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[PATCH v17 13/14] tag.c: implement '--format' option

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 10, 2015, 16:22 UTC
Message-ID
<1441902169-9891-2-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             | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
 t/t7004-tag.sh            | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 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 f257d45..075d90b 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));
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ static int list_tags(struct ref_filter *filter, struct ref_sorting *sorting)
 	if (filter->lines == -1)
 		filter->lines = 0;
 
-	if (filter->lines) {
-		format = xstrfmt("%s %%(contents:lines=%d)",
-				 "%(align:15)%%(refname:short)%%(end)", filter->lines);
-		to_free = format;
-	} else
-		format = "%(refname:short)";
+	if (!format) {
+		if (filter->lines) {
+			format = xstrfmt("%s %%(contents:lines=%d)",
+					 "%(align:15)%%(refname:short)%%(end)", filter->lines);
+			to_free = format;
+		} else
+			format = "%(refname:short)";
+	}
 
 	verify_ref_format(format);
 	filter_refs(&array, filter, FILTER_REFS_TAGS);
@@ -330,6 +332,7 @@ 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"),
@@ -362,6 +365,7 @@ 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()
 	};
 
@@ -402,7 +406,7 @@ 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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Message 34 of 56 in “port tag.c to use ref-filter APIs”
  1. 00/14 port tag.c to use ref-filter APIsKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  2. 01/14 ref-filter: move `struct atom_value` to ref-filter.cKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  3. 02/14 ref-filter: introduce ref_formatting_state and ref_formatting_stackKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  4. 03/14 utf8: add function to align a string into given strbufKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  5. 04/14 ref-filter: introduce handler function for each atomKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  6. 05/14 ref-filter: introduce match_atom_name()Karthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  7. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  9. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  11. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  13. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  15. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  17. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  18. 05/14 ref-filter: introduce match_atom_name()Karthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  19. 06/14 ref-filter: implement an `align` atomKarthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  20. 06/14 ref-filter: implement an `align` atomKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  21. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  23. 06/14 ref-filter: implement an `align` atomKarthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  24. 07/14 ref-filter: add option to filter out tags, branches and remotesKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  25. 08/14 ref-filter: add support for %(contents:lines=X)Karthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  27. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  28. 08/14 ref-filter: add support for %(contents:lines=X)Karthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  29. 09/14 ref-filter: add support to sort by versionKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  30. 10/14 ref-filter: add option to match literal patternKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  31. 11/14 tag.c: use 'ref-filter' data structuresKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  32. 12/14 tag.c: use 'ref-filter' APIsKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  33. 12/14 tag.c: use 'ref-filter' APIsKarthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  34. 13/14 tag.c: implement '--format' optionKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  35. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  36. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  37. 13/14 tag.c: implement '--format' optionKarthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  38. 14/14 tag.c: implement '--merged' and '--no-merged' optionsKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  39. John KeepingSep 17, 2015
  40. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2015
  41. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  42. John KeepingSep 18, 2015
  43. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  44. Karthik NayakSep 18, 2015
  45. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  46. Karthik NayakSep 18, 2015
  47. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  48. Karthik NayakSep 18, 2015
  49. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  50. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  51. Karthik NayakSep 11, 2015
  52. Eric SunshineSep 11, 2015
  53. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2015
  54. Karthik NayakSep 11, 2015
  55. Matthieu MoySep 12, 2015
  56. Karthik NayakSep 13, 2015

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