help: check early if we have a command, if not try a documentation topic

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 8aa73712ca11f4527f4b8d42bf3a14de2a16c39c..a64d9d57ab5943ac4e065866ce0ccd7de5364a9a 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ output () {
 require_clean_work_tree () {
        # test if working tree is dirty
        git rev-parse --verify HEAD > /dev/null &&
-       git update-index --refresh &&
-       git diff-files --quiet &&
-       git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD -- ||
+       git update-index --ignore-submodules --refresh &&
+       git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules &&
+       git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD --ignore-submodules -- ||
        die "Working tree is dirty"
 }
 
@@ -377,11 +377,12 @@ do
                # Sanity check
                git rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null ||
                        die "Cannot read HEAD"
-               git update-index --refresh && git diff-files --quiet ||
+               git update-index --ignore-submodules --refresh &&
+                       git diff-files --quiet --ignore-submodules ||
                        die "Working tree is dirty"
 
                # do we have anything to commit?
-               if git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD --
+               if git diff-index --cached --quiet --ignore-submodules HEAD --
                then
                        : Nothing to commit -- skip this
                else
@@ -474,6 +475,9 @@ do
 
                require_clean_work_tree
 
+               UPSTREAM=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1") || die "Invalid base"
+               test -z "$ONTO" && ONTO=$UPSTREAM
+
                if test ! -z "$2"
                then
                        output git show-ref --verify --quiet "refs/heads/$2" ||
@@ -483,12 +487,8 @@ do
                fi
 
                HEAD=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) || die "No HEAD?"
-               UPSTREAM=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1") || die "Invalid base"
-
                mkdir "$DOTEST" || die "Could not create temporary $DOTEST"
 
-               test -z "$ONTO" && ONTO=$UPSTREAM
-
                : > "$DOTEST"/interactive || die "Could not mark as interactive"
                git symbolic-ref HEAD > "$DOTEST"/head-name 2> /dev/null ||
                        echo "detached HEAD" > "$DOTEST"/head-name
@@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ do
 # Rebase $SHORTUPSTREAM..$SHORTHEAD onto $SHORTONTO
 #
 # Commands:
-#  pick = use commit
-#  edit = use commit, but stop for amending
-#  squash = use commit, but meld into previous commit
+#  p, pick = use commit
+#  e, edit = use commit, but stop for amending
+#  s, squash = use commit, but meld into previous commit
 #
 # If you remove a line here THAT COMMIT WILL BE LOST.
 # However, if you remove everything, the rebase will be aborted.