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[PATCHv2 23/56] merge-recursive: Fix sorting order and directory change assumptions

From
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2011, 05:19 UTC
Message-ID
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We cannot assume that directory/file conflicts will appear in sorted order; for example, 'letters.txt' comes between 'letters' and 'letters/file'.

Thanks to Johannes for a pointer about qsort stability issues with Windows and suggested code change.

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
Changes since v1: Mentioned Johannes' pointer and squashed in his
  patch that Junio had appended to the end of the en/merge-recursive
  series.  Added his s-o-b because of that.
 merge-recursive.c   |   40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 t/t6020-merge-df.sh |   26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 85620f7..76b895f 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -333,6 +333,37 @@ static struct string_list *get_unmerged(void)
 	return unmerged;
 }
 
+static int string_list_df_name_compare(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const struct string_list_item *one = a;
+	const struct string_list_item *two = b;
+	int onelen = strlen(one->string);
+	int twolen = strlen(two->string);
+	/*
+	 * Here we only care that entries for D/F conflicts are
+	 * adjacent, in particular with the file of the D/F conflict
+	 * appearing before files below the corresponding directory.
+	 * The order of the rest of the list is irrelevant for us.
+	 *
+	 * To achieve this, we sort with df_name_compare and provide
+	 * the mode S_IFDIR so that D/F conflicts will sort correctly.
+	 * We use the mode S_IFDIR for everything else for simplicity,
+	 * since in other cases any changes in their order due to
+	 * sorting cause no problems for us.
+	 */
+	int cmp = df_name_compare(one->string, onelen, S_IFDIR,
+				  two->string, twolen, S_IFDIR);
+	/*
+	 * Now that 'foo' and 'foo/bar' compare equal, we have to make sure
+	 * that 'foo' comes before 'foo/bar'.
+	 */
+	if (cmp)
+		return cmp;
+	return onelen - twolen;
+}
+
+
+
 static void make_room_for_directories_of_df_conflicts(struct merge_options *o,
 						      struct string_list *entries)
 {
@@ -345,11 +376,6 @@ static void make_room_for_directories_of_df_conflicts(struct merge_options *o,
 	 * otherwise, if the file is not supposed to be removed by the
 	 * merge, the contents of the file will be placed in another
 	 * unique filename.
-	 *
-	 * NOTE: This function relies on the fact that entries for a
-	 * D/F conflict will appear adjacent in the index, with the
-	 * entries for the file appearing before entries for paths
-	 * below the corresponding directory.
 	 */
 	const char *last_file = NULL;
 	int last_len = 0;
@@ -362,6 +388,10 @@ static void make_room_for_directories_of_df_conflicts(struct merge_options *o,
 	if (o->call_depth)
 		return;
 
+	/* Ensure D/F conflicts are adjacent in the entries list. */
+	qsort(entries->items, entries->nr, sizeof(*entries->items),
+	      string_list_df_name_compare);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < entries->nr; i++) {
 		const char *path = entries->items[i].string;
 		int len = strlen(path);
diff --git a/t/t6020-merge-df.sh b/t/t6020-merge-df.sh
index eec8f4e..27c3d73 100755
--- a/t/t6020-merge-df.sh
+++ b/t/t6020-merge-df.sh
@@ -59,15 +59,19 @@ test_expect_success 'setup modify/delete + directory/file conflict' '
 	git add letters &&
 	git commit -m initial &&
 
+	# Throw in letters.txt for sorting order fun
+	# ("letters.txt" sorts between "letters" and "letters/file")
 	echo i >>letters &&
-	git add letters &&
+	echo "version 2" >letters.txt &&
+	git add letters letters.txt &&
 	git commit -m modified &&
 
 	git checkout -b delete HEAD^ &&
 	git rm letters &&
 	mkdir letters &&
 	>letters/file &&
-	git add letters &&
+	echo "version 1" >letters.txt &&
+	git add letters letters.txt &&
 	git commit -m deleted
 '
 
@@ -75,25 +79,31 @@ test_expect_success 'modify/delete + directory/file conflict' '
 	git checkout delete^0 &&
 	test_must_fail git merge modify &&
 
-	test 3 = $(git ls-files -s | wc -l) &&
-	test 2 = $(git ls-files -u | wc -l) &&
-	test 1 = $(git ls-files -o | wc -l) &&
+	test 5 -eq $(git ls-files -s | wc -l) &&
+	test 4 -eq $(git ls-files -u | wc -l) &&
+	test 1 -eq $(git ls-files -o | wc -l) &&
 
 	test -f letters/file &&
+	test -f letters.txt &&
 	test -f letters~modify
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'modify/delete + directory/file conflict; other way' '
+	# Yes, we really need the double reset since "letters" appears as
+	# both a file and a directory.
+	git reset --hard &&
 	git reset --hard &&
 	git clean -f &&
 	git checkout modify^0 &&
+
 	test_must_fail git merge delete &&
 
-	test 3 = $(git ls-files -s | wc -l) &&
-	test 2 = $(git ls-files -u | wc -l) &&
-	test 1 = $(git ls-files -o | wc -l) &&
+	test 5 -eq $(git ls-files -s | wc -l) &&
+	test 4 -eq $(git ls-files -u | wc -l) &&
+	test 1 -eq $(git ls-files -o | wc -l) &&
 
 	test -f letters/file &&
+	test -f letters.txt &&
 	test -f letters~HEAD
 '
 
-- 
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  1. Elijah NewrenAug 12, 2011
  2. 01/56 t6042: Add a testcase where git deletes an untracked fileElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  3. 02/56 t6042: Add failing testcase for rename/modify/add-source conflictElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  4. 03/56 t6042: Add a pair of cases where undetected renames cause issuesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  5. 04/56 t6042: Add a testcase where undetected rename causes silent file deletionElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  6. 05/56 t6042: Add tests for content issues with modify/rename/directory conflictsElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  7. 06/56 t6042: Ensure rename/rename conflicts leave index and workdir in sane stateElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  8. 07/56 t6042: Add failing testcases for rename/rename/add-{source,dest} conflictsElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  9. 08/56 t6036: Add differently resolved modify/delete conflict in criss-cross testElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  10. 09/56 t6036: criss-cross with weird content can fool git into clean mergeElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  11. 10/56 t6036: tests for criss-cross merges with various directory/file conflictsElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  12. 11/56 t6036: criss-cross w/ rename/rename(1to2)/modify+rename/rename(2to1)/modifyElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  13. 12/56 t6036: criss-cross + rename/rename(1to2)/add-source + modify/modifyElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  14. 13/56 t6022: Remove unnecessary untracked files to make test cleanerElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  15. 14/56 t6022: New tests checking for unnecessary updates of filesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  16. 15/56 t6022: Add testcase for merging a renamed file with a simple changeElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  17. 16/56 merge-recursive: Make BUG message more legible by adding a newlineElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  18. 17/56 merge-recursive: Correct a commentElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  19. 18/56 merge-recursive: Mark some diff_filespec struct arguments constElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  20. 19/56 merge-recursive: Consolidate different update_stages functionsElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  21. 20/56 merge-recursive: Remember to free generated unique path namesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  22. 21/56 merge-recursive: Avoid working directory changes during recursive caseElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  23. 22/56 merge-recursive: Fix recursive case with D/F conflict via add/add conflictElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  24. 23/56 merge-recursive: Fix sorting order and directory change assumptionsElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  25. 24/56 merge-recursive: Fix code checking for D/F conflicts still being presentElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  26. 25/56 merge-recursive: Save D/F conflict filenames instead of unlinking themElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  27. 26/56 merge-recursive: Split was_tracked() out of would_lose_untracked()Elijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  28. 27/56 string-list: Add API to remove an item from an unsorted listElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  29. Johannes SixtAug 12, 2011
  30. Alex RiesenAug 12, 2011
  31. Elijah NewrenAug 12, 2011
  32. Johannes SixtAug 13, 2011
  33. 28/56 merge-recursive: Allow make_room_for_path() to remove D/F entriesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  34. 29/56 merge-recursive: Split update_stages_and_entry; only update stages at endElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  35. 30/56 merge-recursive: Fix deletion of untracked file in rename/delete conflictsElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  36. 31/56 merge-recursive: Make dead code for rename/rename(2to1) conflicts undeadElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  37. 32/56 merge-recursive: Add comments about handling rename/add-source casesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  38. 33/56 merge-recursive: Improve handling of rename target vs. directory additionElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  39. 34/56 merge-recursive: Consolidate process_entry() and process_df_entry()Elijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  40. 35/56 merge-recursive: Cleanup and consolidation of rename_conflict_infoElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  41. 36/56 merge-recursive: Provide more info in conflict markers with file renamesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  42. 37/56 merge-recursive: When we detect we can skip an update, actually skip itElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  43. 38/56 merge-recursive: Fix modify/delete resolution in the recursive caseElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  44. 39/56 merge-recursive: Introduce a merge_file convenience functionElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  45. 40/56 merge-recursive: Fix rename/rename(1to2) resolution for virtual merge baseElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  46. 41/56 merge-recursive: Small cleanups for conflict_rename_rename_1to2Elijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  47. 42/56 merge-recursive: Defer rename/rename(2to1) handling until process_entryElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  48. 43/56 merge-recursive: Record more data needed for merging with dual renamesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  49. 44/56 merge-recursive: Create function for merging with branchname:file markersElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  50. 45/56 merge-recursive: Consider modifications in rename/rename(2to1) conflictsElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  51. 46/56 merge-recursive: Make modify/delete handling code reusableElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  52. 47/56 merge-recursive: Have conflict_rename_delete reuse modify/delete codeElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  53. 48/56 merge-recursive: add handling for rename/rename/add-dest/add-destElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  54. 49/56 merge-recursive: Fix working copy handling for rename/rename/add/addElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  55. 50/56 t3030: fix accidental success in symlink renameElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  56. 51/56 t6022: Add testcase for spurious "refusing to lose untracked" messagesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  57. 52/56 merge-recursive: Fix spurious 'refusing to lose untracked file...' messagesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  58. 53/56 t6022: Additional tests checking for unnecessary updates of filesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  59. 54/56 merge-recursive: Avoid unnecessary file rewritesElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  60. 55/56 t6036: criss-cross + rename/rename(1to2)/add-dest + simple modifyElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  61. 56/56 merge-recursive: Fix virtual merge base for rename/rename(1to2)/add-destElijah Newren, Aug 12, 2011
  62. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2011
  63. Elijah NewrenAug 12, 2011
  64. Elijah NewrenAug 13, 2011
  65. 57/57 merge-recursive: Don't re-sort a list whose order we depend uponElijah Newren, Aug 13, 2011

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