Merge branch 'mm/rebase-i-exec'

* mm/rebase-i-exec:
  git-rebase--interactive.sh: use printf instead of echo to print commit message
  git-rebase--interactive.sh: rework skip_unnecessary_picks
  test-lib: user-friendly alternatives to test [-d|-f|-e]
  rebase -i: add exec command to launch a shell command

Conflicts:
	git-rebase--interactive.sh
	t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index b4314568f5..3b87f1a1b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -466,6 +466,30 @@ sure that the current HEAD is "B", and call
 $ git rebase -i -p --onto Q O
 -----------------------------
 
+Reordering and editing commits usually creates untested intermediate
+steps.  You may want to check that your history editing did not break
+anything by running a test, or at least recompiling at intermediate
+points in history by using the "exec" command (shortcut "x").  You may
+do so by creating a todo list like this one:
+
+-------------------------------------------
+pick deadbee Implement feature XXX
+fixup f1a5c00 Fix to feature XXX
+exec make
+pick c0ffeee The oneline of the next commit
+edit deadbab The oneline of the commit after
+exec cd subdir; make test
+...
+-------------------------------------------
+
+The interactive rebase will stop when a command fails (i.e. exits with
+non-0 status) to give you an opportunity to fix the problem. You can
+continue with `git rebase --continue`.
+
+The "exec" command launches the command in a shell (the one specified
+in `$SHELL`, or the default shell if `$SHELL` is not set), so you can
+use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command is run from
+the root of the working tree.
 
 SPLITTING COMMITS
 -----------------