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authorLibravatar Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>2021-08-30 14:46:02 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-08-30 16:35:36 -0700
commit767a4ca648f8791c1fb623bd9f79fd8d7f026499 (patch)
treea412a04463d6b0bb7e36fcdabe5512d539b89593 /Documentation
parentGit 2.33-rc1 (diff)
downloadtgif-767a4ca648f8791c1fb623bd9f79fd8d7f026499.tar.xz
sequencer: advise if skipping cherry-picked commit
Silently skipping commits when rebasing with --no-reapply-cherry-picks (currently the default behavior) can cause user confusion. Issue warnings when this happens, as well as advice on how to preserve the skipped commits. These warnings and advice are displayed only when using the (default) "merge" rebase backend. Update the git-rebase docs to mention the warnings and advice. Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/advice.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt12
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
index 8b2849ff7b..063eec2511 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ advice.*::
Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects a forced update of
a branch when its remote-tracking ref has updates that we
do not have locally.
+ skippedCherryPicks::
+ Shown when linkgit:git-rebase[1] skips a commit that has already
+ been cherry-picked onto the upstream branch.
statusAheadBehind::
Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] computes the ahead/behind
counts for a local ref compared to its remote tracking ref,
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 55af6fd24e..3978814912 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ remain the checked-out branch.
If the upstream branch already contains a change you have made (e.g.,
because you mailed a patch which was applied upstream), then that commit
-will be skipped. For example, running `git rebase master` on the
-following history (in which `A'` and `A` introduce the same set of changes,
-but have different committer information):
+will be skipped and warnings will be issued (if the `merge` backend is
+used). For example, running `git rebase master` on the following
+history (in which `A'` and `A` introduce the same set of changes, but
+have different committer information):
------------
A---B---C topic
@@ -312,7 +313,10 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
By default (or if `--no-reapply-cherry-picks` is given), these commits
will be automatically dropped. Because this necessitates reading all
upstream commits, this can be expensive in repos with a large number
-of upstream commits that need to be read.
+of upstream commits that need to be read. When using the `merge`
+backend, warnings will be issued for each dropped commit (unless
+`--quiet` is given). Advice will also be issued unless
+`advice.skippedCherryPicks` is set to false (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
+
`--reapply-cherry-picks` allows rebase to forgo reading all upstream
commits, potentially improving performance.