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[PATCH] Reuse previous annotation when overwriting a tag

From
Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date
Nov 3, 2007, 09:31 UTC
Message-ID
<1194082273-19486-1-git-send-email-mh@glandium.org>

When forcing to overwrite an annotated tag, there are good chances one wants to keep the old annotation, or modify it, not start from scratch.

This is obviously only triggered for annotated tagging (-a or -s).
Signed-off-by: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
---
The write_annotation function could be made more generic and be used in
various different coming builtins such as git-commit. Also, it could be
used in show_reference() in builtin-tag.c.
 builtin-tag.c |   47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-tag.c b/builtin-tag.c
index 66e5a58..cfd8017 100644
--- a/builtin-tag.c
+++ b/builtin-tag.c
@@ -247,9 +247,42 @@ static int git_tag_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
 }
 
+static void write_annotation(int fd, const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	int i;
+	unsigned long size;
+	enum object_type type;
+	char *buf, *sp, *eol;
+	size_t len;
+
+	sp = buf = read_sha1_file(sha1, &type, &size);
+	if (!buf)
+		return;
+	if (!size || (type != OBJ_TAG)) {
+		free(buf);
+		return;
+	}
+	/* skip header */
+	while (sp + 1 < buf + size &&
+			!(sp[0] == '\n' && sp[1] == '\n'))
+		sp++;
+	/* strip the signature */
+	for (i = 0, sp += 2; sp < buf + size &&
+			prefixcmp(sp, PGP_SIGNATURE "\n");
+			i++) {
+		eol = memchr(sp, '\n', size - (sp - buf));
+		len = eol ? eol - sp : size - (sp - buf);
+		write_or_die(fd, sp, len + 1);
+		if (!eol)
+			break;
+		sp = eol + 1;
+	}
+	free(buf);
+}
+
 static void create_tag(const unsigned char *object, const char *tag,
 		       struct strbuf *buf, int message, int sign,
-			   unsigned char *result)
+			unsigned char *prev, unsigned char *result)
 {
 	enum object_type type;
 	char header_buf[1024];
@@ -282,6 +315,10 @@ static void create_tag(const unsigned char *object, const char *tag,
 		if (fd < 0)
 			die("could not create file '%s': %s",
 						path, strerror(errno));
+
+		if (prev)
+			write_annotation(fd, prev);
+
 		write_or_die(fd, tag_template, strlen(tag_template));
 		close(fd);
 
@@ -308,7 +345,8 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf;
 	unsigned char object[20], prev[20];
-	int annotate = 0, sign = 0, force = 0, lines = 0, message = 0;
+	int annotate = 0, sign = 0, force = 0, lines = 0,
+	    message = 0, existed = 0;
 	char ref[PATH_MAX];
 	const char *object_ref, *tag;
 	int i;
@@ -417,9 +455,12 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		hashclr(prev);
 	else if (!force)
 		die("tag '%s' already exists", tag);
+	else
+		existed = 1;
 
 	if (annotate)
-		create_tag(object, tag, &buf, message, sign, object);
+		create_tag(object, tag, &buf, message, sign,
+			   existed ? prev : NULL, object);
 
 	lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref, prev, 0);
 	if (!lock)
-- 
1.5.3.5
Next: Johannes Schindelin
Message 1 of 16 in “Reuse previous annotation when overwriting a tag”
  1. Reuse previous annotation when overwriting a tagMike Hommey, Nov 3, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinNov 3, 2007
  3. Mike HommeyNov 3, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 3, 2007
  5. 1/2 Reuse previous annotation when overwriting a tagMike Hommey, Nov 3, 2007
  6. 2/2 Small code readability improvement in show_reference() in builtin-tag.cMike Hommey, Nov 3, 2007
  7. Mike HommeyNov 7, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2007
  9. Mike HommeyNov 3, 2007
  10. 1/2 Reuse previous annotation when overwriting a tagMike Hommey, Nov 4, 2007
  11. 2/2 Add tests for git tagMike Hommey, Nov 4, 2007
  12. Mike HommeyNov 3, 2007
  13. Johannes SchindelinNov 3, 2007
  14. Mike HommeyNov 3, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinNov 3, 2007
  16. Mike HommeyNov 3, 2007

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