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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Sven Strickroth <sven@cs-ware•de>
Cc: Git List <git@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] commit: do not lose SQUASH_MSG contents
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:19:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpouwapnd.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56E5B3F9.6070404@cs-ware.de> (Sven Strickroth's message of "Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:39:53 +0100")

Sven Strickroth <sven@cs-ware•de> writes:

> When concluding a conflicted "git merge --squash", the command
> failed to read SQUASH_MSG that was prepared by "git merge", and
> showed only the "# Conflicts:" list of conflicted paths.
>
> Place the contents from SQUASH_MSG at the beginning, just like we
> show the commit log skeleton first when concluding a normal merge,
> and then show the "# Conflicts:" list, to help the user write the
> log message for the resulting commit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Strickroth <sven@cs-ware•de>
> ---
>  builtin/commit.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

The updated code looks good to me; sorry for misleading you with
fuzzy comments earlier.

We may want to have a test to prevent this from getting broken in
the future updates.

> diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
> index d054f84..d40b788 100644
> --- a/builtin/commit.c
> +++ b/builtin/commit.c
> @@ -726,9 +726,18 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix,
>  				      &sb, &ctx);
>  		hook_arg1 = "message";
>  	} else if (!stat(git_path_merge_msg(), &statbuf)) {
> +		/*
> +		 * prepend SQUASH_MSG here if it exists and a
> +		 * "merge --squash" was originally performed
> +		*/
> +		if (!stat(git_path_squash_msg(), &statbuf)) {
> +			if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path_squash_msg(), 0) < 0)
> +				die_errno(_("could not read SQUASH_MSG"));
> +			hook_arg1 = "squash";
> +		} else
> +			hook_arg1 = "merge";
>  		if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path_merge_msg(), 0) < 0)
>  			die_errno(_("could not read MERGE_MSG"));
> -		hook_arg1 = "merge";
>  	} else if (!stat(git_path_squash_msg(), &statbuf)) {
>  		if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path_squash_msg(), 0) < 0)
>  			die_errno(_("could not read SQUASH_MSG"));

  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-14 18:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-05 10:38 Commit message not helpful after merge squash with conflicts Sven Strickroth
2016-03-08  4:17 ` [PATCH] Also read SQUASH_MSG if a conflict on a merge squash occurred Sven Strickroth
2016-03-08 18:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-08 18:49     ` Sven Strickroth
2016-03-08 18:51       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-08 19:03     ` [PATCH] commit: do not lose SQUASH_MSG contents Sven Strickroth
2016-03-09 18:04     ` [PATCH] Also read SQUASH_MSG if a conflict on a merge squash occurred Junio C Hamano
2016-03-09 20:24       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-13 18:39         ` [PATCH] commit: do not lose SQUASH_MSG contents Sven Strickroth
2016-03-14 18:19           ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-03-14 20:19             ` Junio C Hamano
2016-03-21 22:29               ` Sven Strickroth
2016-03-21 22:34                 ` Junio C Hamano

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