The reverse patch application using "git apply" sometimes is too
rigid. Since the user would get used to resolving conflicting merges
by hand during the normal merge experience, using the same machinery
would be more helpful rather than just giving up.
Cherry-picking and reverting are essentially the same operation.
You pick one commit, and apply the difference that commit introduces
to its own commit ancestry chain to the current tree. Revert applies
the diff in reverse while cherry-pick applies it forward. They share
the same logic, just different messages and merge direction.
Rewrite "git rebase" using "git cherry-pick".
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Otherwise the first commit rebase makes could include whatever
dirty state the original working tree had.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
It did not check to see if the working tree was clean and matched
the commit we were starting out as, resulting in the initial rebased
commit including whatever dirty state the working tree has had.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Make sure that we say --verify when we want to get a single SHA1
name. Also when we say --verify, --revs-only is redundant.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Although these commands take only begin and end, not necessarily
generic SHA1 expressions rev-parse supports, supporting a..b
notation is good for consistency. This commit adds such without
breaking backward compatibility.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
While moving '-m' to make room for CVS compatible "here is the
log message", enhance source of log parameters.
-m 'message': a command line parameter.
-F <file> : a file (use '-' to read from stdin).
-C <commit> : message in existing commit.
-c <commit> : message in existing commit (allows further editing).
Longer option names for these options are also available.
While we are at it, get rid of shell array bashism.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
This patch changes rev-parse users that pass a single argument
that is supposed to be a rev parameter to use "--verify".
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Using git-cherry, forward port local commits missing from the
new upstream head. This also depends on "-m" flag support in
git-commit-script.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
