sequencer: allow introducing new root commits
[gitweb.git] / sequencer.c
index 8eddda681d14a102ee95f33c60c38aa42f16264c..a7832399b1f324560d4b18822eb8665b4a7a050b 100644 (file)
@@ -2747,18 +2747,34 @@ static int do_reset(const char *name, int len, struct replay_opts *opts)
        if (hold_locked_index(&lock, LOCK_REPORT_ON_ERROR) < 0)
                return -1;
 
-       /* Determine the length of the label */
-       for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-               if (isspace(name[i]))
-                       len = i;
-
-       strbuf_addf(&ref_name, "refs/rewritten/%.*s", len, name);
-       if (get_oid(ref_name.buf, &oid) &&
-           get_oid(ref_name.buf + strlen("refs/rewritten/"), &oid)) {
-               error(_("could not read '%s'"), ref_name.buf);
-               rollback_lock_file(&lock);
-               strbuf_release(&ref_name);
-               return -1;
+       if (len == 10 && !strncmp("[new root]", name, len)) {
+               if (!opts->have_squash_onto) {
+                       const char *hex;
+                       if (commit_tree("", 0, the_hash_algo->empty_tree,
+                                       NULL, &opts->squash_onto,
+                                       NULL, NULL))
+                               return error(_("writing fake root commit"));
+                       opts->have_squash_onto = 1;
+                       hex = oid_to_hex(&opts->squash_onto);
+                       if (write_message(hex, strlen(hex),
+                                         rebase_path_squash_onto(), 0))
+                               return error(_("writing squash-onto"));
+               }
+               oidcpy(&oid, &opts->squash_onto);
+       } else {
+               /* Determine the length of the label */
+               for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+                       if (isspace(name[i]))
+                               len = i;
+
+               strbuf_addf(&ref_name, "refs/rewritten/%.*s", len, name);
+               if (get_oid(ref_name.buf, &oid) &&
+                   get_oid(ref_name.buf + strlen("refs/rewritten/"), &oid)) {
+                       error(_("could not read '%s'"), ref_name.buf);
+                       rollback_lock_file(&lock);
+                       strbuf_release(&ref_name);
+                       return -1;
+               }
        }
 
        memset(&unpack_tree_opts, 0, sizeof(unpack_tree_opts));