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| author |  Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> | 2010-08-10 17:17:51 +0200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-08-11 10:21:34 -0700 |
| commit | cd035b1cef39811fd3116aa07d99395960ec947a (patch) | |
| tree | 6f7a28433e7ac08f97333912a4ef74857d627a48 /Documentation/git-rebase.txt | |
| parent | Git 1.7.2 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-cd035b1cef39811fd3116aa07d99395960ec947a.tar.xz | |
rebase -i: add exec command to launch a shell command
The typical usage pattern would be to run a test (or simply a compilation
command) at given points in history.
The shell command is ran (from the worktree root), and the rebase is
stopped when the command fails, to give the user an opportunity to fix
the problem before continuing with "git rebase --continue".
This needs a little rework of skip_unnecessary_picks, which wasn't robust
enough to deal with lines like
exec >"file name with many spaces"
in the todolist. The new version extracts command, sha1 and rest from
each line, but outputs the line itself verbatim to avoid changing the
whitespace layout.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index be23ad2359..9c68b667e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -459,6 +459,30 @@ sure that the current HEAD is "B", and call $ git rebase -i -p --onto Q O ----------------------------- +Reordering and editing commits usually creates untested intermediate +steps. You may want to check that your history editing did not break +anything by running a test, or at least recompiling at intermediate +points in history by using the "exec" command (shortcut "x"). You may +do so by creating a todo list like this one: + +------------------------------------------- +pick deadbee Implement feature XXX +fixup f1a5c00 Fix to feature XXX +exec make +pick c0ffeee The oneline of the next commit +edit deadbab The oneline of the commit after +exec cd subdir; make test +... +------------------------------------------- + +The interactive rebase will stop when a command fails (i.e. exits with +non-0 status) to give you an opportunity to fix the problem. You can +continue with `git rebase --continue`. + +The "exec" command launches the command in a shell (the one specified +in `$SHELL`, or the default shell if `$SHELL` is not set), so you can +use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command is run from +the root of the working tree. SPLITTING COMMITS ----------------- |