Merge branch 'rr/revert-cherry-pick-continue'

* rr/revert-cherry-pick-continue:
  builtin/revert.c: make commit_list_append() static
  revert: Propagate errors upwards from do_pick_commit
  revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operation
  revert: Don't implicitly stomp pending sequencer operation
  revert: Remove sequencer state when no commits are pending
  reset: Make reset remove the sequencer state
  revert: Introduce --reset to remove sequencer state
  revert: Make pick_commits functionally act on a commit list
  revert: Save command-line options for continuing operation
  revert: Save data for continuing after conflict resolution
  revert: Don't create invalid replay_opts in parse_args
  revert: Separate cmdline parsing from functional code
  revert: Introduce struct to keep command-line options
  revert: Eliminate global "commit" variable
  revert: Rename no_replay to record_origin
  revert: Don't check lone argument in get_encoding
  revert: Simplify and inline add_message_to_msg
  config: Introduce functions to write non-standard file
  advice: Introduce error_resolve_conflict

Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git cherry-pick' [--edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-x] [--ff] <commit>...
+'git cherry-pick' --reset
+'git cherry-pick' --continue
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -110,6 +112,10 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 	Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
 	merge strategy.  See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
 
+SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
+---------------------
+include::sequencer.txt[]
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 `git cherry-pick master`::

Documentation/git-revert.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>...
+'git revert' --reset
+'git revert' --continue
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -91,6 +93,10 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 	Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
 	merge strategy.  See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
 
+SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
+---------------------
+include::sequencer.txt[]
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 `git revert HEAD~3`::

Documentation/sequencer.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--reset::
+	Forget about the current operation in progress.  Can be used
+	to clear the sequencer state after a failed cherry-pick or
+	revert.
+
+--continue::
+	Continue the operation in progress using the information in
+	'.git/sequencer'.  Can be used to continue after resolving
+	conflicts in a failed cherry-pick or revert.

Makefile

@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ LIB_H += rerere.h
 LIB_H += resolve-undo.h
 LIB_H += revision.h
 LIB_H += run-command.h
+LIB_H += sequencer.h
 LIB_H += sha1-array.h
 LIB_H += sha1-lookup.h
 LIB_H += sideband.h
@@ -664,6 +665,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += revision.o
 LIB_OBJS += run-command.o
 LIB_OBJS += server-info.o
 LIB_OBJS += setup.o
+LIB_OBJS += sequencer.o
 LIB_OBJS += sha1-array.o
 LIB_OBJS += sha1-lookup.o
 LIB_OBJS += sha1_file.o

advice.c

@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ static struct {
 	{ "detachedhead", &advice_detached_head },
 };
 
+void advise(const char *advice, ...)
+{
+	va_list params;
+
+	va_start(params, advice);
+	vreportf("hint: ", advice, params);
+	va_end(params);
+}
+
 int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 {
 	const char *k = skip_prefix(var, "advice.");
@@ -34,16 +43,24 @@ int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me)
+int error_resolve_conflict(const char *me)
 {
-	if (advice_resolve_conflict)
+	error("'%s' is not possible because you have unmerged files.", me);
+	if (advice_resolve_conflict) {
 		/*
 		 * Message used both when 'git commit' fails and when
 		 * other commands doing a merge do.
 		 */
-		die("'%s' is not possible because you have unmerged files.\n"
-		    "Please, fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>' as\n"
-		    "appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit, or use 'git commit -a'.", me);
-	else
-		die("'%s' is not possible because you have unmerged files.", me);
+		advise("Fix them up in the work tree,");
+		advise("and then use 'git add/rm <file>' as");
+		advise("appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit,");
+		advise("or use 'git commit -a'.");
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me)
+{
+	error_resolve_conflict(me);
+	die("Exiting because of an unresolved conflict.");
 }

advice.h

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ extern int advice_implicit_identity;
 extern int advice_detached_head;
 
 int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);
-
+void advise(const char *advice, ...);
+int error_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
 extern void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
 
 #endif /* ADVICE_H */

branch.c

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "sequencer.h"
 
 struct tracking {
 	struct refspec spec;
@@ -245,4 +246,5 @@ void remove_branch_state(void)
 	unlink(git_path("MERGE_MSG"));
 	unlink(git_path("MERGE_MODE"));
 	unlink(git_path("SQUASH_MSG"));
+	remove_sequencer_state(0);
 }