add -p: improve error messages

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index e3f5a0abf3c76c6e6b1e4528a20fca4c8784894b..d47bd29593ad8711448293f3b6bf2e059323ff78 100644 (file)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -392,9 +392,12 @@ pick_one_preserving_merges () {
                        new_parents=${new_parents# $first_parent}
                        merge_args="--no-log --no-ff"
                        if ! do_with_author output eval \
-                       'git merge ${gpg_sign_opt:+"$gpg_sign_opt"} \
-                               $allow_rerere_autoupdate $merge_args \
-                               $strategy_args -m "$msg_content" $new_parents'
+                               git merge ${gpg_sign_opt:+$(git rev-parse \
+                                       --sq-quote "$gpg_sign_opt")} \
+                               $allow_rerere_autoupdate "$merge_args" \
+                               "$strategy_args" \
+                               -m $(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$msg_content") \
+                               "$new_parents"
                        then
                                printf "%s\n" "$msg_content" > "$GIT_DIR"/MERGE_MSG
                                die_with_patch $sha1 "$(eval_gettext "Error redoing merge \$sha1")"
@@ -893,7 +896,8 @@ fi
 if test t != "$preserve_merges"
 then
        git rebase--helper --make-script ${keep_empty:+--keep-empty} \
-               $revisions ${restrict_revision+^$restrict_revision} >"$todo"
+               $revisions ${restrict_revision+^$restrict_revision} >"$todo" ||
+       die "$(gettext "Could not generate todo list")"
 else
        format=$(git config --get rebase.instructionFormat)
        # the 'rev-list .. | sed' requires %m to parse; the instruction requires %H to parse