Re: [PATCH] New commit option --fixup.

[Pat Notz <patnotz@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Rodolfo Borges <rodolfo.borges@gmail.com> wrote:
> Equivalent of '-C HEAD --amend'.
> Inspired by new 'fixup' rebase -i action.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rodolfo Borges <rodolfo.borges@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-commit.txt |    4 ++++
>  builtin/commit.c             |    8 +++++++-
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> index 42fb1f5..faba634 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
> @@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ You should understand the implications of rewriting history if you
>  amend a commit that has already been published.  (See the "RECOVERING
>  FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
>
> +--fixup::
> +       Like '--amend', but use previous commit message.
> +       (Equivalent to `--amend -C HEAD`.)
> +

Why not just use an alias for this?  I do:

git config alias.fixup "commit --amend -C HEAD"

Also, I've been working on --fixup and --squash options for commit,
under the same inspiration.  See,
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/156883

I'm hoping to submit v5 patch series tomorrow night.

>  -i::
>  --include::
>        Before making a commit out of staged contents so far,
> diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
> index 66fdd22..fd7c145 100644
> --- a/builtin/commit.c
> +++ b/builtin/commit.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static const char *logfile, *force_author;
>  static const char *template_file;
>  static char *edit_message, *use_message;
>  static char *author_name, *author_email, *author_date;
> -static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, only, amend, signoff;
> +static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, only, amend, fixup, signoff;
>  static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, renew_authorship;
>  static int no_post_rewrite, allow_empty_message;
>  static char *untracked_files_arg, *force_date, *ignore_submodule_arg;
> @@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
>        OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "null", &null_termination,
>                    "terminate entries with NUL"),
>        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "amend", &amend, "amend previous commit"),
> +       OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "fixup", &fixup, "fixup previous commit"),
>        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-post-rewrite", &no_post_rewrite, "bypass post-rewrite hook"),
>        { OPTION_STRING, 'u', "untracked-files", &untracked_files_arg, "mode", "show untracked files, optional modes: all, normal, no (Default: all)", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)"all" },
>        /* end commit contents options */
> @@ -863,6 +864,11 @@ static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
>        if (force_author && renew_authorship)
>                die("Using both --reset-author and --author does not make sense");
>
> +       if (fixup) {
> +               amend = 1;
> +               use_message = "HEAD";
> +       }
> +
>        if (logfile || message.len || use_message)
>                use_editor = 0;
>        if (edit_flag)
> --
> 1.7.2.3
>
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