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[PATCH v8 3/7] bisect: introduce support for --update-ref=<ref> option.

From
Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 31, 2011, 11:55 UTC
Message-ID
<1312113321-28760-4-git-send-email-jon.seymour@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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If --update-ref=<ref> is specified, then the bisection process uses:
	git update-ref --no-deref <ref> <trial>
at each trial instead of:
	git checkout <trial>
Improved-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
---
 bisect.c                 |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 bisect.h                 |    2 +-
 builtin/bisect--helper.c |    7 +++++--
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bisect.c b/bisect.c
index dd7e8ed..4291935 100644
--- a/bisect.c
+++ b/bisect.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct argv_array {
 
 static const char *argv_checkout[] = {"checkout", "-q", NULL, "--", NULL};
 static const char *argv_show_branch[] = {"show-branch", NULL, NULL};
+static const char *argv_update_ref[] = {"update-ref", "--no-deref", NULL, NULL, NULL};
 
 /* bits #0-15 in revision.h */
 
@@ -707,16 +708,23 @@ static void mark_expected_rev(char *bisect_rev_hex)
 		die("closing file %s: %s", filename, strerror(errno));
 }
 
-static int bisect_checkout(char *bisect_rev_hex)
+static int bisect_checkout(char *bisect_rev_hex, const char *update_ref)
 {
 	int res;
 
 	mark_expected_rev(bisect_rev_hex);
 
 	argv_checkout[2] = bisect_rev_hex;
-	res = run_command_v_opt(argv_checkout, RUN_GIT_CMD);
-	if (res)
-		exit(res);
+	if (!update_ref) {
+	  res = run_command_v_opt(argv_checkout, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+	  if (res)
+	    exit(res);
+	} else {
+	    argv_update_ref[2] = update_ref;
+	    argv_update_ref[3] = bisect_rev_hex;
+	    if (run_command_v_opt(argv_update_ref, RUN_GIT_CMD))
+	      die("update-ref --no-deref %s failed on %s", update_ref, bisect_rev_hex);
+	}
 
 	argv_show_branch[1] = bisect_rev_hex;
 	return run_command_v_opt(argv_show_branch, RUN_GIT_CMD);
@@ -788,7 +796,7 @@ static void handle_skipped_merge_base(const unsigned char *mb)
  * - If one is "skipped", we can't know but we should warn.
  * - If we don't know, we should check it out and ask the user to test.
  */
-static void check_merge_bases(void)
+static void check_merge_bases(const char *update_ref)
 {
 	struct commit_list *result;
 	int rev_nr;
@@ -806,7 +814,7 @@ static void check_merge_bases(void)
 			handle_skipped_merge_base(mb);
 		} else {
 			printf("Bisecting: a merge base must be tested\n");
-			exit(bisect_checkout(sha1_to_hex(mb)));
+			exit(bisect_checkout(sha1_to_hex(mb), update_ref));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -849,7 +857,7 @@ static int check_ancestors(const char *prefix)
  * If a merge base must be tested by the user, its source code will be
  * checked out to be tested by the user and we will exit.
  */
-static void check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad(const char *prefix)
+static void check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad(const char *prefix, const char *update_ref)
 {
 	const char *filename = git_path("BISECT_ANCESTORS_OK");
 	struct stat st;
@@ -868,7 +876,7 @@ static void check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad(const char *prefix)
 
 	/* Check if all good revs are ancestor of the bad rev. */
 	if (check_ancestors(prefix))
-		check_merge_bases();
+		check_merge_bases(update_ref);
 
 	/* Create file BISECT_ANCESTORS_OK. */
 	fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0600);
@@ -908,8 +916,12 @@ static void show_diff_tree(const char *prefix, struct commit *commit)
  * We use the convention that exiting with an exit code 10 means that
  * the bisection process finished successfully.
  * In this case the calling shell script should exit 0.
+ *
+ * If update_ref is not null, the bisection process does not
+ * checkout the trial commit but instead simply updates the
+ * specified reference.
  */
-int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix)
+int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix, const char *update_ref)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;
 	struct commit_list *tried;
@@ -920,7 +932,7 @@ int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix)
 	if (read_bisect_refs())
 		die("reading bisect refs failed");
 
-	check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad(prefix);
+	check_good_are_ancestors_of_bad(prefix, update_ref);
 
 	bisect_rev_setup(&revs, prefix, "%s", "^%s", 1);
 	revs.limited = 1;
@@ -966,6 +978,6 @@ int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix)
 	       "(roughly %d step%s)\n", nr, (nr == 1 ? "" : "s"),
 	       steps, (steps == 1 ? "" : "s"));
 
-	return bisect_checkout(bisect_rev_hex);
+	return bisect_checkout(bisect_rev_hex, update_ref);
 }
 
diff --git a/bisect.h b/bisect.h
index 0862ce5..63f0ca5 100644
--- a/bisect.h
+++ b/bisect.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct rev_list_info {
 	const char *header_prefix;
 };
 
-extern int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix);
+extern int bisect_next_all(const char *prefix, const char *update_ref);
 
 extern int estimate_bisect_steps(int all);
 
diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index 5b22639..cb13cb2 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@
 #include "bisect.h"
 
 static const char * const git_bisect_helper_usage[] = {
-	"git bisect--helper --next-all",
+	"git bisect--helper --next-all [--update-ref=<ref>]",
 	NULL
 };
 
 int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int next_all = 0;
+	char *update_ref = NULL;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "next-all", &next_all,
 			    "perform 'git bisect next'"),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "update-ref", &update_ref, "ref",
+			    "update <ref> instead of checking out the current commit"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -24,5 +27,5 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage_with_options(git_bisect_helper_usage, options);
 
 	/* next-all */
-	return bisect_next_all(prefix);
+	return bisect_next_all(prefix, update_ref);
 }
-- 
1.7.6.391.g168d0.dirty
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  1. 0/7 bisect: Add support for --no-checkout and --update-ref=<ref> options.Jon Seymour, Jul 31, 2011
  2. 1/7 bisect: move argument parsing before state modification.Jon Seymour, Jul 31, 2011
  3. 2/7 bisect: add tests to document expected behaviour in presence of broken trees.Jon Seymour, Jul 31, 2011
  4. 3/7 bisect: introduce support for --update-ref=<ref> option.Jon Seymour, Jul 31, 2011
  5. 4/7 bisect: introduce --no-checkout, --update-ref=<ref> support into porcelain.Jon Seymour, Jul 31, 2011
  6. Christian CouderJul 31, 2011
  7. Jon SeymourJul 31, 2011
  8. Christian CouderJul 31, 2011
  9. Christian CouderJul 31, 2011
  10. Jon SeymourJul 31, 2011
  11. Christian CouderJul 31, 2011
  12. Christian CouderJul 31, 2011
  13. Jon SeymourJul 31, 2011
  14. 5/7 bisect: add tests for the --no-checkout and --update-ref options.Jon Seymour, Jul 31, 2011
  15. 6/7 bisect: add documentation for --no-checkout and --update-ref=<ref> options.Jon Seymour, Jul 31, 2011
  16. 7/7 bisect: support --update-ref <ref>Jon Seymour, Jul 31, 2011
  17. Jon SeymourJul 31, 2011

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