Re: [PATCH] rebase -i: add exec command to launch a shell command

Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:

On Montag, 2. August 2010, Matthieu Moy wrote:

quoted

The typical usage pattern would be to run a test (or simply a compilation
command) at given points in history.

What happens if the command modifies the worktree and/or the index?

Something terrible :-(. The next patch application fails, and the
patch is more or less silently dropped (I thought it would fail giving
the user an opportunity to fix and re-apply, but it doesn't).

New version checks working tree cleanness right after the command
finishes, and stops cleanly, in time (restart with "git rebase
--continue"). This comes with a new test.

(But the command can possibly create a new commit or amend the
previous one without problem)

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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/