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[PATCH 2/3] fast-import: treat filemodify with empty tree as delete

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 3, 2011, 08:24 UTC
Message-ID
<20110103082458.GC8842@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20110103080130.GA8842@burratino>
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:42:28 -0600

Traditionally, git trees do not contain entries for empty subdirectories. Generally speaking, subtrees are not created or destroyed explicitly; instead, they automatically appear when needed to hold regular files, symlinks, and submodules.

v1.7.3-rc0~75^2 (Teach fast-import to import subtrees named by tree id, 2010-06-30) changed that, by allowing an empty subtree to be included in a fast-import stream explicitly:

	M 040000 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 subdir

That was unintentional. Better and more closely analogous to "git read-tree --prefix" to treat such an input line as a request to delete ("to empty") subdir.

Noticed-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
If this seems like a good idea it might be a candidate for v1.7.4.x.
Perhaps fsck.c should learn a "no empty trees" rule, too.
 fast-import.c          |   10 ++++++++
 t/t9300-fast-import.sh |   58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index a5cea45..385d12d 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -2231,6 +2231,16 @@ static void file_change_m(struct branch *b)
 		p = uq.buf;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Git does not track empty, non-toplevel directories.
+	 */
+	if (S_ISDIR(mode) &&
+	    !memcmp(sha1, (const unsigned char *) EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN, 20) &&
+	    *p) {
+		tree_content_remove(&b->branch_tree, p, NULL);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
 		if (inline_data)
 			die("Git links cannot be specified 'inline': %s",
diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index 53aad51..b9aa3f0 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ echo "$@"'
 
 >empty
 
+test_expect_success 'setup: have pipes?' '
+	rm -f frob &&
+	if mkfifo frob
+	then
+		test_set_prereq PIPE
+	fi
+'
+
 ###
 ### series A
 ###
@@ -899,6 +907,48 @@ test_expect_success \
 	 compare_diff_raw expect actual'
 
 test_expect_success \
+	'N: delete directory by copying' \
+	'cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	OBJID
+	:100644 000000 OBJID OBJID D	foo/bar/qux
+	OBJID
+	:000000 100644 OBJID OBJID A	foo/bar/baz
+	:000000 100644 OBJID OBJID A	foo/bar/qux
+	EOF
+	 empty_tree=$(git mktree </dev/null) &&
+	 cat >input <<-INPUT_END &&
+	commit refs/heads/N-delete
+	committer $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> $GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
+	data <<COMMIT
+	collect data to be deleted
+	COMMIT
+
+	deleteall
+	M 100644 inline foo/bar/baz
+	data <<DATA_END
+	hello
+	DATA_END
+	C "foo/bar/baz" "foo/bar/qux"
+	C "foo/bar/baz" "foo/bar/quux/1"
+	C "foo/bar/baz" "foo/bar/quuux"
+	M 040000 $empty_tree foo/bar/quux
+	M 040000 $empty_tree foo/bar/quuux
+
+	commit refs/heads/N-delete
+	committer $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> $GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
+	data <<COMMIT
+	delete subdirectory
+	COMMIT
+
+	M 040000 $empty_tree foo/bar/qux
+	INPUT_END
+	 git fast-import <input &&
+	 git rev-list N-delete |
+		git diff-tree -r --stdin --root --always |
+		sed -e "s/$_x40/OBJID/g" >actual &&
+	 test_cmp expect actual'
+
+test_expect_success \
 	'N: copy root directory by tree hash' \
 	'cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
 	:100755 000000 f1fb5da718392694d0076d677d6d0e364c79b0bc 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 D	file3/newf
@@ -1898,14 +1948,6 @@ test_expect_success 'R: print two blobs to stdout' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'setup: have pipes?' '
-	rm -f frob &&
-	if mkfifo frob
-	then
-		test_set_prereq PIPE
-	fi
-'
-
 test_expect_success PIPE 'R: copy using cat-file' '
 	expect_id=$(git hash-object big) &&
 	expect_len=$(wc -c <big) &&
-- 
1.7.4.rc0.580.g89dc.dirty
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  2. fast-import: add 'ls' commandDavid Barr, Dec 2, 2010
  3. Sverre RabbelierDec 2, 2010
  4. David Michael BarrDec 2, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederDec 2, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2010
  7. David BarrDec 2, 2010
  8. 0/3 fast-import: add 'ls' commandJonathan Nieder, Jan 3, 2011
  9. 1/3 fast-import: clarify handling of cat-blob featureJonathan Nieder, Jan 3, 2011
  10. 2/3 fast-import: treat filemodify with empty tree as deleteJonathan Nieder, Jan 3, 2011
  11. fast-import: treat filemodify with empty tree as deleteJonathan Nieder, Jan 26, 2011
  12. Sverre RabbelierJan 26, 2011
  13. fast-import: treat filemodify with empty tree as deleteJonathan Nieder, Jan 26, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2011
  15. Jonathan NiederJan 27, 2011
  16. fast-import: treat filemodify with empty tree as deleteJonathan Nieder, Jan 27, 2011
  17. Peter BaumannJan 27, 2011
  18. Jonathan NiederJan 27, 2011
  19. Peter BaumannJan 27, 2011
  20. Peter BaumannJan 27, 2011
  21. Jonathan NiederJan 28, 2011
  22. 3/3 fast-import: add 'ls' commandJonathan Nieder, Jan 3, 2011
  23. [RFC] fast-import: 'cat-blob' and 'ls' commandsJonathan Nieder, Jan 26, 2011
  24. Sam VilainJan 26, 2011

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