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[PATCH 15/16 v2] cherry-pick, revert: add a label for ancestor

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2010, 03:34 UTC
Message-ID
<20100318033411.GC18193@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To
<20100318031638.GA18193@progeny.tock>

When writing conflict hunks in ‘diff3 -m’ format, also add a label to the common ancestor. Especially in a cherry-pick, it is not immediately obvious without such a label what the common ancestor represents.

git rerere does not have trouble parsing the new output and its preimage ids are unchanged since it includes its own code for recreating conflict hunks. No other code in git parses conflict hunks.

Requested-by: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/revert.c                |    5 ++++-
 t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index b314629..625281c 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	unsigned char head[20];
 	struct commit *base, *next, *parent;
-	const char *next_label;
+	const char *base_label, *next_label;
 	int i, index_fd, clean;
 	struct commit_message msg = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
 
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	if (action == REVERT) {
 		base = commit;
+		base_label = msg.label;
 		next = parent;
 		next_label = msg.parent_label;
 		add_to_msg("Revert \"");
@@ -381,6 +382,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 		add_to_msg(".\n");
 	} else {
 		base = parent;
+		base_label = msg.parent_label;
 		next = commit;
 		next_label = msg.label;
 		set_author_ident_env(msg.message);
@@ -394,6 +396,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	read_cache();
 	init_merge_options(&o);
+	o.ancestor = base ? base_label : "(empty tree)";
 	o.branch1 = "HEAD";
 	o.branch2 = next ? next_label : "(empty tree)";
 
diff --git a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
index 6a20817..e25cf80 100644
--- a/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
+++ b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ test_expect_success 'diff3 -m style' '
 	cat <<-EOF > expected &&
 	<<<<<<< HEAD
 	a
-	|||||||
+	||||||| parent of objid picked
 	b
 	=======
 	c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ test_expect_success 'revert conflict, diff3 -m style' '
 	cat <<-EOF > expected &&
 	<<<<<<< HEAD
 	a
-	|||||||
+	||||||| objid picked
 	c
 	=======
 	b
-- 
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Message 18 of 23 in “Add label for common ancestor to conflictstyle=diff3”
  1. 0/16 Add label for common ancestor to conflictstyle=diff3Jonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  2. 01/16 xdl_merge(): add optional ancestor label to diff3-style outputJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  3. Bert WesargMar 17, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederMar 20, 2010
  5. 02/16 xdl_merge(): move file1 and file2 labels to xmparam structureJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  6. 03/16 merge-file --diff3: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  7. 04/16 ll_merge(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style outputJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  8. 05/16 checkout --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  9. 06/16 merge_file(): add comment explaining behavior wrt conflict styleJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  10. 07/16 merge_trees(): add ancestor label parameter for diff3-style outputJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  11. 08/16 tests: document format of conflicts from checkout -mJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  12. 09/16 checkout -m --conflict=diff3: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  13. 10/16 tests: document cherry-pick behavior in face of conflictsJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  14. 11/16 revert_or_cherry_pick(): get oneline_body from get_oneline()Jonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  15. Stephen BoydMar 17, 2010
  16. Jonathan NiederMar 18, 2010
  17. revert: clarify label on conflict hunksJonathan Nieder, Mar 18, 2010
  18. 15/16 cherry-pick, revert: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 18, 2010
  19. 12/16 compat: add mempcpy()Jonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  20. 13/16 revert: simplify get_oneline() using mempcpyJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  21. 14/16 revert: clarify label on conflict hunksJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  22. 15/16 cherry-pick: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010
  23. 16/16 merge-recursive: add a label for ancestorJonathan Nieder, Mar 17, 2010

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