rebase: give a better error message for bogus branch

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 4d14b077d22ac030956fa686b637ac86763f05c0..20ebd097da66b3562e65a5d4fa45381384ebb70d 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ AUTOSQUASH=
 test "$(git config --bool rebase.autosquash)" = "true" && AUTOSQUASH=t
 NEVER_FF=
 
-GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP="  After resolving the conflicts,
-mark the corrected paths with 'git add <paths>', and
-run 'git rebase --continue'"
+GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP="\
+hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths
+hint: with 'git add <paths>' and run 'git rebase --continue'"
 export GIT_CHERRY_PICK_HELP
 
 warn () {
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ skip_unnecessary_picks () {
                case "$fd,$command" in
                3,pick|3,p)
                        # pick a commit whose parent is current $ONTO -> skip
-                       sha1=$(printf '%s' "$rest" | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
+                       sha1=${rest%% *}
                        case "$(git rev-parse --verify --quiet "$sha1"^)" in
                        "$ONTO"*)
                                ONTO=$sha1
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
 
                if test ! -z "$1"
                then
-                       output git checkout "$1" ||
+                       output git checkout "$1" -- ||
                                die "Could not checkout $1"
                fi