rebase -i: rewrite the edit-todo functionality in C

This rewrites the edit-todo functionality from shell to C.

To achieve that, a new command mode, `edit-todo`, is added, and the
`write-edit-todo` flag is removed, as the shell script does not need to
write the edit todo help message to the todo list anymore.

The shell version is then stripped in favour of a call to the helper.

Signed-off-by: Alban Gruin <alban.gruin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/rebase--helper.c

@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ static const char * const builtin_rebase_helper_usage[] = {
 int cmd_rebase__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct replay_opts opts = REPLAY_OPTS_INIT;
-	unsigned flags = 0, keep_empty = 0, rebase_merges = 0, write_edit_todo = 0;
+	unsigned flags = 0, keep_empty = 0, rebase_merges = 0;
 	int abbreviate_commands = 0, rebase_cousins = -1;
 	enum {
 		CONTINUE = 1, ABORT, MAKE_SCRIPT, SHORTEN_OIDS, EXPAND_OIDS,
 		CHECK_TODO_LIST, SKIP_UNNECESSARY_PICKS, REARRANGE_SQUASH,
-		ADD_EXEC, APPEND_TODO_HELP
+		ADD_EXEC, APPEND_TODO_HELP, EDIT_TODO
 	} command = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "ff", &opts.allow_ff, N_("allow fast-forward")),
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ int cmd_rebase__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "rebase-merges", &rebase_merges, N_("rebase merge commits")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "rebase-cousins", &rebase_cousins,
 			 N_("keep original branch points of cousins")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "write-edit-todo", &write_edit_todo,
-			 N_("append the edit-todo message to the todo-list")),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "continue", &command, N_("continue rebase"),
 				CONTINUE),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "abort", &command, N_("abort rebase"),
@@ -50,6 +48,9 @@ int cmd_rebase__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			N_("insert exec commands in todo list"), ADD_EXEC),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "append-todo-help", &command,
 			    N_("insert the help in the todo list"), APPEND_TODO_HELP),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "edit-todo", &command,
+			    N_("edit the todo list during an interactive rebase"),
+			    EDIT_TODO),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ int cmd_rebase__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (command == ADD_EXEC && argc == 2)
 		return !!sequencer_add_exec_commands(argv[1]);
 	if (command == APPEND_TODO_HELP && argc == 1)
-		return !!append_todo_help(write_edit_todo, keep_empty);
+		return !!append_todo_help(0, keep_empty);
+	if (command == EDIT_TODO && argc == 1)
+		return !!edit_todo_list(flags);
 	usage_with_options(builtin_rebase_helper_usage, options);
 }

git-rebase--interactive.sh

@@ -108,16 +108,7 @@ initiate_action () {
 		     --continue
 		;;
 	edit-todo)
-		git stripspace --strip-comments <"$todo" >"$todo".new
+		exec git rebase--helper --edit-todo
-		mv -f "$todo".new "$todo"
-		collapse_todo_ids
-		git rebase--helper --append-todo-help --write-edit-todo
-
-		git_sequence_editor "$todo" ||
-			die "$(gettext "Could not execute editor")"
-		expand_todo_ids
-
-		exit
 		;;
 	show-current-patch)
 		exec git show REBASE_HEAD --

rebase-interactive.c

@@ -66,3 +66,30 @@ int append_todo_help(unsigned edit_todo, unsigned keep_empty)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int edit_todo_list(unsigned flags)
+{
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *todo_file = rebase_path_todo();
+
+	if (strbuf_read_file(&buf, todo_file, 0) < 0)
+		return error_errno(_("could not read '%s'."), todo_file);
+
+	strbuf_stripspace(&buf, 1);
+	if (write_message(buf.buf, buf.len, todo_file, 0)) {
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+	transform_todos(flags | TODO_LIST_SHORTEN_IDS);
+	append_todo_help(1, 0);
+
+	if (launch_sequence_editor(todo_file, NULL, NULL))
+		return -1;
+
+	transform_todos(flags & ~(TODO_LIST_SHORTEN_IDS));
+
+	return 0;
+}

rebase-interactive.h

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 #define REBASE_INTERACTIVE_H
 
 int append_todo_help(unsigned edit_todo, unsigned keep_empty);
+int edit_todo_list(unsigned flags);
 
 #endif