[PATCH v3 12/38] sequencer (rebase -i): write an author-script file

@@ -483,6 +483,52 @@ static int is_index_unchanged(void)
 	return !hashcmp(active_cache_tree->sha1, head_commit->tree->object.oid.hash);
 }
 
+static int write_author_script(const char *message)
+{
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *eol;
+	int res;
+
+	for (;;)
+		if (!*message || starts_with(message, "\n")) {
+missing_author:
+			/* Missing 'author' line? */
+			unlink(rebase_path_author_script());
+			return 0;
+		} else if (skip_prefix(message, "author ", &message))
+			break;
+		else if ((eol = strchr(message, '\n')))
+			message = eol + 1;
+		else
+			goto missing_author;
+
+	strbuf_addstr(&buf, "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='");
+	while (*message && *message != '\n' && *message != '\r')
+		if (skip_prefix(message, " <", &message))
+			break;
+		else if (*message != '\'')
+			strbuf_addch(&buf, *(message++));
+		else
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\\\%c'", *(message++));
+	strbuf_addstr(&buf, "'\nGIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='");
+	while (*message && *message != '\n' && *message != '\r')
+		if (skip_prefix(message, "> ", &message))
+			break;
+		else if (*message != '\'')
+			strbuf_addch(&buf, *(message++));
+		else
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\\\%c'", *(message++));
+	strbuf_addstr(&buf, "'\nGIT_AUTHOR_DATE='@");
+	while (*message && *message != '\n' && *message != '\r')
+		if (*message != '\'')
+			strbuf_addch(&buf, *(message++));
+		else
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, "'\\\\%c'", *(message++));
+	res = write_message(buf.buf, buf.len, rebase_path_author_script(), 1);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	return res;
+}
+
 /*
  * Read the author-script file into an environment block, ready for use in
  * run_command(), that can be free()d afterwards.

@@ -935,7 +981,9 @@ static int do_pick_commit(enum todo_command command, struct commit *commit,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!opts->strategy || !strcmp(opts->strategy, "recursive") || command == TODO_REVERT) {
+	if (is_rebase_i(opts) && write_author_script(msg.message) < 0)
+		res = -1;
+	else if (!opts->strategy || !strcmp(opts->strategy, "recursive") || command == TODO_REVERT) {
 		res = do_recursive_merge(base, next, base_label, next_label,
 					 head, &msgbuf, opts);
 		if (res < 0)