Re: git-cherry-pick and git-commit --amend in version 1.7.6.4

[Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> I think the sequencer state needs to be removed when the command aborts.

Or written later in do_pick_commit().

> This needs to be fixed before 1.7.7.1.

Something like this?

diff --git i/builtin/revert.c w/builtin/revert.c
index 3117776c2c..f7fcc88871 100644
--- i/builtin/revert.c
+++ w/builtin/revert.c
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ static int do_pick_commit(void)
 	char *defmsg = NULL;
 	struct strbuf msgbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int res;
+	int record_cherry_pick_head = 0;

 	if (no_commit) {
 		/*
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ static int do_pick_commit(void)
 			strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, ")\n");
 		}
 		if (!no_commit)
-			write_cherry_pick_head();
+			record_cherry_pick_head = 1;
 	}

 	if (!strategy || !strcmp(strategy, "recursive") || action == REVERT) {
@@ -514,6 +515,9 @@ static int do_pick_commit(void)
 	free_message(&msg);
 	free(defmsg);

+	if (record_cherry_pick_head)
+		write_cherry_pick_head();
+
 	return res;
 }