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[PATCH v2 17/18] builtin rebase: add support for custom merge strategies

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Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 4, 2018, 22:00 UTC
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From: Pratik Karki <predatoramigo@gmail.com>

When running a rebase in non-am mode, it uses the recursive merge to cherry-pick the commits, and the rebase command allows to configure the merge strategy to be used in this operation.

This commit adds that support to the builtin rebase.
Signed-off-by: Pratik Karki <predatoramigo@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 builtin/rebase.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 6c101e1260..847c7daf1c 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct rebase_options {
 	char *cmd;
 	int allow_empty_message;
 	int rebase_merges, rebase_cousins;
+	char *strategy, *strategy_opts;
 };
 
 static int is_interactive(struct rebase_options *opts)
@@ -217,6 +218,22 @@ static int read_basic_state(struct rebase_options *opts)
 		opts->gpg_sign_opt = xstrdup(buf.buf);
 	}
 
+	if (file_exists(state_dir_path("strategy", opts))) {
+		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+		if (read_one(state_dir_path("strategy", opts), &buf))
+			return -1;
+		free(opts->strategy);
+		opts->strategy = xstrdup(buf.buf);
+	}
+
+	if (file_exists(state_dir_path("strategy_opts", opts))) {
+		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+		if (read_one(state_dir_path("strategy_opts", opts), &buf))
+			return -1;
+		free(opts->strategy_opts);
+		opts->strategy_opts = xstrdup(buf.buf);
+	}
+
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -356,6 +373,8 @@ static int run_specific_rebase(struct rebase_options *opts)
 		opts->rebase_merges ? "t" : "");
 	add_var(&script_snippet, "rebase_cousins",
 		opts->rebase_cousins ? "t" : "");
+	add_var(&script_snippet, "strategy", opts->strategy);
+	add_var(&script_snippet, "strategy_opts", opts->strategy_opts);
 
 	switch (opts->type) {
 	case REBASE_AM:
@@ -633,6 +652,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct string_list exec = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 	const char *rebase_merges = NULL;
 	int fork_point = -1;
+	struct string_list strategy_options = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 	struct option builtin_rebase_options[] = {
 		OPT_STRING(0, "onto", &options.onto_name,
 			   N_("revision"),
@@ -717,6 +737,12 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t)""},
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "fork-point", &fork_point,
 			 N_("use 'merge-base --fork-point' to refine upstream")),
+		OPT_STRING('s', "strategy", &options.strategy,
+			   N_("strategy"), N_("use the given merge strategy")),
+		OPT_STRING_LIST('X', "strategy-option", &strategy_options,
+				N_("option"),
+				N_("pass the argument through to the merge "
+				   "strategy")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -963,6 +989,37 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		imply_interactive(&options, "--rebase-merges");
 	}
 
+	if (strategy_options.nr) {
+		int i;
+
+		if (!options.strategy)
+			options.strategy = "recursive";
+
+		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+		for (i = 0; i < strategy_options.nr; i++)
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, " --%s",
+				    strategy_options.items[i].string);
+		options.strategy_opts = xstrdup(buf.buf);
+	}
+
+	if (options.strategy) {
+		options.strategy = xstrdup(options.strategy);
+		switch (options.type) {
+		case REBASE_AM:
+			die(_("--strategy requires --merge or --interactive"));
+		case REBASE_MERGE:
+		case REBASE_INTERACTIVE:
+		case REBASE_PRESERVE_MERGES:
+			/* compatible */
+			break;
+		case REBASE_UNSPECIFIED:
+			options.type = REBASE_MERGE;
+			break;
+		default:
+			BUG("unhandled rebase type (%d)", options.type);
+		}
+	}
+
 	switch (options.type) {
 	case REBASE_MERGE:
 	case REBASE_INTERACTIVE:
-- 
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  1. Pratik KarkiAug 8, 2018
  2. 01/18 builtin rebase: allow selecting the rebase "backend"Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  3. 02/18 builtin rebase: support --signoffPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  4. 03/18 builtin rebase: support --rerere-autoupdatePratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  5. 04/18 builtin rebase: support --committer-date-is-author-datePratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  6. 05/18 builtin rebase: support `ignore-whitespace` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  7. 06/18 builtin rebase: support `ignore-date` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  8. 07/18 builtin rebase: support `keep-empty` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  9. Johannes SchindelinAug 24, 2018
  10. 08/18 builtin rebase: support `--autosquash`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  11. 09/18 builtin rebase: support `--gpg-sign` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  12. 10/18 builtin rebase: support `-C` and `--whitespace=<type>`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  13. 11/18 builtin rebase: support `--autostash` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  14. Duy NguyenAug 18, 2018
  15. Johannes SchindelinAug 24, 2018
  16. 12/18 builtin rebase: support `--exec`Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  17. 13/18 builtin rebase: support `--allow-empty-message` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  18. 14/18 builtin rebase: support --rebase-merges[=[no-]rebase-cousins]Pratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  19. 15/18 merge-base --fork-point: extract libified functionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  20. 16/18 builtin rebase: support `fork-point` optionPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  21. 17/18 builtin rebase: add support for custom merge strategiesPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  22. 18/18 builtin rebase: support --rootPratik Karki, Aug 8, 2018
  23. 00/18 builtin rebase optionsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  24. 01/18 builtin rebase: allow selecting the rebase "backend"Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  25. 02/18 builtin rebase: support --signoffPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  26. 03/18 builtin rebase: support --rerere-autoupdatePratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  27. 04/18 builtin rebase: support --committer-date-is-author-datePratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  28. 05/18 builtin rebase: support `ignore-whitespace` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  29. 06/18 builtin rebase: support `ignore-date` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  30. 07/18 builtin rebase: support `keep-empty` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  31. 08/18 builtin rebase: support `--autosquash`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  32. 09/18 builtin rebase: support `--gpg-sign` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  33. 11/18 builtin rebase: support `--autostash` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  34. 10/18 builtin rebase: support `-C` and `--whitespace=<type>`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  35. 12/18 builtin rebase: support `--exec`Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  36. 13/18 builtin rebase: support `--allow-empty-message` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  37. 14/18 builtin rebase: support --rebase-merges[=[no-]rebase-cousins]Pratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  38. 15/18 merge-base --fork-point: extract libified functionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  39. 16/18 builtin rebase: support `fork-point` optionPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  40. 17/18 builtin rebase: add support for custom merge strategiesPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  41. 18/18 builtin rebase: support --rootPratik Karki via GitGitGadget, Sep 4, 2018
  42. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2018
  43. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2018
  44. Johannes SchindelinOct 12, 2018

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