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From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] builtin/history: perform revwalk checks before asking for user input
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:51:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aY67ycgnisRjeguw@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqcy29ohi5.fsf@gitster.g>

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 12:04:50PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> > diff --git a/t/t3451-history-reword.sh b/t/t3451-history-reword.sh
> > index 3594421b68..6775ed62f9 100755
> > --- a/t/t3451-history-reword.sh
> > +++ b/t/t3451-history-reword.sh
> > @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ test_expect_success '--ref-action=head updates only HEAD' '
> >  
> >  		# When told to update HEAD, only, the command will refuse to
> >  		# rewrite commits that are not an ancestor of HEAD.
> > -		test_must_fail git history reword --ref-action=head theirs 2>err &&
> > +		test_must_fail git -c core.editor=false history reword --ref-action=head theirs 2>err &&
> >  		test_grep "rewritten commit must be an ancestor of HEAD" err &&
> 
> This ensures that the editor is never consulted?  How?  Running the
> "false" editor would give us a different error, like "your editor
> exited with non-zero status, telling us to abort" or something?

Yup, exactly that. We'd see "Aborting commit as launching the editor
failed." instead of the above error message.

Patrick

  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-13  5:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-12 12:44 [PATCH 0/4] builtin/history: some smaller UI improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 12:44 ` [PATCH 1/4] builtin/history: perform revwalk checks before asking for user input Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 20:04   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13  5:51     ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2026-02-13 17:02       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-12 12:44 ` [PATCH 2/4] builtin/history: check for merges " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 22:20   ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-12 22:26     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13  5:51       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13  5:51     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 13:42       ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-12 12:44 ` [PATCH 3/4] builtin/history: replace "--ref-action=print" with "--dry-run" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 20:19   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13  5:50     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 22:20   ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-13  5:50     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-12 12:44 ` [PATCH 4/4] builtin/history: rename "--ref-action=" to "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13  9:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] builtin/history: some smaller UI improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13  9:12   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] builtin/history: perform revwalk checks before asking for user input Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 17:20     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-13  9:12   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] builtin/history: check for merges " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13  9:12   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] builtin/history: replace "--ref-action=print" with "--dry-run" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 17:30     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-16  6:39       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 16:09         ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-13  9:12   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] builtin/history: rename "--ref-action=" to "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13  9:12   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] Documentation/git-history: document default for "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 17:21     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-16  6:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] builtin/history: some smaller UI improvements Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16  6:45   ` [PATCH v3 1/5] builtin/history: perform revwalk checks before asking for user input Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16  6:45   ` [PATCH v3 2/5] builtin/history: check for merges " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16  6:45   ` [PATCH v3 3/5] builtin/history: replace "--ref-action=print" with "--dry-run" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16  6:45   ` [PATCH v3 4/5] builtin/history: rename "--ref-action=" to "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-16  6:45   ` [PATCH v3 5/5] Documentation/git-history: document default for "--update-refs=" Patrick Steinhardt

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