[PATCH v2] sequencer: advise if skipping cherry-picked commit

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ advice.*::
 		Shown when linkgit:git-push[1] rejects a forced update of
 		a branch when its remote-tracking ref has updates that we
 		do not have locally.
+	skippedCherryPicks::
+		Shown when linkgit:git-rebase[1] skips a commit that has already
+		been cherry-picked onto the upstream branch.
 	statusAheadBehind::
 		Shown when linkgit:git-status[1] computes the ahead/behind
 		counts for a local ref compared to its remote tracking ref,

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ int advice_checkout_ambiguous_remote_branch_name = 1;
 int advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die = 1;
 int advice_add_ignored_file = 1;
 int advice_add_empty_pathspec = 1;
+int advice_skipped_cherry_picks = 1;
 
 static int advice_use_color = -1;
 static char advice_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {

@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ static struct {
 	{ "submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie", &advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die },
 	{ "addIgnoredFile", &advice_add_ignored_file },
 	{ "addEmptyPathspec", &advice_add_empty_pathspec },
+	{ "skippedCherryPicks", &advice_skipped_cherry_picks },
 
 	/* make this an alias for backward compatibility */
 	{ "pushNonFastForward", &advice_push_update_rejected }

@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ static struct {
 	[ADVICE_SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_STRATEGY_DIE] = { "submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie", 1 },
 	[ADVICE_UPDATE_SPARSE_PATH]			= { "updateSparsePath", 1 },
 	[ADVICE_WAITING_FOR_EDITOR]			= { "waitingForEditor", 1 },
+	[ADVICE_SKIPPED_CHERRY_PICKS]			= { "skippedCherryPicks", 1},
 };
 
 static const char turn_off_instructions[] =

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ extern int advice_add_empty_pathspec;
 	ADVICE_SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_STRATEGY_DIE,
 	ADVICE_UPDATE_SPARSE_PATH,
 	ADVICE_WAITING_FOR_EDITOR,
+	ADVICE_SKIPPED_CHERRY_PICKS,
 };
 
 int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);

@@ -5099,6 +5099,7 @@ static int make_script_with_merges(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 	int keep_empty = flags & TODO_LIST_KEEP_EMPTY;
 	int rebase_cousins = flags & TODO_LIST_REBASE_COUSINS;
 	int root_with_onto = flags & TODO_LIST_ROOT_WITH_ONTO;
+	int skipped_commit = 0;
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT, oneline = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf label = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct commit_list *commits = NULL, **tail = &commits, *iter;

@@ -5149,8 +5150,13 @@ static int make_script_with_merges(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 		oidset_insert(&interesting, &commit->object.oid);
 
 		is_empty = is_original_commit_empty(commit);
-		if (!is_empty && (commit->object.flags & PATCHSAME))
+		if (!is_empty && (commit->object.flags & PATCHSAME)) {
+			advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_SKIPPED_CHERRY_PICKS,
+					_("skipped previously applied commit %s"),
+					short_commit_name(commit));
+			skipped_commit = 1;
 			continue;
+		}
 		if (is_empty && !keep_empty)
 			continue;
 

@@ -5214,6 +5220,9 @@ static int make_script_with_merges(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 		oidcpy(&entry->entry.oid, &commit->object.oid);
 		oidmap_put(&commit2todo, entry);
 	}
+	if (skipped_commit)
+		advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_SKIPPED_CHERRY_PICKS,
+				  _("use --reapply-cherry-picks to include skipped commits"));
 
 	/*
 	 * Second phase:

@@ -5334,6 +5343,7 @@ int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out, int argc,
 	const char *insn = flags & TODO_LIST_ABBREVIATE_CMDS ? "p" : "pick";
 	int rebase_merges = flags & TODO_LIST_REBASE_MERGES;
 	int reapply_cherry_picks = flags & TODO_LIST_REAPPLY_CHERRY_PICKS;
+	int skipped_commit = 0;
 
 	repo_init_revisions(r, &revs, NULL);
 	revs.verbose_header = 1;

@@ -5369,8 +5379,13 @@ int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out, int argc,
 	while ((commit = get_revision(&revs))) {
 		int is_empty = is_original_commit_empty(commit);
 
-		if (!is_empty && (commit->object.flags & PATCHSAME))
+		if (!is_empty && (commit->object.flags & PATCHSAME)) {
+			advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_SKIPPED_CHERRY_PICKS,
+					  _("skipped previously applied commit %s"),
+					  short_commit_name(commit));
+			skipped_commit = 1;
 			continue;
+		}
 		if (is_empty && !keep_empty)
 			continue;
 		strbuf_addf(out, "%s %s ", insn,

@@ -5380,6 +5395,9 @@ int sequencer_make_script(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *out, int argc,
 			strbuf_addf(out, " %c empty", comment_line_char);
 		strbuf_addch(out, '\n');
 	}
+	if (skipped_commit)
+		advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_SKIPPED_CHERRY_PICKS,
+				  _("use --reapply-cherry-picks to include skipped commits"));
 	return 0;
 }