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[PATCH] commit -c/-C/--amend: acquire authorship and restamp time with --claim

From
Erick Mattos <erick.mattos@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 1, 2009, 18:45 UTC
Message-ID
<1257101127-8196-1-git-send-email-erick.mattos@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1257099580-7365-1-git-send-email-erick.mattos@gmail.com>

When we use one of the options above we are normally trying to do mainly two things: one is using the source as a template and second is to recreate a commit with corrections.

When they are used, the authorship and timestamp recorded in the newly created commit is always taken from the original commit. And they should not when we are using it as a template.

The new --claim option is meant to solve this need by regenerating the timestamp and setting as new author the committer or the one specified on --author option.

Signed-off-by: Erick Mattos <erick.mattos@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-commit.txt |   11 ++++-
 builtin-commit.c             |    7 ++-
 t/t7509-commit.sh            |   87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t7509-commit.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 0578a40..01eeb3e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
-	   [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
+	   [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--claim]
 	   [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
 	   [--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
@@ -61,14 +61,19 @@ OPTIONS
 -C <commit>::
 --reuse-message=<commit>::
 	Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message
-	and the authorship information (including the timestamp)
-	when creating the commit.
+	and the authorship information when creating the commit.
 
 -c <commit>::
 --reedit-message=<commit>::
 	Like '-C', but with '-c' the editor is invoked, so that
 	the user can further edit the commit message.
 
+--claim::
+	When used with -C/-c/--amend options, declare that the
+	authorship of the resulting commit now belongs of the committer.
+	This also renews the author timestamp.  Therefore this option
+	sets the use of only the message from the original commit.
+
 -F <file>::
 --file=<file>::
 	Take the commit message from the given file.  Use '-' to
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index c395cbf..919e3fe 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static const char *template_file;
 static char *edit_message, *use_message;
 static char *author_name, *author_email, *author_date;
 static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, only, amend, signoff;
-static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run;
+static int quiet, verbose, no_verify, allow_empty, dry_run, claim;
 static char *untracked_files_arg;
 /*
  * The default commit message cleanup mode will remove the lines
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
 	OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &logfile, "read log from file"),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "author", &force_author, "AUTHOR", "override author for commit"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &message, "MESSAGE", "specify commit message", opt_parse_m),
-	OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "COMMIT", "reuse and edit message from specified commit "),
+	OPT_STRING('c', "reedit-message", &edit_message, "COMMIT", "reuse and edit message from specified commit"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "reuse-message", &use_message, "COMMIT", "reuse message from specified commit"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "claim", &claim, "acquire authorship and restamp time of resulting commit"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "signoff", &signoff, "add Signed-off-by:"),
 	OPT_FILENAME('t', "template", &template_file, "use specified template file"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "edit", &edit_flag, "force edit of commit"),
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ static void determine_author_info(void)
 	email = getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL");
 	date = getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE");
 
-	if (use_message) {
+	if (use_message && !claim) {
 		const char *a, *lb, *rb, *eol;
 
 		a = strstr(use_message_buffer, "\nauthor ");
diff --git a/t/t7509-commit.sh b/t/t7509-commit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..62fb00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7509-commit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Erick Mattos
+#
+
+test_description='git commit
+
+Tests for --claim option on a commit.'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+TEST_FILE="$PWD"/foo
+
+test_expect_success '-C option should be working' '
+	echo "Initial" > "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git commit -m "Initial Commit" --author Frigate\ \<flying@over.world\> && 
+	sleep 1 && 
+	echo "Test 1" >> "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git commit -C HEAD && 
+	git cat-file -p HEAD^ | sed -e '/^parent/d' -e '/^tree/d' -e '/^committer/d' > commit_1 && 
+	git cat-file -p HEAD | sed -e '/^parent/d' -e '/^tree/d' -e '/^committer/d' > commit_2 && 
+	cmp commit_1 commit_2
+'
+
+test_expect_success '-C option with --claim is working properly' '
+	sleep 1 &&
+	echo "Test 2" >> "$TEST_FILE" &&
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" &&
+	git commit -C HEAD^ --claim &&
+	git cat-file -p HEAD^ | grep '^author' > commit_1 &&
+	git cat-file -p HEAD | grep '^author' > commit_2 &&
+	test_must_fail cmp commit_1 commit_2
+'
+
+test_expect_success '-c option should be working' '
+	echo "Initial" > "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git commit -m "Initial Commit" --author Frigate\ \<flying@over.world\> && 
+	sleep 1 && 
+	echo "Test 3" >> "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git commit -c HEAD <<EOF
+	"Changed" 
+	EOF && 
+	git cat-file -p HEAD^ | grep '^author' > commit_1 &&
+	git cat-file -p HEAD | grep '^author' > commit_2 &&
+	cmp commit_1 commit_2
+'
+
+test_expect_success '-c option with --claim is working properly' '
+	sleep 1 &&
+	echo "Test 4" >> "$TEST_FILE" &&
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" &&
+	git commit -c HEAD^ --claim <<EOF
+	"Changed again" 
+	EOF && 
+	git cat-file -p HEAD^ | grep '^author' > commit_1 &&
+	git cat-file -p HEAD | grep '^author' > commit_2 &&
+	test_must_fail cmp commit_1 commit_2
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--amend option should be working' '
+	echo "Initial" > "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git commit -m "Initial Commit" --author Frigate\ \<flying@over.world\> && 
+	echo "Test 5" >> "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" && 
+	git commit -m "--amend test" && 
+	git cat-file -p HEAD | grep '^author' > commit_1 &&
+	sleep 1 && 
+	git commit -m "Changed" --amend && 
+	git cat-file -p HEAD | grep '^author' > commit_2 &&
+	cmp commit_1 commit_2
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--amend option with --claim is working properly' '
+	sleep 1 &&
+	echo "Test 6" >> "$TEST_FILE" &&
+	git add "$TEST_FILE" &&
+	git commit -m "Changed again" --amend --claim && 
+	git cat-file -p HEAD | grep '^author' > commit_1 &&
+	test_must_fail cmp commit_1 commit_2
+'
+
+test_done

-- 
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  1. commit -c/-C/--amend: take over authorship and restamp time with --claimErick Mattos, Oct 31, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2009
  3. commit -c/-C/--amend: take over authorship and restamp time with --claimErick Mattos, Nov 1, 2009
  4. commit -c/-C/--amend: acquire authorship and restamp time with --claimErick Mattos, Nov 1, 2009
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  13. commit -c/-C/--amend: reset timestamp and authorship to committer with --mineErick Mattos, Nov 2, 2009

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