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[PATCH 06/10] merge_trees(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style output

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 15, 2010, 08:00 UTC
Message-ID
<20100315080032.GF8824@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To
<20100315074748.GA28827@progeny.tock>

Commands using the merge_trees() machinery will present conflict hunks in output something like what ‘diff3 -m’ produces if the merge.conflictstyle configuration option is set to diff3.

Unfortunately, the format is not fully compatible yet. ‘diff3’ includes the name of the merge base on the ||||||| line of the output, and tools can misparse the conflict hunks without it. Add a new o->ancestor parameter to merge_trees() for use as a label for the ancestor in conflict hunks to give callers the power to rectify this situation.

If o->ancestor is NULL, the output format is as before. All callers pass NULL, so this patch does not affect the outward behavior of git.

If o->ancestor is non-NULL and both branches renamed the base file to the same name, that name is included in the conflict hunk labels. Even if o->ancestor is NULL I think this would be a good change, but this patch only does it in the non-NULL case to ensure the output format does not change where it might matter.

Reported-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
Another no-op.
 merge-recursive.c |   11 ++++++++---
 merge-recursive.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 3b2cc9d..017cafd 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int merge_3way(struct merge_options *o,
 		      const char *branch2)
 {
 	mmfile_t orig, src1, src2;
-	char *name1, *name2;
+	char *base_name, *name1, *name2;
 	int merge_status;
 	int favor;
 
@@ -628,10 +628,15 @@ static int merge_3way(struct merge_options *o,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(a->path, b->path)) {
+	if (strcmp(a->path, b->path) ||
+	    (o->ancestor != NULL && strcmp(a->path, one->path) != 0)) {
+		base_name = o->ancestor == NULL ? NULL :
+			xstrdup(mkpath("%s:%s", o->ancestor, one->path));
 		name1 = xstrdup(mkpath("%s:%s", branch1, a->path));
 		name2 = xstrdup(mkpath("%s:%s", branch2, b->path));
 	} else {
+		base_name = o->ancestor == NULL ? NULL :
+			xstrdup(mkpath("%s", o->ancestor));
 		name1 = xstrdup(mkpath("%s", branch1));
 		name2 = xstrdup(mkpath("%s", branch2));
 	}
@@ -640,7 +645,7 @@ static int merge_3way(struct merge_options *o,
 	read_mmblob(&src1, a->sha1);
 	read_mmblob(&src2, b->sha1);
 
-	merge_status = ll_merge(result_buf, a->path, &orig, NULL,
+	merge_status = ll_merge(result_buf, a->path, &orig, base_name,
 				&src1, name1, &src2, name2,
 				(!!o->call_depth) | (favor << 1));
 
diff --git a/merge-recursive.h b/merge-recursive.h
index be8410a..d1192f5 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.h
+++ b/merge-recursive.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 
 struct merge_options {
+	const char *ancestor;
 	const char *branch1;
 	const char *branch2;
 	enum {
-- 
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Message 17 of 23 in “Re: git-core: conflictstyle=diff3 doesn't actually use diff3 compatible format”
  1. Jonathan NiederMar 5, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2010
  3. Bert WesargMar 6, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederMar 8, 2010
  6. 0/10 Add label for common ancestor to conflictstyle=diff3Jonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  7. 01/10 xdl_merge(): add optional ancestor label to diff3-style outputJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  9. Jonathan NiederMar 15, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  11. 02/10 merge-file --diff3: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  12. 03/10 ll_merge(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style outputJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  13. 04/10 checkout --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  15. Jonathan NiederMar 15, 2010
  16. 05/10 merge_file(): add comment explaining behavior wrt conflict styleJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  17. 06/10 merge_trees(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style outputJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  18. 07/10 tests: document format of conflicts from checkout -mJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  19. 08/10 checkout -m --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  20. 09/10 cherry-pick: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  21. 10/10 merge-recursive: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 15, 2010
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2010
  23. Stefan MonnierMar 15, 2010

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