Implementation of git rebase --status

Hi, 

I would like to implement a new command git rebase --status to inform the user about the current rebase session. Here is a sample of what I think it could look like in case of merge conflict:

git rebase --status You are in the middle of a rebase session. The line that paused this session is: pick 848a16f commit with conflicts CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in file1 Consult and edit remaining actions with git rebase --edit-todo

In case of syntax error: 

git rebase --status You are in the middle of a rebase session. The line that paused this session is: tick 848a16f syntax error SYNTAX ERROR Consult and edit remaining actions with git rebase --edit-todo

In case of error during the execution of a script: 

git rebase --status You are in the middle of a rebase session. The line that paused this session is: exec exit 3 ERROR IN SCRIPT EXECUTION Consult and edit remaining actions with git rebase --edit-todo

Do you think it could be usefull or do you have any suggestion? 

Thanks, 

Guillaume Pagès 

Guillaume Pages <guillaume.pages@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

All of your examples say things like:

    > You are in the middle of a rebase session. 
    > The line that paused this session is: 

but what if there is no such "line"?

IOW, what does the user see when using this new option during a "git rebase" (not "git rebase -i")?

Other than that, sounds like a neat thing to do.

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

I guess it should display the sha1 of the patch that failed in this case.