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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-09-14 21:16:59 +0300 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-09-14 21:16:59 +0300 |
commit | f73604fabf7aa8bc294f346f6a610adb5a464e5e (patch) | |
tree | ce46f57d0962e4da900de1fcd73b02c2e9255586 | |
parent | 86b56ff267962ab91aa368b10d6df10b1e9e291e (diff) | |
parent | c9192f9e45f12f7e4c93488eb77a3098e75a78cc (diff) |
Merge branch 'ob/revert-of-revert-is-reapply'
The default log message created by "git revert", when reverting a
commit that records a revert, has been tweaked.
* ob/revert-of-revert-is-reapply:
git-revert.txt: add discussion
sequencer: beautify subject of reverts of reverts
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-revert.txt | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sequencer.c | 11 | ||||
-rwxr-xr-x | t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh | 23 |
3 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt index d2e10d3dce..cbe0208834 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt @@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ EXAMPLES changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the index. +DISCUSSION +---------- + +While git creates a basic commit message automatically, it is +_strongly_ recommended to explain why the original commit is being +reverted. +In addition, repeatedly reverting reverts will result in increasingly +unwieldy subject lines, for example 'Reapply "Reapply "<original subject>""'. +Please consider rewording these to be shorter and more unique. + CONFIGURATION ------------- diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index afebf7e37c..3c5fdd68f4 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -2257,6 +2257,8 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct repository *r, */ if (command == TODO_REVERT) { + const char *orig_subject; + base = commit; base_label = msg.label; next = parent; @@ -2264,6 +2266,15 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct repository *r, if (opts->commit_use_reference) { strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, "# *** SAY WHY WE ARE REVERTING ON THE TITLE LINE ***"); + } else if (skip_prefix(msg.subject, "Revert \"", &orig_subject) && + /* + * We don't touch pre-existing repeated reverts, because + * theoretically these can be nested arbitrarily deeply, + * thus requiring excessive complexity to deal with. + */ + !starts_with(orig_subject, "Revert \"")) { + strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, "Reapply \""); + strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, orig_subject); } else { strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, "Revert \""); strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, msg.subject); diff --git a/t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh b/t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh index e2ef619323..4158590322 100755 --- a/t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh +++ b/t/t3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh @@ -176,6 +176,29 @@ test_expect_success 'advice from failed revert' ' test_cmp expected actual ' +test_expect_subject () { + echo "$1" >expect && + git log -1 --pretty=%s >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +} + +test_expect_success 'titles of fresh reverts' ' + test_commit --no-tag A file1 && + test_commit --no-tag B file1 && + git revert --no-edit HEAD && + test_expect_subject "Revert \"B\"" && + git revert --no-edit HEAD && + test_expect_subject "Reapply \"B\"" && + git revert --no-edit HEAD && + test_expect_subject "Revert \"Reapply \"B\"\"" +' + +test_expect_success 'title of legacy double revert' ' + test_commit --no-tag "Revert \"Revert \"B\"\"" file1 && + git revert --no-edit HEAD && + test_expect_subject "Revert \"Revert \"Revert \"B\"\"\"" +' + test_expect_success 'identification of reverted commit (default)' ' test_commit to-ident && test_when_finished "git reset --hard to-ident" && |