When cherry-picking a single commit, we go through a special
code path that avoids creating a sequencer todo list at all.
This path expects our revision parsing to turn up exactly
one commit, and dies with a BUG if it doesn't.
But it's actually quite easy to fool. For example:
$ git cherry-pick --author=no.such.person HEAD
error: BUG: expected exactly one commit from walk
fatal: cherry-pick failed
This isn't a bug; it's just bogus input.
The condition to trigger this message actually has two
parts:
1. We saw no commits. That's the case in the example
above. Let's drop the "BUG" here to make it clear that
the input is the problem. And let's also use the phrase
"empty commit set passed", which matches what we say
when we do a real revision walk and it turns up empty.
2. We saw more than one commit. That one _should_ be
impossible to trigger, since we fed at most one tip and
provided the no_walk option (and we'll have already
expanded options like "--branches" that can turn into
multiple tips). If this ever triggers, it's an
indication that the conditional added by 7acaaac275
(revert: allow single-pick in the middle of cherry-pick
sequence, 2011-12-10) needs to more carefully define
the single-pick case.
So this can remain a bug, but we'll upgrade it to use
the BUG() macro, which would make it easier to detect
and analyze if it does trigger.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses,
compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus
Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that
list the current status of various development topics to the mailing
list. The discussion following them give a good reference for
project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very
first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker"
and the name as (depending on your mood):
random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
dictionary of slang.
"global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
"goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
