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[PATCHv13 16/30] Teach builtin-notes to remove empty notes

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Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Feb 13, 2010, 21:28 UTC
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When the result of editing a note is an empty string, the associated note entry should be deleted from the notes tree.

This allows deleting notes by invoking either "git notes -m ''" or "git notes -F /dev/null".

Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
---
 builtin-notes.c  |   15 +++++++++++----
 t/t3301-notes.sh |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-notes.c b/builtin-notes.c
index 89aa6e0..7b4cb13 100644
--- a/builtin-notes.c
+++ b/builtin-notes.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void create_note(const unsigned char *object,
 
 	stripspace(buf, 1);
 
-	if (!skip_editor && !buf->len) {
+	if (!buf->len) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Removing note for object %s\n",
 			sha1_to_hex(object));
 		hashclr(result);
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ int cmd_notes(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct notes_tree *t;
 	unsigned char object[20], new_note[20];
 	const unsigned char *note;
-	const char *object_ref;
+	const char *object_ref, *logmsg;
+
 	int edit = 0, show = 0;
 	const char *msgfile = NULL;
 	struct msg_arg msg = { 0, STRBUF_INIT };
@@ -271,8 +272,14 @@ int cmd_notes(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 
 	create_note(object, &buf, msg.given || msgfile, note, new_note);
-	add_note(t, object, new_note, combine_notes_overwrite);
-	commit_notes(t, "Note added by 'git notes edit'");
+	if (is_null_sha1(new_note)) {
+		remove_note(t, object);
+		logmsg = "Note removed by 'git notes edit'";
+	} else {
+		add_note(t, object, new_note, combine_notes_overwrite);
+		logmsg = "Note added by 'git notes edit'";
+	}
+	commit_notes(t, logmsg);
 
 	free_notes(t);
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
diff --git a/t/t3301-notes.sh b/t/t3301-notes.sh
index fd5e593..fe59e73 100755
--- a/t/t3301-notes.sh
+++ b/t/t3301-notes.sh
@@ -234,6 +234,37 @@ test_expect_success 'show -m notes' '
 	test_cmp expect-m output
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'remove note with -F /dev/null (setup)' '
+	git notes edit -F /dev/null
+'
+
+cat > expect-rm-F << EOF
+commit bd1753200303d0a0344be813e504253b3d98e74d
+Author: A U Thor <author@example.com>
+Date:   Thu Apr 7 15:17:13 2005 -0700
+
+    5th
+EOF
+
+printf "\n" >> expect-rm-F
+cat expect-F >> expect-rm-F
+
+test_expect_success 'verify note removal with -F /dev/null' '
+	git log -4 > output &&
+	test_cmp expect-rm-F output &&
+	! git notes show
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'do not create empty note with -m "" (setup)' '
+	git notes edit -m ""
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify non-creation of note with -m ""' '
+	git log -4 > output &&
+	test_cmp expect-rm-F output &&
+	! git notes show
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'create other note on a different notes ref (setup)' '
 	: > a6 &&
 	git add a6 &&
-- 
1.7.0.rc1.141.gd3fd
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Message 17 of 35 in “[PATCHv13 00/30] git notes”
  1. Johan HerlandFeb 13, 2010
  2. 01/30 Minor cosmetic fixes to notes.cJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  3. 02/30 Notes API: get_commit_notes() -> format_note() + remove the commit restrictionJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  4. 03/30 Add tests for checking correct handling of $GIT_NOTES_REF and core.notesRefJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  5. 04/30 Notes API: init_notes(): Initialize the notes tree from the given notes refJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  6. 05/30 Notes API: add_note(): Add note objects to the internal notes tree structureJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  7. 06/30 Notes API: remove_note(): Remove note objects from the notes tree structureJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  8. 07/30 Notes API: get_note(): Return the note annotating the given objectJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  9. 08/30 Notes API: for_each_note(): Traverse the entire notes tree with a callbackJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  10. 09/30 Notes API: write_notes_tree(): Store the notes tree in the databaseJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  11. 10/30 Notes API: Allow multiple concurrent notes trees with new struct notes_treeJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  12. 11/30 Refactor notes concatenation into a flexible interface for combining notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  13. 12/30 Builtin-ify git-notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  14. 13/30 t3301: Verify successful annotation of non-commitsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  15. 14/30 t3305: Verify that adding many notes with git-notes triggers increased fanoutJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  16. 15/30 Teach notes code to properly preserve non-notes in the notes treeJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  17. 16/30 Teach builtin-notes to remove empty notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  18. 17/30 builtin-notes: Add "remove" subcommand for removing existing notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  19. 18/30 t3305: Verify that removing notes triggers automatic fanout consolidationJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  20. 19/30 Notes API: prune_notes(): Prune notes that belong to non-existing objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  21. 20/30 builtin-notes: Add "prune" subcommand for removing notes for missing objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  22. 21/30 Documentation: Generalize git-notes docs to 'objects' instead of 'commits'Johan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  23. 22/30 builtin-notes: Add "list" subcommand for listing note objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  24. 23/30 builtin-notes: Add --message/--file aliases for -m/-F optionsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  25. 24/30 builtin-notes: Add "add" subcommand for adding notes to objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  26. 25/30 builtin-notes: Add "append" subcommand for appending to note objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  27. 26/30 builtin-notes: Deprecate the -m/-F options for "git notes edit"Johan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  28. 27/30 builtin-notes: Refactor handling of -F option to allow combining -m and -FJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  29. 28/30 builtin-notes: Add -c/-C options for reusing notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  30. Stephen BoydFeb 15, 2010
  31. Johan HerlandFeb 16, 2010
  32. builtin-notes: Minor (mostly parse_options-related) fixesJohan Herland, Feb 25, 2010
  33. Stephen BoydFeb 25, 2010
  34. 29/30 builtin-notes: Misc. refactoring of argc and exit value handlingJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  35. 30/30 builtin-notes: Add "copy" subcommand for copying notes between objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010

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