints just before calling run_status() before
> rejecting the attempt to commit was a lot easier to reason about, as
> the fix was very focused and to the point.  Why are we seeing this
> many (seemingly unrelated) changes?

In any case, here is what I tentatively have in my tree (with heavy rewrite to the proposed log message).

-- >8 --
From: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:17:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] commit: honor advice.statusHints when rejecting an empty
 commit

In ea9882bfc4 (commit: disable status hints when writing to COMMIT_EDITMSG, 2013-09-12) the intent was to disable status hints when writing to COMMIT_EDITMSG, because giving the hints in the "git status" like output in the commit message template are too late to be useful (they say things like "'git add' to stage", but that is only possible after aborting the current "git commit" session).

But there is one case that the hints can be useful: When the current attempt to commit is rejected because no change is recorded in the index. The message is given and "git commit" errors out, so the hints can immediately be followed by the user. Teach the codepath to honor the configuration variable.

Signed-off-by: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 builtin/commit.c                          | 1 +
 t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index e588bc6ad3..0078faf117 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
 	 */
 	if (!committable && whence != FROM_MERGE && !allow_empty &&
 	    !(amend && is_a_merge(current_head))) {
+		s->hints = advice_status_hints;
 		s->display_comment_prefix = old_display_comment_prefix;
 		run_status(stdout, index_file, prefix, 0, s);
 		if (amend)
diff --git a/t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh b/t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh
index 46a5cd4b73..a8179e4074 100755
--- a/t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh
+++ b/t/t7500-commit-template-squash-signoff.sh
@@ -382,4 +382,13 @@ test_expect_success 'check commit with unstaged rename and copy' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'commit without staging files fails and displays hints' '
+	echo "initial" >>file &&
+	git add file &&
+	git commit -m initial &&
+	echo "changes" >>file &&
+	test_must_fail git commit -m update >actual &&
+	test_i18ngrep "no changes added to commit (use \"git add\" and/or \"git commit -a\")" actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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  1. 0/1 [Outreachy] commit: display advice hints when commit failsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Dec 17, 2019
  2. 1/1 commit: display advice hints when commit failsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Dec 17, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2019
  4. Emily ShafferDec 17, 2019
  5. Heba WalyDec 19, 2019
  6. Jonathan TanDec 18, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2019
  8. Heba WalyDec 19, 2019
  9. 0/1 [Outreachy] commit: display advice hints when commit failsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Dec 19, 2019
  10. 1/1 commit: display advice hints when commit failsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Dec 19, 2019
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2019
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2019
  13. Eric SunshineDec 19, 2019
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2019
  15. Emily ShafferDec 20, 2019
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2019
  17. Emily ShafferDec 20, 2019
  18. Jonathan TanDec 31, 2019
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 31, 2019
  20. Jonathan TanJan 2, 2020
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2019
  22. Emily ShafferDec 19, 2019
  23. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2019
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2019
  25. Heba WalyDec 21, 2019
  26. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2019
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