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diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index 2f7835941e..fffa3c72d7 100644
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# This is included in commands that either have to be run from the toplevel
-# of the repository, or with GIT_DIR environment variable properly.
-# If the GIT_DIR does not look like the right correct git-repository,
-# it dies.
+# This shell scriplet is meant to be included by other shell scripts
+# to set up some variables pointing at the normal git directories and
+# a few helper shell functions.
# Having this variable in your environment would break scripts because
# you would cause "cd" to be taken to unexpected places. If you
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ die () {
die_with_status () {
status=$1
shift
- echo >&2 "$*"
+ printf >&2 '%s\n' "$*"
exit "$status"
}
@@ -103,6 +100,40 @@ $LONG_USAGE"
esac
fi
+# Set the name of the end-user facing command in the reflog when the
+# script may update refs. When GIT_REFLOG_ACTION is already set, this
+# will not overwrite it, so that a scripted Porcelain (e.g. "git
+# rebase") can set it to its own name (e.g. "rebase") and then call
+# another scripted Porcelain (e.g. "git am") and a call to this
+# function in the latter will keep the name of the end-user facing
+# program (e.g. "rebase") in GIT_REFLOG_ACTION, ensuring whatever it
+# does will be record as actions done as part of the end-user facing
+# operation (e.g. "rebase").
+#
+# NOTE NOTE NOTE: consequently, after assigning a specific message to
+# GIT_REFLOG_ACTION when calling a "git" command to record a custom
+# reflog message, do not leave that custom value in GIT_REFLOG_ACTION,
+# after you are done. Other callers of "git" commands that rely on
+# writing the default "program name" in reflog expect the variable to
+# contain the value set by this function.
+#
+# To use a custom reflog message, do either one of these three:
+#
+# (a) use a single-shot export form:
+# GIT_REFLOG_ACTION="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: preparing frotz" \
+# git command-that-updates-a-ref
+#
+# (b) save the original away and restore:
+# SAVED_ACTION=$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION
+# GIT_REFLOG_ACTION="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: preparing frotz"
+# git command-that-updates-a-ref
+# GIT_REFLOG_ACITON=$SAVED_ACTION
+#
+# (c) assign the variable in a subshell:
+# (
+# GIT_REFLOG_ACTION="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: preparing frotz"
+# git command-that-updates-a-ref
+# )
set_reflog_action() {
if [ -z "${GIT_REFLOG_ACTION:+set}" ]
then
@@ -128,7 +159,8 @@ git_pager() {
GIT_PAGER=cat
fi
: ${LESS=-FRSX}
- export LESS
+ : ${LV=-c}
+ export LESS LV
eval "$GIT_PAGER" '"$@"'
}
@@ -313,3 +345,15 @@ then
}
: ${GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY="$GIT_DIR/objects"}
fi
+
+peel_committish () {
+ case "$1" in
+ :/*)
+ peeltmp=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1") &&
+ git rev-parse --verify "${peeltmp}^0"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ git rev-parse --verify "${1}^0"
+ ;;
+ esac
+}