rebase --rebase-merges: add support for octopus merges

Previously, we introduced the `merge` command for use in todo lists,
to allow to recreate and modify branch topology.

For ease of implementation, and to make review easier, the initial
implementation only supported merge commits with exactly two parents.

This patch adds support for octopus merges, making use of the
just-introduced `-F <file>` option for the `git merge` command: to keep
things simple, we spawn a new Git command instead of trying to call a
library function, also opening an easier door to enhance `rebase
--rebase-merges` to optionally use a merge strategy different from
`recursive` for regular merges: this feature would use the same code
path as octopus merges and simply spawn a `git merge`.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh b/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
index 78f7c99580..9e62297274 100755
--- a/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
+++ b/t/t3430-rebase-merges.sh
@@ -329,4 +329,38 @@ test_expect_success 'labels that are object IDs are rewritten' '
 	! grep "^label $third$" .git/ORIGINAL-TODO
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'octopus merges' '
+	git checkout -b three &&
+	test_commit before-octopus &&
+	test_commit three &&
+	git checkout -b two HEAD^ &&
+	test_commit two &&
+	git checkout -b one HEAD^ &&
+	test_commit one &&
+	test_tick &&
+	(GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Hank" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="hank@sea.world" \
+	 git merge -m "Tüntenfüsch" two three) &&
+
+	: fast forward if possible &&
+	before="$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git rebase -i -r HEAD^^ &&
+	test_cmp_rev HEAD $before &&
+
+	test_tick &&
+	git rebase -i --force -r HEAD^^ &&
+	test "Hank" = "$(git show -s --format=%an HEAD)" &&
+	test "$before" != $(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+	test_cmp_graph HEAD^^.. <<-\EOF
+	*-.   Tüntenfüsch
+	|\ \
+	| | * three
+	| * | two
+	| |/
+	* | one
+	|/
+	o before-octopus
+	EOF
+'
+
 test_done