reduce git-pack-objects memory usage a little more

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 1a064af381acac60df01c89953a9a1fc727ea2ca..d9563ec46fb9ab08a8295031bc6450a4827014de 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ REWRITTEN="$DOTEST"/rewritten
 PRESERVE_MERGES=
 STRATEGY=
 VERBOSE=
+test -d "$REWRITTEN" && PRESERVE_MERGES=t
+test -f "$DOTEST"/strategy && STRATEGY="$(cat "$DOTEST"/strategy)"
+test -f "$DOTEST"/verbose && VERBOSE=t
 
 warn () {
        echo "$*" >&2
@@ -366,6 +369,7 @@ do
                echo $HEAD > "$DOTEST"/head
                echo $UPSTREAM > "$DOTEST"/upstream
                echo $ONTO > "$DOTEST"/onto
+               test -z "$STRATEGY" || echo "$STRATEGY" > "$DOTEST"/strategy
                test t = "$VERBOSE" && : > "$DOTEST"/verbose
                if [ t = "$PRESERVE_MERGES" ]
                then
@@ -397,6 +401,9 @@ do
 #  pick = use commit
 #  edit = use commit, but stop for amending
 #  squash = use commit, but meld into previous commit
+#
+# If you remove a line here THAT COMMIT WILL BE LOST.
+#
 EOF
                git rev-list $MERGES_OPTION --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit \
                        --abbrev=7 --reverse $UPSTREAM..$HEAD | \