OK. As I said, I don't have a problem with the patch. Maybe you could
mention in the help that it's usually meant for tools like Emacs,
otherwise people would wonder how to use it from the command line but
as it is, the patch looks fine.
diff --git a/stgit/commands/edit.py b/stgit/commands/edit.py
index f3f731f..a863611 100644
--- a/stgit/commands/edit.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/edit.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from stgit.commands import common
from stgit.lib import git as gitlib, transaction, edit
from stgit.out import *
-help = 'edit a patch description or diff'
+help = 'Edit a patch description or diff'
kind = 'patch'
usage = ['[options] [--] [<patch>]']
description = """
@@ -52,7 +52,14 @@ invoked even if such command-line options are given.)
If the patch diff is edited but does not apply, no changes are made to
the patch at all. The edited patch is saved to a file which you can
-feed to "stg edit --file", once you have made sure it does apply."""
+feed to "stg edit --file", once you have made sure it does apply.
+
+With --set-tree you set the git tree of the patch to the specified
+SHA1, without changing the tree of any other patches. When used on the
+top patch, the index and work tree will be updated to match the tree.
+This low-level option is primarily meant to be used by tools built on
+top of stgit, such as the Emacs mode. See also the --set-tree flag of
+stg push."""
args = [argparse.applied_patches, argparse.unapplied_patches,
argparse.hidden_patches]@@ -61,6 +68,9 @@ options = [
short = 'Edit the patch diff'),
opt('-e', '--edit', action = 'store_true',
short = 'Invoke interactive editor'),
+ opt('-t', '--set-tree', action = 'store',
+ metavar = 'SHA1',
+ short = 'Set the git tree of the patch to SHA1'),
] + (argparse.sign_options() +
argparse.message_options(save_template = True) +
argparse.author_options() + argparse.diff_opts_option())@@ -86,6 +96,9 @@ def func(parser, options, args):
cd = orig_cd = stack.patches.get(patchname).commit.data
+ if options.set_tree:
+ cd = cd.set_tree(stack.repository.get_tree(options.set_tree))
+
cd, failed_diff = edit.auto_edit_patch(
stack.repository, cd, msg = options.message, contains_diff = True,
author = options.author, committer = lambda p: p,@@ -128,7 +141,10 @@ def func(parser, options, args):
trans.patches[patchname] = stack.repository.commit(cd)
try:
for pn in popped:
- trans.push_patch(pn, iw, allow_interactive = True)
+ if options.set_tree:
+ trans.push_tree(pn)
+ else:
+ trans.push_patch(pn, iw, allow_interactive = True)
except transaction.TransactionHalted:
pass
try:diff --git a/t/t3300-edit.sh b/t/t3300-edit.sh
index 7003a27..078d4c3 100755
--- a/t/t3300-edit.sh
+++ b/t/t3300-edit.sh
@@ -212,4 +212,19 @@ test_expect_failure 'Fail to set invalid author date' '
test "$(date HEAD)" = "2013-01-28 22:30:00 -0300"
'
+test_expect_success 'Set patch tree SHA1' '
+ p2tree=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%T $(stg id p2)) &&
+ p4tree=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:%T $(stg id p4)) &&
+ stg edit --set-tree $p4tree &&
+ test $(git write-tree) = $p4tree &&
+ grep "^333zz$" foo &&
+ stg pop &&
+ stg edit --set-tree $p2tree p2 &&
+ stg push --set-tree &&
+ test $(git write-tree) = $p2tree &&
+ grep "^333$" foo &&
+ stg edit --set-tree $p2tree p1 &&
+ test "$(echo $(stg series --empty --all))" = "+ p1 0> p2 - p3 ! p4"
+'
+
test_done--
1.7.0.4