Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] rebase [-i --exec | -ix] <CMD>...

From: Torsten Bögershausen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:56:41 +0200

On 08.06.12 16:53, Lucien Kong wrote:
> This patch provides a way to automatically add these "exec" lines
> between each commit applications. For instance, running 'git rebase -i
> --exec "make test"' lets you check that intermediate commits are
> compilable. It is also compatible with the option --autosquash. At
> this point, you can't use --exec without the interactive mode (-i).
> 
> Tests about this new command are also added in
> t3404-rebase-interactive.sh.

> Should now work on MacOS.

Hej,
I'm not sure on which commit to apply the patch. 
(may be we shoud improve git format-patch to tell us the original commit ID),
but if I remove the non applying part, it looks like this:

=================
ok 54 - rebase-i history with funny messages

expecting success: 
	git checkout master &&
	git checkout -b execute &&
	test_commit one_exec main.txt one_exec &&
	test_commit two_exec main.txt two_exec &&
	test_commit three_exec main.txt three_exec

Switched to branch 'master'
Switched to a new branch 'execute'
[execute 925b01e] one_exec
 Author: A U Thor <[email-masked]>
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 main.txt
[execute 7f87cbe] two_exec
 Author: A U Thor <[email-masked]>
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
[execute f0f177e] three_exec
 Author: A U Thor <[email-masked]>
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
ok 55 - prepare for rebase -i --exec

expecting success: 
	git rebase -i --exec "git show HEAD" HEAD~2 >actual &&
	(
		FAKE_LINES="1 exec_git_show_HEAD 2 exec_git_show_HEAD" &&
		export FAKE_LINES &&
		git rebase -i HEAD~2 >expected
	) &&
	sed 1,9d expected >expect &&
	mv expect expected &&
	test_cmp expected actual

error: unknown option `exec'
usage: git rebase [-i] [options] [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>] [<branch>]
   or: git rebase [-i] [options] --onto <newbase> --root [<branch>]
   or: git-rebase [-i] --continue | --abort | --skip

Available options are
    -v, --verbose         display a diffstat of what changed upstream
    -q, --quiet           be quiet. implies --no-stat
    --onto ...            rebase onto given branch instead of upstream
    -p, --preserve-merges
                          try to recreate merges instead of ignoring them
    -s, --strategy ...    use the given merge strategy
    --no-ff               cherry-pick all commits, even if unchanged
    -m, --merge           use merging strategies to rebase
    -i, --interactive     let the user edit the list of commits to rebase
    -k, --keep-empty	     preserve empty commits during rebase
    -f, --force-rebase    force rebase even if branch is up to date
    -X, --strategy-option ...
                          pass the argument through to the merge strategy
    --stat                display a diffstat of what changed upstream
    -n, --no-stat         do not show diffstat of what changed upstream
    --verify              allow pre-rebase hook to run
    --rerere-autoupdate   allow rerere to update index with resolved conflicts
    --root                rebase all reachable commits up to the root(s)
    --autosquash          move commits that begin with squash!/fixup! under -i
    --committer-date-is-author-date
                          passed to 'git am'
    --ignore-date         passed to 'git am'
    --whitespace ...      passed to 'git apply'
    --ignore-whitespace   passed to 'git apply'
    -C ...                passed to 'git apply'

Actions:
    --continue            continue
    --abort               abort and check out the original branch
    --skip                skip current patch and continue

not ok - 56 running "git rebase -i --exec git show HEAD"
#	
#		git rebase -i --exec "git show HEAD" HEAD~2 >actual &&
#		(
#			FAKE_LINES="1 exec_git_show_HEAD 2 exec_git_show_HEAD" &&
#			export FAKE_LINES &&
#			git rebase -i HEAD~2 >expected
#		) &&
#		sed 1,9d expected >expect &&
#		mv expect expected &&
#		test_cmp expected actual
#	

expecting success: 
	git reset --hard execute &&
	git rebase --exec "git show HEAD" -i HEAD~2 >actual &&
	(
		FAKE_LINES="1 exec_git_show_HEAD 2 exec_git_show_HEAD" &&
		export FAKE_LINES &&
		git rebase -i HEAD~2 >expected
	) &&
	sed 1,9d expected >expect &&
	mv expect expected &&
	test_cmp expected actual

HEAD is now at f0f177e three_exec
error: unknown option `exec'
usage: git rebase [-i] [options] [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>] [<branch>]
   or: git rebase [-i] [options] --onto <newbase> --root [<branch>]
   or: git-rebase [-i] --continue | --abort | --skip

Available options are
    -v, --verbose         display a diffstat of what changed upstream
    -q, --quiet           be quiet. implies --no-stat
    --onto ...            rebase onto given branch instead of upstream
    -p, --preserve-merges
                          try to recreate merges instead of ignoring them
    -s, --strategy ...    use the given merge strategy
    --no-ff               cherry-pick all commits, even if unchanged
    -m, --merge           use merging strategies to rebase
    -i, --interactive     let the user edit the list of commits to rebase
    -k, --keep-empty	     preserve empty commits during rebase
    -f, --force-rebase    force rebase even if branch is up to date
    -X, --strategy-option ...
                          pass the argument through to the merge strategy
    --stat                display a diffstat of what changed upstream
    -n, --no-stat         do not show diffstat of what changed upstream
    --verify              allow pre-rebase hook to run
    --rerere-autoupdate   allow rerere to update index with resolved conflicts
    --root                rebase all reachable commits up to the root(s)
    --autosquash          move commits that begin with squash!/fixup! under -i
    --committer-date-is-author-date
                          passed to 'git am'
    --ignore-date         passed to 'git am'
    --whitespace ...      passed to 'git apply'
    --ignore-whitespace   passed to 'git apply'
    -C ...                passed to 'git apply'

Actions:
    --continue            continue
    --abort               abort and check out the original branch
    --skip                skip current patch and continue

not ok - 57 running "git rebase --exec git show HEAD -i"