git-revert with conflicts to behave as git-merge with conflicts

diff --git a/git-revert.sh b/git-revert.sh
index c19d3a6916ce9c5dccff09f6edfd8b5478b2e834..066e67753e939c3697082d48d6caee6e4b303796 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-revert.sh
+++ b/git-revert.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ revert)
                s/^[^ ]* /Revert "/
                s/$/"/'
        echo
-       echo "This reverts $commit commit."
+       echo "This reverts commit $commit."
        test "$rev" = "$commit" ||
        echo "(original 'git revert' arguments: $@)"
        base=$commit next=$prev
@@ -137,13 +137,22 @@ esac >.msg
 # $prev and $commit on top of us (when cherry-picking or replaying).
 
 echo >&2 "First trying simple merge strategy to $me."
-git-read-tree -m -u $base $head $next &&
+git-read-tree -m -u --aggressive $base $head $next &&
 result=$(git-write-tree 2>/dev/null) || {
     echo >&2 "Simple $me fails; trying Automatic $me."
     git-merge-index -o git-merge-one-file -a || {
+           mv -f .msg "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
+           {
+               echo '
+Conflicts:
+'
+               git ls-files --unmerged |
+               sed -e 's/^[^   ]*      /       /' |
+               uniq
+           } >>"$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
            echo >&2 "Automatic $me failed.  After resolving the conflicts,"
            echo >&2 "mark the corrected paths with 'git-update-index <paths>'"
-           echo >&2 "and commit with 'git commit -F .msg'"
+           echo >&2 "and commit the result."
            case "$me" in
            cherry-pick)
                echo >&2 "You may choose to use the following when making"