stg-repair(1)
NAME
stg-repair - Fix StGit metadata if branch was modified with git commands
SYNOPSIS
stg repair
DESCRIPTION
If you modify an StGit stack (branch) with some git commands --- such as
commit, pull, merge, and rebase --- you will leave the StGit metadata in
an inconsistent state. In that situation, you have two options:
1. Use "stg undo" to undo the effect of the git commands. (If you know
what you are doing and want more control, "git reset" or similar
will work too.)
2. Use "stg repair". This will fix up the StGit metadata to
accommodate the modifications to the branch. Specifically, it will
do the following:
* If you have made regular git commits on top of your stack of
StGit patches, "stg repair" makes new StGit patches out of
them, preserving their contents.
* However, merge commits cannot become patches; if you have
committed a merge on top of your stack, "repair" will simply
mark all patches below the merge unapplied, since they are no
longer reachable. If this is not what you want, use "stg undo"
to get rid of the merge and run "stg repair" again.
* The applied patches are supposed to be precisely those that are
reachable from the branch head. If you have used e.g. "git
reset" to move the head, some applied patches may no longer be
reachable, and some unapplied patches may have become
reachable. "stg repair" will correct the appliedness of such
patches.
"stg repair" will fix these inconsistencies reliably, so as long
as you like what it does, you have no reason to avoid causing
them in the first place. For example, you might find it
convenient to make commits with a graphical tool and then have
"stg repair" make proper patches of the commits.
Note
If using git commands on the stack was a mistake, running "stg
repair" is not what you want. In that case, what you want is option
(1) above.
STGIT
Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)
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