Re: [PATCH 17/18] revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operation

+static void read_populate_todo(struct commit_list **todo_list,
+			struct replay_opts *opts)
+{
+	const char *todo_file = git_path(SEQ_TODO_FILE);
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct commit_list **next;
+	struct commit *commit;
+	char *p;
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = open(todo_file, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		strbuf_release(&buf);

+		die_errno(_("Could not open %s."), todo_file);
+	}
+	if (strbuf_read(&buf, fd, 0) < buf.len) {

+		close(fd);
+		strbuf_release(&buf);
+		die(_("Could not read %s."), todo_file);
+	}
+	close(fd);
+
+	next = todo_list;
+	for (p = buf.buf; *p; p = strchr(p, '\n') + 1) {

+		commit = parse_insn_line(p, opts);
+		if (!commit)
+			goto error;
+		next = commit_list_append(commit, next);
+	}
+	if (!*todo_list)
+		goto error;
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	return;
+error:
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	die(_("Unusable instruction sheet: %s"), todo_file);
+}