git-am annoyance

From: Sverre Rabbelier <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:02

Heya,

Observe what happens if, on accident, rather than running a alias
(amendall), the 'tab' didn't catch on:
$ git am
^C
$ # ok, now what do I do?
$ git status
# On branch checker-caching
nothing to commit (working directory clean)
$ # looks like everything is ok, great
$ # ... some time later
$ # same thing happens
$ git am
cat: /home/sverre/code/Melange/.git/rebase-apply/next: No such file or directory
cat: /home/sverre/code/Melange/.git/rebase-apply/utf8: No such file or directory
cat: /home/sverre/code/Melange/.git/rebase-apply/keep: No such file or directory
cat: /home/sverre/code/Melange/.git/rebase-apply/threeway: No such
file or directory
cat: /home/sverre/code/Melange/.git/rebase-apply/apply-opt: No such
file or directory
cat: /home/sverre/code/Melange/.git/rebase-apply/sign: No such file or directory
cat: /home/sverre/code/Melange/.git/rebase-apply/next: No such file or directory
/usr/local/libexec/git-core//git-am: line 319: test: : integer
expression expected
/usr/local/libexec/git-core//git-am: line 326: test: : integer
expression expected
$ # whoops?!

Wouldn't it be nice if "git am" without any arguments just prints a
usage message? Either that, or provides you with a way to bail out? Or
if it'd clean up after itself so that it doesn't crash?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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