+
+int edit_todo_list(unsigned flags)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ const char *todo_file = rebase_path_todo();
+
+ if (strbuf_read_file(&buf, todo_file, 0) < 0)
+ return error_errno(_("could not read '%s'."), todo_file);
+
+ strbuf_stripspace(&buf, 1);
+ if (write_message(buf.buf, buf.len, todo_file, 0)) {
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+ transform_todos(flags | TODO_LIST_SHORTEN_IDS);
+ append_todo_help(1, 0);
+
+ if (launch_sequence_editor(todo_file, NULL, NULL))
+ return -1;
+
+ transform_todos(flags & ~(TODO_LIST_SHORTEN_IDS));
+
+ return 0;
+}