rebase: extract code for writing basic state

Extract the code for writing the state to rebase-apply/ or
rebase-merge/ when a rebase is initiated. This will make it easier to
later make both interactive and non-interactive rebase remember the
options used.

Note that non-interactive rebase stores the sha1 of the original head
in a file called orig-head, while interactive rebase stores it in a
file called head. Change this by writing to orig-head in both
cases. When reading, try to read from orig-head. If that fails, read
from head instead. This protects users who upgraded git while they had
an ongoing interactive rebase, while still making it possible to
remove the code that reads from head at some point in the future.

Helped-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Martin von Zweigbergk <martin.von.zweigbergk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 4af0bc6c8f..437cc52b24 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -707,16 +707,13 @@ orig_head=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) || die "No HEAD?"
 mkdir "$state_dir" || die "Could not create temporary $state_dir"
 
 : > "$state_dir"/interactive || die "Could not mark as interactive"
-echo "$head_name" > "$state_dir"/head-name
-
-echo $orig_head > "$state_dir"/head
+write_basic_state
 case "$rebase_root" in
 '')
 	rm -f "$state_dir"/rebase-root ;;
 *)
 	: >"$state_dir"/rebase-root ;;
 esac
-echo $onto > "$state_dir"/onto
 test -z "$strategy" || echo "$strategy" > "$state_dir"/strategy
 test t = "$verbose" && : > "$state_dir"/verbose
 if test t = "$preserve_merges"