When I cherry-pick n commits and one of the first (n-1), fails, what I
should do is resolve the conflict, 'git add' it, and then run 'git
cherry-pick --continue'. However git advises me to
error: could not apply d0fb756... Commit message for test commit
hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths
hint: with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'
hint: and commit the result with 'git commit'
I suspect this is not just a little bit deceptive but actually a bit
destructive, as doing a 'git commit' removes some of the sequencing
information. If I do a 'git commit', while there is .git/sequencer
information and 'git cherry-pick --continue' will work, there is no
indication in 'git status' that a cherry-pick is in progress.
It would be extremely easy for somebody to follow cherry-pick's hints
by running 'git commit' and think that they were done, not realizing
that there were m more commits remaining to be cherry-picked.
Would it be possible to expand the hint message to tell users to run
'git cherry-pick --continue'
This patch is *not* meant as a serious patch for submission --I'm sure
it's all wrong-- it's just a proof of concept and showing some
goodwill on my part that I'm trying to help and I'm willing to put in
some work if I can be pointed more in the right direction.
Regards,
Stephen
diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index cdfac82..b8fa534 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -171,14 +171,21 @@ static void print_advice(int show_hint, struct
replay_opts *opts)
if (show_hint) {
if (opts->no_commit)
advise(_("after resolving the conflicts, mark
the corrected paths\n"
"with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'"));
- else
- advise(_("after resolving the conflicts, mark
the corrected paths\n"
- "with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'\n"
- "and commit the result with 'git commit'"));
+ else if (! file_exists(git_path_seq_dir())) {
+ advise(_("SCM: after resolving the conflicts,
mark the corrected paths\n"
+ "with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'\n"
+ "and commit the result with 'git commit'"));
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ advise(_("SCM: after resolving the conflicts, mark the
corrected paths\n"
+ "with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>'\n"
+ "and continue the %s with 'git %s --continue'"),
action_name(opts), action_name(opts));
+ }
}
}
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