rebase -i: teach --onto A...B syntax

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index f96d887d23653019e3387eced2779d50b3f09fa2..f7ae02ccb57a4dbe4e7efc38f9c4615237704904 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -482,6 +482,25 @@ get_saved_options () {
        test -f "$DOTEST"/rebase-root && REBASE_ROOT=t
 }
 
+LF='
+'
+parse_onto () {
+       case "$1" in
+       *...*)
+               if      left=${1%...*} right=${1#*...} &&
+                       onto=$(git merge-base --all ${left:-HEAD} ${right:-HEAD})
+               then
+                       case "$onto" in
+                       ?*"$LF"?* | '')
+                               exit 1 ;;
+                       esac
+                       echo "$onto"
+                       exit 0
+               fi
+       esac
+       git rev-parse --verify "$1^0"
+}
+
 while test $# != 0
 do
        case "$1" in
@@ -589,7 +608,7 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
                ;;
        --onto)
                shift
-               ONTO=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1") ||
+               ONTO=$(parse_onto "$1") ||
                        die "Does not point to a valid commit: $1"
                ;;
        --)
@@ -703,7 +722,7 @@ first and then run 'git rebase --continue' again."
                                        preserve=t
                                        for p in $(git rev-list --parents -1 $sha1 | cut -d' ' -s -f2-)
                                        do
-                                               if test -f "$REWRITTEN"/$p -a \( $p != $UPSTREAM -o $sha1 = $first_after_upstream \)
+                                               if test -f "$REWRITTEN"/$p -a \( $p != $ONTO -o $sha1 = $first_after_upstream \)
                                                then
                                                        preserve=f
                                                fi