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[PATCH v14 12/13] tag.c: implement '--format' option

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 29, 2015, 14:12 UTC
Message-ID
<1440857537-13968-13-git-send-email-Karthik.188@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
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Implement the '--format' option provided by 'ref-filter'. This lets the user list tags as per desired format similar to the implementation in 'git for-each-ref'.

Add tests and documentation for the same.
Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-tag.txt |  8 +++++++-
 builtin/tag.c             | 22 +++++++++++++---------
 t/t7004-tag.sh            | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 3ac4a96..0c7f4e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	<tagname> [<commit> | <object>]
 'git tag' -d <tagname>...
 'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]
-	[--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>] [<pattern>...]
+	[--column[=<options>] | --no-column] [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>]
+	[--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
 'git tag' -v <tagname>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -158,6 +159,11 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
 	The object that the new tag will refer to, usually a commit.
 	Defaults to HEAD.
 
+<format>::
+	A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the object
+	pointed at by a ref being shown.  The format is the same as
+	that of linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1].  When unspecified,
+	defaults to `%(refname:short)`.
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 2d348f4..dc4494d 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ static const char * const git_tag_usage[] = {
 	N_("git tag [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] <tagname> [<head>]"),
 	N_("git tag -d <tagname>..."),
 	N_("git tag -l [-n[<num>]] [--contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]"
-		"\n\t\t[<pattern>...]"),
+		"\n\t\t[--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]"),
 	N_("git tag -v <tagname>..."),
 	NULL
 };
 
 static unsigned int colopts;
 
-static int list_tags(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting)
+static int list_tags(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting, const char *format)
 {
 	struct ref_array array;
-	char *format, *to_free = NULL;
+	char *to_free = NULL;
 	int i;
 
 	memset(&array, 0, sizeof(array));
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ static int list_tags(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting)
 	if (filter->lines == -1)
 		filter->lines = 0;
 
-	if (filter->lines)
-		format = to_free = xstrfmt("%%(align:15,left)%%(refname:short)%%(end) %%(contents:lines=%d)",
-					   filter->lines);
-	else
-		format = "%(refname:short)";
+	if (!format) {
+		if (filter->lines)
+			format = to_free = xstrfmt("%%(align:15,left)%%(refname:short)%%(end) %%(contents:lines=%d)",
+						   filter->lines);
+		else
+			format = "%(refname:short)";
+	}
 
 	verify_ref_format(format);
 	filter_refs(&array, filter, FILTER_REFS_TAGS);
@@ -329,6 +331,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct ref_filter filter;
 	static struct ref_sorting *sorting = NULL, **sorting_tail = &sorting;
+	const char *format = NULL;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_CMDMODE('l', "list", &cmdmode, N_("list tag names"), 'l'),
 		{ OPTION_INTEGER, 'n', NULL, &filter.lines, N_("n"),
@@ -361,6 +364,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "points-at", &filter.points_at, N_("object"),
 			N_("print only tags of the object"), 0, parse_opt_object_name
 		},
+		OPT_STRING(  0 , "format", &format, N_("format"), N_("format to use for the output")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -401,7 +405,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			run_column_filter(colopts, &copts);
 		}
 		filter.name_patterns = argv;
-		ret = list_tags(&filter, sorting);
+		ret = list_tags(&filter, sorting, format);
 		if (column_active(colopts))
 			stop_column_filter();
 		return ret;
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index 84153ef..8987fb1 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -1519,4 +1519,16 @@ EOF"
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--format should list tags as per format given' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	refname : refs/tags/foo1.10
+	refname : refs/tags/foo1.3
+	refname : refs/tags/foo1.6
+	refname : refs/tags/foo1.6-rc1
+	refname : refs/tags/foo1.6-rc2
+	EOF
+	git tag -l --format="refname : %(refname)" "foo*" >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done

-- 
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  1. 00/13 Port tag.c to use ref-filter.cKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  2. 01/13 ref-filter: move `struct atom_value` to ref-filter.cKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  3. 02/13 ref-filter: introduce ref_formatting_state and ref_formatting_stackKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  4. 03/13 utf8: add function to align a string into given strbufKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  5. Torsten BögershausenAug 29, 2015
  6. Karthik NayakAug 29, 2015
  7. 04/13 ref-filter: implement an `align` atomKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  8. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  9. Karthik NayakAug 30, 2015
  10. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  11. Karthik NayakAug 31, 2015
  12. Eric SunshineAug 31, 2015
  13. Matthieu MoyAug 31, 2015
  14. Eric SunshineAug 31, 2015
  15. Karthik NayakSep 1, 2015
  16. Matthieu MoySep 1, 2015
  17. Karthik NayakSep 1, 2015
  18. Karthik NayakAug 30, 2015
  19. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  20. Karthik NayakAug 31, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2015
  22. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  23. Karthik NayakAug 31, 2015
  24. Karthik NayakAug 31, 2015
  25. Matthieu MoyAug 31, 2015
  26. Karthik NayakAug 31, 2015
  27. 05/13 ref-filter: add option to filter out tags, branches and remotesKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  28. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  29. Karthik NayakAug 30, 2015
  30. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  31. 06/13 ref-filter: introduce format_ref_array_item()Karthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  32. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  33. Karthik NayakAug 30, 2015
  34. Karthik NayakAug 30, 2015
  35. 07/13 ref-filter: add support for %(contents:lines=X)Karthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  36. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  37. Karthik NayakAug 30, 2015
  38. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  39. Karthik NayakAug 30, 2015
  40. Eric SunshineAug 30, 2015
  41. Karthik NayakAug 31, 2015
  42. 08/13 ref-filter: add support to sort by versionKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  43. 09/13 ref-filter: add option to match literal patternKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  44. 10/13 tag.c: use 'ref-filter' data structuresKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  45. 11/13 tag.c: use 'ref-filter' APIsKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  46. 12/13 tag.c: implement '--format' optionKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  47. 13/13 tag.c: implement '--merged' and '--no-merged' optionsKarthik Nayak, Aug 29, 2015
  48. Matthieu MoyAug 31, 2015
  49. Karthik NayakAug 31, 2015
  50. Matthieu MoyAug 31, 2015
  51. Karthik NayakAug 31, 2015
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