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[PATCH 3/3] rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc and test and completion

From
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Mar 18, 2011, 14:50 UTC
Message-ID
<182c5ece22835559a9762e242adb701547cf6575.1300459017.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To
<20110318085616.GA16703@sigill.intra.peff.net>

This also adds test for "--merges" and "--no-merges" which we did not have so far.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
---
 Documentation/git-rev-list.txt         |    2 +
 Documentation/rev-list-options.txt     |   13 ++++++
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |    1 +
 t/t6009-rev-list-parent.sh             |   70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index b08dfbc..4d2b0c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	     [ \--sparse ]
 	     [ \--merges ]
 	     [ \--no-merges ]
+	     [ \--min-parents ]
+	     [ \--max-parents ]
 	     [ \--first-parent ]
 	     [ \--remove-empty ]
 	     [ \--full-history ]
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 5c6850f..104e644 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,19 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
 
 	Do not print commits with more than one parent.
 
+--min-parents::
+--max-parents::
+
+	Show only commits which have at least resp. at most that many
+	commits, where `--max-parents=8` denotes infinity (i.e. no upper
+	limit). In fact, 7 (or any negative number) does, but 8 is
+	infinity sideways 8-)
++
+In particular, `--max-parents=1` is `--no-merges`, `--min-parents=2` is
+`--merges` (only), `--max-parents=0` gives all root commits and
+`--min-parents=3` all octopusses.
+
+
 --first-parent::
 	Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge
 	commit.  This option can give a better overview when
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 3b1cc83..4da087e 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1577,6 +1577,7 @@ __git_log_common_options="
 	--max-count=
 	--max-age= --since= --after=
 	--min-age= --until= --before=
+	--min-parents= --max-parents=
 "
 # Options that go well for log and gitk (not shortlog)
 __git_log_gitk_options="
diff --git a/t/t6009-rev-list-parent.sh b/t/t6009-rev-list-parent.sh
index 0f0e457..792bbe9 100755
--- a/t/t6009-rev-list-parent.sh
+++ b/t/t6009-rev-list-parent.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test_description='properly cull all ancestors'
+test_description='ancestor culling and limitting by parent number'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
@@ -28,4 +28,72 @@ test_expect_success 'one is ancestor of others and should not be shown' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup roots, merges and octopusses' '
+
+	git checkout --orphan newroot &&
+	test_commit five &&
+	git checkout -b sidebranch two &&
+	test_commit six &&
+	git checkout -b anotherbranch three &&
+	test_commit seven &&
+	git checkout master &&
+	test_merge normalmerge newroot &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge -m octopus sidebranch anotherbranch &&
+	git tag octopus
+'
+
+check_revlist () {
+	> expect &&
+	for c in $2; do echo "$c" >> expect; done &&
+	git rev-list $1 master | git name-rev --name-only --tags --stdin >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+}
+ 
+test_expect_success 'rev-list roots' '
+
+	check_revlist "--max-parents=0" "five one"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list no merges' '
+
+	check_revlist "--max-parents=1" "seven six five four three two one" &&
+	check_revlist "--no-merges" "seven six five four three two one"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list no octopusses' '
+
+	check_revlist "--max-parents=2" "normalmerge seven six five four three two one"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list no roots' '
+
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=1" "octopus normalmerge seven six four three two"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list merges' '
+
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=2" "octopus normalmerge" &&
+	check_revlist "--merges" "octopus normalmerge"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list octopus' '
+
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=3" "octopus"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list ordinary commits' '
+
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=1 --max-parents=1" "seven six four three two"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rev-list override and infinities' '
+
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=2 --no-merges" "" &&
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=2 --no-merges --max-parents=3" "octopus normalmerge" &&
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=2 --no-merges --max-parents=7" "octopus normalmerge" &&
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=2 --no-merges --max-parents=8" "octopus normalmerge" &&
+	check_revlist "--min-parents=2 --no-merges --max-parents=-1" "octopus normalmerge"
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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  1. 0/2 revision.c: --merges, --no-merges and --merges-onlyMichael J Gruber, Mar 17, 2011
  2. 1/2 revision.c: rename --merges to --merges-onlyMichael J Gruber, Mar 17, 2011
  3. 2/2 revision.c: introduce --merges to undo --no-mergesMichael J Gruber, Mar 17, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2011
  5. Jeff KingMar 17, 2011
  6. Michael J GruberMar 18, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2011
  8. Michael J GruberMar 18, 2011
  9. Jeff KingMar 18, 2011
  10. 0/3 rev-list and friends: --min-parents, --max-parentsMichael J Gruber, Mar 18, 2011
  11. Michael J GruberMar 18, 2011
  12. Jeff KingMar 18, 2011
  13. Michael J GruberMar 21, 2011
  14. 0/3 rev-list and friends: --min-parents, --max-parentsMichael J Gruber, Mar 21, 2011
  15. Jeff KingMar 21, 2011
  16. 0/5 rev-list and friends: --min-parents, --max-parentsMichael J Gruber, Mar 23, 2011
  17. Jeff KingMar 23, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2011
  20. Jonathan NiederMar 24, 2011
  21. Michael J GruberMar 24, 2011
  22. Jonathan NiederMar 24, 2011
  23. 0/2 test_when_finished and returning earlyJonathan Nieder, Aug 8, 2011
  24. 1/2 test: simplify return value of test_run_Jonathan Nieder, Aug 8, 2011
  25. 2/2 test: cope better with use of return for errorsJonathan Nieder, Aug 8, 2011
  26. Johannes SixtAug 9, 2011
  27. Jeff KingAug 9, 2011
  28. t3900: do not reference numbered arguments from the test scriptJohannes Sixt, Aug 11, 2011
  29. Jonathan NiederAug 11, 2011
  30. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2011
  31. Jeff KingAug 8, 2011
  32. 1/5 t6009: use test_commit() from test-lib.shMichael J Gruber, Mar 23, 2011
  33. 2/5 revision.c: introduce --min-parents and --max-parentsMichael J Gruber, Mar 23, 2011
  34. 3/5 squash! revision.c: introduce --min-parents and --max-parentsMichael J Gruber, Mar 23, 2011
  35. 4/5 rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc, test and completionMichael J Gruber, Mar 23, 2011
  36. 5/5 fixup! rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc, test and completionMichael J Gruber, Mar 23, 2011
  37. 1/3 t6009: use test_commit() from test-lib.shMichael J Gruber, Mar 21, 2011
  38. 2/3 revision.c: introduce --min-parents and --max-parentsMichael J Gruber, Mar 21, 2011
  39. Michael J GruberMar 21, 2011
  40. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2011
  41. Jonathan NiederMar 21, 2011
  42. 3/3 rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc and test and completionMichael J Gruber, Mar 21, 2011
  43. Jonathan NiederMar 21, 2011
  44. Michael J GruberMar 22, 2011
  45. Jonathan NiederMar 23, 2011
  46. 1/3 revision.c: introduce --min-parents and --max-parentsMichael J Gruber, Mar 18, 2011
  47. Jeff KingMar 18, 2011
  48. Michael J GruberMar 21, 2011
  49. Jonathan NiederMar 18, 2011
  50. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2011
  51. Michael J GruberMar 21, 2011
  52. 2/3 t6009: use test_commit() from test-lib.shMichael J Gruber, Mar 18, 2011
  53. 3/3 rev-list --min-parents,--max-parents: doc and test and completionMichael J Gruber, Mar 18, 2011
  54. Jeff KingMar 18, 2011
  55. Michael J GruberMar 21, 2011
  56. Jeff KingMar 21, 2011
  57. Michael J GruberMar 21, 2011
  58. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2011
  59. Michael J GruberMar 21, 2011
  60. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2011
  61. Jonathan NiederMar 18, 2011
  62. Michael J GruberMar 21, 2011
  63. Jonathan NiederMar 21, 2011
  64. Michael J GruberMar 22, 2011
  65. Jeff KingMar 18, 2011
  66. Michael J GruberMar 18, 2011
  67. Jeff KingMar 18, 2011

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