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[PATCH/WIP v2 11/19] am: refuse to apply patches if index is dirty

From
Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 11, 2015, 10:21 UTC
Message-ID
<1434018125-31804-12-git-send-email-pyokagan@gmail.com>
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Since d1c5f2a (Add git-am, applymbox replacement., 2005-10-07), git-am will refuse to apply patches if the index is dirty. Re-implement this behavior.

Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/am.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index 417bfde..234762c 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "lockfile.h"
+#include "diff.h"
+#include "diffcore.h"
 
 /**
  * Returns 1 if the file is empty or does not exist, 0 otherwise.
@@ -472,6 +474,43 @@ static void refresh_and_write_cache(void)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Returns 1 if the index differs from HEAD, 0 otherwise. When on an unborn
+ * branch, returns 1 if there are entries in the index, 0 otherwise. If an
+ * strbuf is provided, the space-separated list of files that differ will be
+ * appended to it.
+ */
+static int index_has_changes(struct strbuf *sb)
+{
+	unsigned char head[GIT_SHA1_RAWSZ];
+	int i;
+
+	if (!get_sha1_tree("HEAD", head)) {
+		struct diff_options opt;
+
+		diff_setup(&opt);
+		DIFF_OPT_SET(&opt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS);
+		if (!sb)
+			DIFF_OPT_SET(&opt, QUICK);
+		do_diff_cache(head, &opt);
+		diffcore_std(&opt);
+		for (i = 0; sb && i < diff_queued_diff.nr; i++) {
+			if (i)
+				strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+			strbuf_addstr(sb, diff_queued_diff.queue[i]->two->path);
+		}
+		diff_flush(&opt);
+		return DIFF_OPT_TST(&opt, HAS_CHANGES) != 0;
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; sb && i < active_nr; i++) {
+			if (i)
+				strbuf_addch(sb, ' ');
+			strbuf_addstr(sb, active_cache[i]->name);
+		}
+		return !!active_nr;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
  * Parses `patch` using git-mailinfo. state->msg will be set to the patch
  * message. state->author_name, state->author_email, state->author_date will be
  * set to the patch author's name, email and date respectively. The patch's
@@ -612,8 +651,15 @@ static void do_commit(const struct am_state *state)
  */
 static void am_run(struct am_state *state)
 {
+	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+
 	refresh_and_write_cache();
 
+	if (index_has_changes(&sb))
+		die(_("Dirty index: cannot apply patches (dirty: %s)"), sb.buf);
+
+	strbuf_release(&sb);
+
 	while (state->cur <= state->last) {
 		const char *patch = am_path(state, msgnum(state));
 
-- 
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  1. 00/19 Make git-am a builtinPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  2. 01/19 wrapper: implement xopen()Paul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  3. 02/19 wrapper: implement xfopen()Paul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  4. 03/19 am: implement skeletal builtin amPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2015
  6. Paul TanJun 15, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  8. Paul TanJun 15, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2015
  10. Paul TanJun 18, 2015
  11. 04/19 am: implement patch queue mechanismPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  12. Stefan BellerJun 11, 2015
  13. Paul TanJun 15, 2015
  14. 05/19 am: split out mbox/maildir patches with git-mailsplitPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  15. Stefan BellerJun 11, 2015
  16. Paul TanJun 15, 2015
  17. 06/19 am: detect mbox patchesPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  18. 07/19 am: extract patch, message and authorship with git-mailinfoPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2015
  20. 08/19 am: apply patch with git-applyPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  21. 09/19 am: commit applied patchPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  22. 10/19 am: refresh the index at startPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  23. 11/19 am: refuse to apply patches if index is dirtyPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  24. 12/19 am: implement --resolved/--continuePaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  25. 13/19 am: implement --skipPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  26. 14/19 am: implement --abortPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  27. 15/19 am: implement quiet optionPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  28. 16/19 am: exit with user friendly message on patch failurePaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  29. 17/19 am: implement am --signoffPaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  30. 18/19 cache-tree: introduce write_index_as_tree()Paul Tan, Jun 11, 2015
  31. 19/19 am: implement 3-way mergePaul Tan, Jun 11, 2015

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