Update tutorial to describe shared repository style a bit more.
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1 #!/bin/sh
2 . git-sh-setup-script || die "Not a git archive"
4 # We want a clean tree and clean index to be able to revert.
5 status=$(git status)
6 case "$status" in
7 'nothing to commit') ;;
8 *)
9 echo "$status"
10 die "Your working tree is dirty; cannot revert a previous patch." ;;
11 esac
13 rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$@") &&
14 commit=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$rev^0") || exit
15 if git-diff-tree -R -M -p $commit | git-apply --index &&
16 msg=$(git-rev-list --pretty=oneline --max-count=1 $commit)
17 then
19 echo "$msg" | sed -e '
20 s/^[^ ]* /Revert "/
21 s/$/"/'
22 echo
23 echo "This reverts $commit commit."
24 test "$rev" = "$commit" ||
25 echo "(original 'git revert' arguments: $@)"
26 } | git commit -F -
27 else
28 # Now why did it fail?
29 parents=`git-cat-file commit "$commit" 2>/dev/null |
30 sed -ne '/^$/q;/^parent /p' |
31 wc -l`
32 case $parents in
33 0) die "Cannot revert the root commit nor non commit-ish." ;;
34 1) die "The patch does not apply." ;;
35 *) die "Cannot revert a merge commit." ;;
36 esac