BUG: sequencer.c:795: root commit without message -- when rewording root commit

Todd Zullinger· Jun 15, 2018, 04:31 UTC · lore

Hi Johannes,

A simple test case to show the failure:

-- >8 --

diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
index 59c766540..bc5e228b8 100755
--- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh
@@ -971,6 +971,14 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -i --root fixup root commit' '
 	test 0 = $(git cat-file commit HEAD | grep -c ^parent\ )
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'rebase -i --root reword root commit' '
+	test_when_finished "test_might_fail git rebase --abort" &&
+	git checkout -b reword-root-branch master &&
+	set_fake_editor &&
+	FAKE_LINES="reword 1 2" FAKE_COMMIT_MESSAGE="A changed" git rebase -i --root &&
+	git show HEAD^ | grep "A changed"
+'
+
 test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'rebase --edit-todo does not work on non-interactive rebase' '
 	git reset --hard &&
 	git checkout conflict-branch &&
-- >8 --

Not surprisingly (among the commits which changed between
2.17.1 and 2.18.0-rc2, at least), git bisect points to
21d0764c82 ("rebase -i --root: let the sequencer handle even
the initial part", 2018-05-04).  With luck, the fix will be
obvious to trained eyes and can be added before 2.18.0. :)

Thanks,

-- 
Todd
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