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[v2,6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup=[amend|reword] options

Message ID 20210225100855.25530-7-charvi077@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Commit Message

Charvi Mendiratta Feb. 25, 2021, 10:09 a.m. UTC
Mentored-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Mentored-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-commit.txt | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 21 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Comments

Junio C Hamano Feb. 25, 2021, 8:48 p.m. UTC | #1
Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com> writes:

> +--fixup=[(amend|reword):]<commit>::
> +	When used without options, lets's say `git commit --fixup=<commit>`,
> +	it creates a "fixup!" commit where the commit message will be

Be careful to use word 'option' that refers to something other than
what a casual reader would think of an `--option` in the description
of the `--fixup` option.

	Without `amend:` or `reword:`, create a `fixup!` commit where...

would be sufficient, no?

> +	the subject line from the specified commit with a prefix of
> +	"fixup! ". The resulting "fixup!" commit is further used with
> +	`git rebase --autosquash` to fixup the content of the specified
> +	commit.
> ++
> +When used with option `amend`, let's say `git commit --fixup=amend:<commit>`,
> +it creates a "amend!" commit to fixup both the content and the commit log

	The `--fixup=amend:<commit>` form creates an "amend!" commit to...

> +message of the specified commit. The resulting "amend!" commit's commit
> +message subject will be the subject line from the specified commit with a
> +prefix of "amend! " and the message body will be commit log message of the

While that SP inside the double-quote may be technically more
correct (and it was inherited from the original), I think with 'a
prefix of "amend!"' is still understandable and a lot easier to
read, especially because you'd mention "amend!"  a few more times in
the same paragraph below.

The same comment applies to "fixup! " above.

> +specified commit. It also invokes an editor seeded with the "amend!" commit
> +log message to allow to edit further. And it denies to create "amend!" commit

"amend!" commit log message -> log message of the "amend!" commit

denies -> refuses

> +if it's commit message body is empty unless used with `allow-empty-message`
> +option. "amend!" commit when rebased with `--autosquash` will fixup the

with the `--allow-empty-message` option.

> +contents and replace the commit message of the specified commit with the
> +"amend!" commit's message body.
> ++
> +When used with alternative option `reword`, let's say
> +`git commit --fixup=reword:<commit>`, it works similar to `amend` option, but
> +here it creates an empty "amend!" commit, i.e it does not take any staged

	The `--fixup=reword:<commit>` form creates an `amend!`
	commit similar to `--fixup=amend:<commit>` creates, but it
	records the same tree as `HEAD`, i.e. it does not ...

> +changes and only allows to fixup the commit message of the specified commit.
> +It will reword the specified commit when it is rebased with `--autosquash`.
> ++
> +Unlike `--fixup` without options, `--fixup=[amend/reword]:` is incompatible with
> +`-m` commit message option.

	The `--fixup=amend:` and `--fixup=reword:` forms cannot be
	used with other options to add to the commit log message,
	e.g. `-m`.

Again, why is `-m` so special?  Shouldn't -F/-c/-C also be
incompatible?

> +Also, after fixing the commit using `--fixup`, with or without option and rebased
> +with `--autosquash`, the authorship of the original commit remains unchanged. See
> +linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details.

Good.
Charvi Mendiratta Feb. 26, 2021, 10:36 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 02:18, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > +--fixup=[(amend|reword):]<commit>::
> > +     When used without options, lets's say `git commit --fixup=<commit>`,
> > +     it creates a "fixup!" commit where the commit message will be
>
> Be careful to use word 'option' that refers to something other than
> what a casual reader would think of an `--option` in the description
> of the `--fixup` option.
>
>         Without `amend:` or `reword:`, create a `fixup!` commit where...
>
> would be sufficient, no?
>

Okay, I agree this is more clear.

> > +     the subject line from the specified commit with a prefix of
> > +     "fixup! ". The resulting "fixup!" commit is further used with
> > +     `git rebase --autosquash` to fixup the content of the specified
> > +     commit.
> > ++
> > +When used with option `amend`, let's say `git commit --fixup=amend:<commit>`,
> > +it creates a "amend!" commit to fixup both the content and the commit log
>
>         The `--fixup=amend:<commit>` form creates an "amend!" commit to...
>
> > +message of the specified commit. The resulting "amend!" commit's commit
> > +message subject will be the subject line from the specified commit with a
> > +prefix of "amend! " and the message body will be commit log message of the
>
> While that SP inside the double-quote may be technically more
> correct (and it was inherited from the original), I think with 'a
> prefix of "amend!"' is still understandable and a lot easier to
> read, especially because you'd mention "amend!"  a few more times in
> the same paragraph below.
>
> The same comment applies to "fixup! " above.
>

Okay, I will fix it.


> > +specified commit. It also invokes an editor seeded with the "amend!" commit
> > +log message to allow to edit further. And it denies to create "amend!" commit
>
> "amend!" commit log message -> log message of the "amend!" commit
>
> denies -> refuses
>
> > +if it's commit message body is empty unless used with `allow-empty-message`
> > +option. "amend!" commit when rebased with `--autosquash` will fixup the
>
> with the `--allow-empty-message` option.
>
> > +contents and replace the commit message of the specified commit with the
> > +"amend!" commit's message body.
> > ++
> > +When used with alternative option `reword`, let's say
> > +`git commit --fixup=reword:<commit>`, it works similar to `amend` option, but
> > +here it creates an empty "amend!" commit, i.e it does not take any staged
>
>         The `--fixup=reword:<commit>` form creates an `amend!`
>         commit similar to `--fixup=amend:<commit>` creates, but it
>         records the same tree as `HEAD`, i.e. it does not ...
>

Thanks for pointing out these changes. I agree these are more clear
and will fix them all.

> > +changes and only allows to fixup the commit message of the specified commit.
> > +It will reword the specified commit when it is rebased with `--autosquash`.
> > ++
> > +Unlike `--fixup` without options, `--fixup=[amend/reword]:` is incompatible with
> > +`-m` commit message option.
>
>         The `--fixup=amend:` and `--fixup=reword:` forms cannot be
>         used with other options to add to the commit log message,
>         e.g. `-m`.
>
> Again, why is `-m` so special?  Shouldn't -F/-c/-C also be
> incompatible?
>

Yes, they are also incompatible. I thought to highlight -m because `--fixup`
allows the `-m` but I agree to reword it in above way with slight change :
s/e.g. `-m`/i.e it is incompatible with `-m`/`-F`/`-c`/`-C` options.
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 17150fa7ea..bc50301b1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@  SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
-	   [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>]
+	   [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --squash) <commit> | --fixup [(amend|reword):]<commit>)]
 	   [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
 	   [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
 	   [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--[no-]status]
@@ -86,11 +86,38 @@  OPTIONS
 	Like '-C', but with `-c` the editor is invoked, so that
 	the user can further edit the commit message.
 
---fixup=<commit>::
-	Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`.
-	The commit message will be the subject line from the specified
-	commit with a prefix of "fixup! ".  See linkgit:git-rebase[1]
-	for details.
+--fixup=[(amend|reword):]<commit>::
+	When used without options, lets's say `git commit --fixup=<commit>`,
+	it creates a "fixup!" commit where the commit message will be
+	the subject line from the specified commit with a prefix of
+	"fixup! ". The resulting "fixup!" commit is further used with
+	`git rebase --autosquash` to fixup the content of the specified
+	commit.
++
+When used with option `amend`, let's say `git commit --fixup=amend:<commit>`,
+it creates a "amend!" commit to fixup both the content and the commit log
+message of the specified commit. The resulting "amend!" commit's commit
+message subject will be the subject line from the specified commit with a
+prefix of "amend! " and the message body will be commit log message of the
+specified commit. It also invokes an editor seeded with the "amend!" commit
+log message to allow to edit further. And it denies to create "amend!" commit
+if it's commit message body is empty unless used with `allow-empty-message`
+option. "amend!" commit when rebased with `--autosquash` will fixup the
+contents and replace the commit message of the specified commit with the
+"amend!" commit's message body.
++
+When used with alternative option `reword`, let's say
+`git commit --fixup=reword:<commit>`, it works similar to `amend` option, but
+here it creates an empty "amend!" commit, i.e it does not take any staged
+changes and only allows to fixup the commit message of the specified commit.
+It will reword the specified commit when it is rebased with `--autosquash`.
++
+Unlike `--fixup` without options, `--fixup=[amend/reword]:` is incompatible with
+`-m` commit message option.
++
+Also, after fixing the commit using `--fixup`, with or without option and rebased
+with `--autosquash`, the authorship of the original commit remains unchanged. See
+linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details.
 
 --squash=<commit>::
 	Construct a commit message for use with `rebase --autosquash`.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 8bfa5a9272..ffea76e53b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -593,16 +593,17 @@  See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 
 --autosquash::
 --no-autosquash::
-	When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or
-	"fixup! ..."), and there is already a commit in the todo list that
-	matches the same `...`, automatically modify the todo list of rebase
-	-i so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after the
-	commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved commit
-	from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup`).  A commit matches the `...` if
-	the commit subject matches, or if the `...` refers to the commit's
-	hash. As a fall-back, partial matches of the commit subject work,
-	too.  The recommended way to create fixup/squash commits is by using
-	the `--fixup`/`--squash` options of linkgit:git-commit[1].
+	When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or "fixup! ..."
+	or "amend! ..."), and there is already a commit in the todo list that
+	matches the same `...`, automatically modify the todo list of
+	`rebase -i`, so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after
+	the commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved commit
+	from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup` or `fixup -C`) respectively. A commit
+	matches the `...` if the commit subject matches, or if the `...` refers
+	to the commit's hash. As a fall-back, partial matches of the commit
+	subject work, too. The recommended way to create fixup/squash/amend
+	commits is by using the `--fixup=[amend|reword]`/`--squash` options of
+	linkgit:git-commit[1].
 +
 If the `--autosquash` option is enabled by default using the
 configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be