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git/t/t3452-history-split.sh
Patrick Steinhardt d563ecec28 builtin/history: implement "split" subcommand
It is quite a common use case that one wants to split up one commit into
multiple commits by moving parts of the changes of the original commit
out into a separate commit. This is quite an involved operation though:

  1. Identify the commit in question that is to be dropped.

  2. Perform an interactive rebase on top of that commit's parent.

  3. Modify the instruction sheet to "edit" the commit that is to be
     split up.

  4. Drop the commit via "git reset HEAD~".

  5. Stage changes that should go into the first commit and commit it.

  6. Stage changes that should go into the second commit and commit it.

  7. Finalize the rebase.

This is quite complex, and overall I would claim that most people who
are not experts in Git would struggle with this flow.

Introduce a new "split" subcommand for git-history(1) to make this way
easier. All the user needs to do is to say `git history split $COMMIT`.
From hereon, Git asks the user which parts of the commit shall be moved
out into a separate commit and, once done, asks the user for the commit
message. Git then creates that split-out commit and applies the original
commit on top of it.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-03 15:09:37 -08:00

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#!/bin/sh
test_description='tests for git-history split subcommand'
. ./test-lib.sh
. "$TEST_DIRECTORY/lib-log-graph.sh"
# The fake editor takes multiple arguments, each of which represents a commit
# message. Subsequent invocations of the editor will then yield those messages
# in order.
#
set_fake_editor () {
printf "%s\n" "$@" >fake-input &&
write_script fake-editor.sh <<-\EOF &&
head -n1 fake-input >"$1"
sed 1d fake-input >fake-input.trimmed &&
mv fake-input.trimmed fake-input
EOF
test_set_editor "$(pwd)"/fake-editor.sh
}
expect_graph () {
cat >expect &&
lib_test_cmp_graph --graph --format=%s "$@"
}
expect_log () {
git log --format="%s" >actual &&
cat >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual
}
expect_tree_entries () {
git ls-tree --name-only "$1" >actual &&
cat >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual
}
test_expect_success 'refuses to work with merge commits' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit base &&
git branch branch &&
test_commit ours &&
git switch branch &&
test_commit theirs &&
git switch - &&
git merge theirs &&
test_must_fail git history split HEAD 2>err &&
test_grep "cannot split up merge commit" err &&
test_must_fail git history split HEAD~ 2>err &&
test_grep "replaying merge commits is not supported yet" err
)
'
test_expect_success 'errors on missing commit argument' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
test_must_fail git history split 2>err &&
test_grep "command expects a committish" err
)
'
test_expect_success 'errors on unknown revision' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
test_must_fail git history split does-not-exist 2>err &&
test_grep "commit cannot be found" err
)
'
test_expect_success '--dry-run does not modify any refs' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit base &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
git refs list --include-root-refs >before &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split --dry-run HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
git refs list --include-root-refs >after &&
test_cmp before after
)
'
test_expect_success 'can split up tip commit' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
git symbolic-ref HEAD >expect &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
git symbolic-ref HEAD >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual &&
expect_log <<-EOF &&
second
first
initial
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
bar
initial.t
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF &&
bar
foo
initial.t
EOF
git reflog >reflog &&
test_grep "split: updating HEAD" reflog
)
'
test_expect_success 'can split up root commit' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m root &&
test_commit tip &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
expect_log <<-EOF &&
tip
second
first
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~2 <<-EOF &&
bar
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
bar
foo
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF
bar
foo
tip.t
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'can split up in-between commit' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
test_commit tip &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
expect_log <<-EOF &&
tip
second
first
initial
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~2 <<-EOF &&
bar
initial.t
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
bar
foo
initial.t
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF
bar
foo
initial.t
tip.t
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'can split HEAD only' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit base &&
touch a b &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
git branch unrelated &&
set_fake_editor "ours-a" "ours-b" &&
git history split --update-refs=head HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
expect_graph --branches <<-EOF
* ours-b
* ours-a
| * split-me
|/
* base
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'can split detached HEAD' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
git checkout --detach HEAD &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split --update-refs=head HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
# HEAD should be detached and updated.
test_must_fail git symbolic-ref HEAD &&
expect_log <<-EOF
second
first
initial
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'can split commit in unrelated branch' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit base &&
git branch ours &&
git switch --create theirs &&
touch theirs-a theirs-b &&
git add . &&
git commit -m theirs &&
git switch ours &&
test_commit ours &&
# With --update-refs=head it is not possible to split up a
# commit that is unrelated to HEAD.
test_must_fail git history split --update-refs=head theirs 2>err &&
test_grep "rewritten commit must be an ancestor of HEAD" err &&
set_fake_editor "theirs-rewritten-a" "theirs-rewritten-b" &&
git history split theirs <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
expect_graph --branches <<-EOF &&
* ours
| * theirs-rewritten-b
| * theirs-rewritten-a
|/
* base
EOF
expect_tree_entries theirs~ <<-EOF &&
base.t
theirs-a
EOF
expect_tree_entries theirs <<-EOF
base.t
theirs-a
theirs-b
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'updates multiple descendant branches' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo --initial-branch=main &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit base &&
touch file-a file-b &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
git branch branch &&
test_commit on-main &&
git switch branch &&
test_commit on-branch &&
git switch main &&
set_fake_editor "split-a" "split-b" &&
git history split HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
# Both branches should now descend from the split commits.
expect_graph --branches <<-EOF
* on-branch
| * on-main
|/
* split-b
* split-a
* base
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'can pick multiple hunks' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
touch bar baz foo qux &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
y
n
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
bar
foo
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF
bar
baz
foo
qux
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'can use only last hunk' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
n
y
EOF
expect_log <<-EOF &&
second
first
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
foo
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF
bar
foo
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'can split commit with file deletions' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
echo a >a &&
echo b >b &&
echo c >c &&
git add . &&
git commit -m base &&
git rm a b &&
git commit -m delete-both &&
set_fake_editor "delete-a" "delete-b" &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
expect_log <<-EOF &&
delete-b
delete-a
base
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
b
c
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF
c
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'preserves original authorship' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Other Author" \
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="other@example.com" \
git commit -m split-me &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
git log -1 --format="%an <%ae>" HEAD~ >actual &&
echo "Other Author <other@example.com>" >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual &&
git log -1 --format="%an <%ae>" HEAD >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
)
'
test_expect_success 'aborts with empty commit message' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
set_fake_editor "" &&
test_must_fail git history split HEAD <<-EOF 2>err &&
y
n
EOF
test_grep "Aborting commit due to empty commit message." err
)
'
test_expect_success 'commit message editor sees split-out changes' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
write_script fake-editor.sh <<-\EOF &&
cat "$1" >>MESSAGES &&
echo "some commit message" >"$1"
EOF
test_set_editor "$(pwd)"/fake-editor.sh &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
# Note that we expect to see the messages twice, once for each
# of the commits. The committed files are different though.
cat >expect <<-EOF &&
split-me
# Please enter the commit message for the split-out changes. Lines starting
# with ${SQ}#${SQ} will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
# Changes to be committed:
# new file: bar
#
split-me
# Please enter the commit message for the split-out changes. Lines starting
# with ${SQ}#${SQ} will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
# Changes to be committed:
# new file: foo
#
EOF
test_cmp expect MESSAGES &&
expect_log <<-EOF
some commit message
some commit message
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'can use pathspec to limit what gets split' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split HEAD -- foo <<-EOF &&
y
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
foo
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF
bar
foo
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'pathspec matching no files produces empty split error' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
test_must_fail git history split HEAD -- nonexistent 2>err &&
test_grep "split commit is empty" err
)
'
test_expect_success 'split with multiple pathspecs' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit initial &&
touch a b c d &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
# Only a and c should be offered for splitting.
set_fake_editor "split-ac" "remainder" &&
git history split HEAD -- a c <<-EOF &&
y
y
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
a
c
initial.t
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF
a
b
c
d
initial.t
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'split with file mode change' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
echo content >script &&
git add . &&
git commit -m base &&
test_chmod +x script &&
echo change >script &&
git commit -a -m "mode and content change" &&
set_fake_editor "mode-change" "content-change" &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
expect_log <<-EOF
content-change
mode-change
base
EOF
)
'
test_expect_success 'refuses to create empty split-out commit' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
test_commit base &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
test_must_fail git history split HEAD 2>err <<-EOF &&
n
n
EOF
test_grep "split commit is empty" err
)
'
test_expect_success 'hooks are not executed for rewritten commits' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
old_head=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
ORIG_PATH="$(pwd)" &&
export ORIG_PATH &&
for hook in prepare-commit-msg pre-commit post-commit post-rewrite commit-msg
do
write_script .git/hooks/$hook <<-\EOF || exit 1
touch "$ORIG_PATH"/hooks.log
EOF
done &&
set_fake_editor "first" "second" &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
expect_log <<-EOF &&
second
first
EOF
test_path_is_missing hooks.log
)
'
test_expect_success 'refuses to create empty original commit' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
touch bar foo &&
git add . &&
git commit -m split-me &&
test_must_fail git history split HEAD 2>err <<-EOF &&
y
y
EOF
test_grep "split commit tree matches original commit" err
)
'
test_expect_success 'retains changes in the worktree and index' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
git init repo &&
(
cd repo &&
echo a >a &&
echo b >b &&
git add . &&
git commit -m "initial commit" &&
echo a-modified >a &&
echo b-modified >b &&
git add b &&
set_fake_editor "a-only" "remainder" &&
git history split HEAD <<-EOF &&
y
n
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD~ <<-EOF &&
a
EOF
expect_tree_entries HEAD <<-EOF &&
a
b
EOF
cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
M a
M b
?? actual
?? expect
?? fake-editor.sh
?? fake-input
EOF
git status --porcelain >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
)
'
test_done