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[PATCH 1/3] Allow git-apply to ignore the hunk headers (AKA recountdiff)

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Jun 24, 2008, 19:08 UTC
Message-ID
<200806242108.16379.trast@student.ethz.ch>
In-Reply-To
<20080624050901.GA19224@sigill.intra.peff.net>
From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Sometimes, the easiest way to fix up a patch is to edit it directly, even adding or deleting lines. Now, many people are not as divine as certain benevolent dictators as to update the hunk headers correctly at the first try.

So teach the tool to do it for us.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
---
 Documentation/git-apply.txt |    7 ++++-
 builtin-apply.c             |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index c834763..b8ab6ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index]
 	  [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor <file>] [-R | --reverse]
 	  [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
-	  [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--cached]
+	  [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
 	  [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
 	  [--exclude=PATH] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
 
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ behavior:
 	correctly. This option adds support for applying such patches by
 	working around this bug.
 
+--recount::
+	Do not trust the line counts in the hunk headers, but infer them
+	by inspecting the patch (e.g. after editing the patch without
+	adjusting the hunk headers appropriately).
+
 -v::
 --verbose::
 	Report progress to stderr. By default, only a message about the
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index c497889..34c220f 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct patch {
 	unsigned int is_binary:1;
 	unsigned int is_copy:1;
 	unsigned int is_rename:1;
+	unsigned int recount:1;
 	struct fragment *fragments;
 	char *result;
 	size_t resultsize;
@@ -882,6 +883,50 @@ static int parse_range(const char *line, int len, int offset, const char *expect
 	return offset + ex;
 }
 
+static int recount_diff(char *line, int size, struct fragment *fragment)
+{
+	int line_nr = 0;
+
+	if (size < 1)
+		return -1;
+
+	fragment->oldpos = 2;
+	fragment->oldlines = fragment->newlines = 0;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		int len = linelen(line, size);
+		size -= len;
+		line += len;
+
+		if (size < 1)
+			return 0;
+
+		switch (*line) {
+		case ' ': case '\n':
+			fragment->newlines++;
+			/* fall through */
+		case '-':
+			fragment->oldlines++;
+			break;
+		case '+':
+			fragment->newlines++;
+			if (line_nr == 0) {
+				fragment->leading = 1;
+				fragment->oldpos = 1;
+			}
+			fragment->trailing = 1;
+			break;
+		case '@':
+			return size < 3 || prefixcmp(line, "@@ ");
+		case 'd':
+			return size < 5 || prefixcmp(line, "diff ");
+		default:
+			return -1;
+		}
+		line_nr++;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Parse a unified diff fragment header of the
  * form "@@ -a,b +c,d @@"
@@ -1013,6 +1058,9 @@ static int parse_fragment(char *line, unsigned long size,
 	offset = parse_fragment_header(line, len, fragment);
 	if (offset < 0)
 		return -1;
+	if (offset > 0 && patch->recount &&
+			recount_diff(line + offset, size - offset, fragment))
+		return -1;
 	oldlines = fragment->oldlines;
 	newlines = fragment->newlines;
 	leading = 0;
@@ -2912,7 +2960,8 @@ static void prefix_patches(struct patch *p)
 	}
 }
 
-static int apply_patch(int fd, const char *filename, int inaccurate_eof)
+static int apply_patch(int fd, const char *filename, int inaccurate_eof,
+		int recount)
 {
 	size_t offset;
 	struct strbuf buf;
@@ -2929,6 +2978,7 @@ static int apply_patch(int fd, const char *filename, int inaccurate_eof)
 
 		patch = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*patch));
 		patch->inaccurate_eof = inaccurate_eof;
+		patch->recount = recount;
 		nr = parse_chunk(buf.buf + offset, buf.len - offset, patch);
 		if (nr < 0)
 			break;
@@ -2998,6 +3048,7 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 	int i;
 	int read_stdin = 1;
 	int inaccurate_eof = 0;
+	int recount = 0;
 	int errs = 0;
 	int is_not_gitdir;
 
@@ -3015,7 +3066,8 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 		int fd;
 
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "-")) {
-			errs |= apply_patch(0, "<stdin>", inaccurate_eof);
+			errs |= apply_patch(0, "<stdin>", inaccurate_eof,
+					recount);
 			read_stdin = 0;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -3118,6 +3170,10 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 			inaccurate_eof = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--recount")) {
+			recount = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (0 < prefix_length)
 			arg = prefix_filename(prefix, prefix_length, arg);
 
@@ -3126,12 +3182,12 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 			die("can't open patch '%s': %s", arg, strerror(errno));
 		read_stdin = 0;
 		set_default_whitespace_mode(whitespace_option);
-		errs |= apply_patch(fd, arg, inaccurate_eof);
+		errs |= apply_patch(fd, arg, inaccurate_eof, recount);
 		close(fd);
 	}
 	set_default_whitespace_mode(whitespace_option);
 	if (read_stdin)
-		errs |= apply_patch(0, "<stdin>", inaccurate_eof);
+		errs |= apply_patch(0, "<stdin>", inaccurate_eof, recount);
 	if (whitespace_error) {
 		if (squelch_whitespace_errors &&
 		    squelch_whitespace_errors < whitespace_error) {
-- 
1.5.6.84.ge5c1
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  1. git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing modeThomas Rast, May 23, 2008
  2. Ping YinMay 24, 2008
  3. Thomas RastMay 29, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 29, 2008
  5. Thomas RastMay 29, 2008
  6. Thomas RastMay 29, 2008
  7. Jeff KingMay 29, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinMay 30, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiMay 30, 2008
  10. Thomas RastMay 30, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2008
  12. git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing mode v2Thomas Rast, Jun 1, 2008
  13. Thomas RastJun 1, 2008
  14. Jeff KingJun 1, 2008
  15. Jeff KingJun 5, 2008
  16. Thomas RastJun 5, 2008
  17. Jeff KingJun 5, 2008
  18. Thomas RastJun 5, 2008
  19. Jeff KingJun 5, 2008
  20. Thomas RastJun 5, 2008
  21. Jeff KingJun 5, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  23. Jeff KingJun 5, 2008
  24. Johannes SchindelinJun 5, 2008
  25. Jeff KingJun 6, 2008
  26. Jeff KingJun 6, 2008
  27. Thomas RastJun 8, 2008
  28. Johannes SchindelinJun 8, 2008
  29. Johannes SchindelinJun 6, 2008
  30. Thomas RastJun 8, 2008
  31. Johannes SchindelinJun 8, 2008
  32. git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing modeThomas Rast, Jun 5, 2008
  33. git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing modeThomas Rast, Jun 8, 2008
  34. Johannes SchindelinJun 8, 2008
  35. Johan HerlandJun 9, 2008
  36. Jeff KingJun 9, 2008
  37. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  38. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  39. Johan HerlandJun 9, 2008
  40. Jeff KingJun 9, 2008
  41. Johan HerlandJun 9, 2008
  42. Jeff KingJun 10, 2008
  43. Thomas RastJun 11, 2008
  44. Jeff KingJun 12, 2008
  45. Thomas RastJun 12, 2008
  46. Jeff KingJun 12, 2008
  47. git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing modeThomas Rast, Jun 13, 2008
  48. Jeff KingJun 23, 2008
  49. Johannes SchindelinJun 23, 2008
  50. Jeff KingJun 23, 2008
  51. apply --recount, was Re: [PATCH v4] git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing modeJohannes Schindelin, Jun 23, 2008
  52. Jeff KingJun 24, 2008
  53. 0/3 Manual editing for 'add' and 'add -p'Thomas Rast, Jun 24, 2008
  54. Miklos VajnaJun 24, 2008
  55. 1/3 Allow git-apply to ignore the hunk headers (AKA recountdiff)Thomas Rast, Jun 24, 2008
  56. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2008
  57. Jeff KingJun 25, 2008
  58. Johannes SchindelinJun 27, 2008
  59. 2/3 git-add: introduce --edit (to edit the diff vs. the index)Thomas Rast, Jun 24, 2008
  60. 3/3 git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing modeThomas Rast, Jun 24, 2008
  61. Andreas EricssonJun 10, 2008
  62. Thomas RastJun 5, 2008

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