Allow whole-tree operations to be started from a subdirectory

diff --git a/git-revert.sh b/git-revert.sh
index c19d3a6916ce9c5dccff09f6edfd8b5478b2e834..224e6540ca073da804332799660a8cdeacdfdaf7 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-revert.sh
+++ b/git-revert.sh
@@ -7,18 +7,25 @@
 case "$0" in
 *-revert* )
        test -t 0 && edit=-e
+       replay=
        me=revert
        USAGE='[--edit | --no-edit] [-n] <commit-ish>' ;;
 *-cherry-pick* )
+       replay=t
        edit=
        me=cherry-pick
-       USAGE='[--edit] [-n] [-r] <commit-ish>'  ;;
+       USAGE='[--edit] [-n] [-r] [-x] <commit-ish>'  ;;
 * )
-       die "What are you talking about?" ;;
+       echo >&2 "What are you talking about?"
+       exit 1 ;;
 esac
+
+SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes ;# we will cd up
 . git-sh-setup
+require_work_tree
+cd_to_toplevel
 
-no_commit= replay=
+no_commit=
 while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
 do
        case "$1" in
@@ -32,8 +39,10 @@ do
        --n|--no|--no-|--no-e|--no-ed|--no-edi|--no-edit)
                edit=
                ;;
-       -r|--r|--re|--rep|--repl|--repla|--replay)
-               replay=t
+       -r)
+               : no-op ;;
+       -x|--i-really-want-to-expose-my-private-commit-object-name)
+               replay=
                ;;
        -*)
                usage
@@ -84,7 +93,7 @@ revert)
                s/^[^ ]* /Revert "/
                s/$/"/'
        echo
-       echo "This reverts $commit commit."
+       echo "This reverts commit $commit."
        test "$rev" = "$commit" ||
        echo "(original 'git revert' arguments: $@)"
        base=$commit next=$prev
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ cherry-pick)
        git-cat-file commit $commit | sed -e '1,/^$/d'
        case "$replay" in
        '')
-               echo "(cherry picked from $commit commit)"
+               echo "(cherry picked from commit $commit)"
                test "$rev" = "$commit" ||
                echo "(original 'git cherry-pick' arguments: $@)"
                ;;
@@ -137,13 +146,22 @@ esac >.msg
 # $prev and $commit on top of us (when cherry-picking or replaying).
 
 echo >&2 "First trying simple merge strategy to $me."
-git-read-tree -m -u $base $head $next &&
+git-read-tree -m -u --aggressive $base $head $next &&
 result=$(git-write-tree 2>/dev/null) || {
     echo >&2 "Simple $me fails; trying Automatic $me."
     git-merge-index -o git-merge-one-file -a || {
+           mv -f .msg "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
+           {
+               echo '
+Conflicts:
+'
+               git ls-files --unmerged |
+               sed -e 's/^[^   ]*      /       /' |
+               uniq
+           } >>"$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
            echo >&2 "Automatic $me failed.  After resolving the conflicts,"
-           echo >&2 "mark the corrected paths with 'git-update-index <paths>'"
-           echo >&2 "and commit with 'git commit -F .msg'"
+           echo >&2 "mark the corrected paths with 'git-add <paths>'"
+           echo >&2 "and commit the result."
            case "$me" in
            cherry-pick)
                echo >&2 "You may choose to use the following when making"