git-remote-ext

diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 1df5b04146a118831f4b8d30652aa506c7e4b02e..e7f008c7baae2ff484e16882e199b6b9d75195aa 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ else
        HAS_HEAD=
 fi
 
+cmdline="git am"
+if test '' != "$interactive"
+then
+       cmdline="$cmdline -i"
+fi
+if test '' != "$threeway"
+then
+       cmdline="$cmdline -3"
+fi
+
 sq () {
        git rev-parse --sq-quote "$@"
 }
@@ -66,15 +76,6 @@ stop_here_user_resolve () {
            printf '%s\n' "$resolvemsg"
            stop_here $1
     fi
-    cmdline="git am"
-    if test '' != "$interactive"
-    then
-        cmdline="$cmdline -i"
-    fi
-    if test '' != "$threeway"
-    then
-        cmdline="$cmdline -3"
-    fi
     echo "When you have resolved this problem run \"$cmdline --resolved\"."
     echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
     echo "To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"$cmdline --abort\"."
@@ -591,6 +592,8 @@ do
 
                test -s "$dotest/patch" || {
                        echo "Patch is empty.  Was it split wrong?"
+                       echo "If you would prefer to skip this patch, instead run \"$cmdline --skip\"."
+                       echo "To restore the original branch and stop patching run \"$cmdline --abort\"."
                        stop_here $this
                }
                rm -f "$dotest/original-commit" "$dotest/author-script"
@@ -696,7 +699,13 @@ do
        else
            action=yes
        fi
-       FIRSTLINE=$(sed 1q "$dotest/final-commit")
+
+       if test -f "$dotest/final-commit"
+       then
+               FIRSTLINE=$(sed 1q "$dotest/final-commit")
+       else
+               FIRSTLINE=""
+       fi
 
        if test $action = skip
        then
@@ -732,6 +741,8 @@ do
                resolved=
                git diff-index --quiet --cached HEAD -- && {
                        echo "No changes - did you forget to use 'git add'?"
+                       echo "If there is nothing left to stage, chances are that something else"
+                       echo "already introduced the same changes; you might want to skip this patch."
                        stop_here_user_resolve $this
                }
                unmerged=$(git ls-files -u)