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[PATCH 4/6] add -u: only show pathless 'add -u' warning when changes exist outside cwd

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2013, 22:50 UTC
Message-ID
<20130319225050.GE19014@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20130319224400.GA19014@google.com>

A common workflow in large projects is to chdir into a subdirectory of interest and only do work there:

	cd src
	vi foo.c
	make test
	git add -u
	git commit

The upcoming change to 'git add -u' behavior would not affect such a workflow: when the only changes present are in the current directory, 'git add -u' will add all changes, and whether that happens via an implicit "." or implicit ":/" parameter is an unimportant implementation detail.

The warning about use of 'git add -u' with no pathspec is annoying because it seemingly serves no purpose in this case. So suppress the warning unless there are changes outside the cwd that are not being added.

A previous version of this patch ran two I/O-intensive diff-files passes: one to find changes outside the cwd, and another to find changes to add to the index within the cwd. This version runs one full-tree diff and decides for each change whether to add it or warn and suppress it in update_callback. As a result, even on very large repositories "git add -u" will not be significantly slower than the future default behavior ("git add -u :/"), and the slowdown relative to "git add -u ." should be a useful clue to users of such repositories to get into the habit of explicitly passing '.'.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Improved-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
This is the interesting one.
Changes since v1:
 * run only one diff-files pass, as explained in the log message
 * use strncmp_icase, not match_pathspec, to check if paths are
   under cwd
 * expand log message with performance implications
 * summarized Peff's review with an Ack.  I hope that's ok.
Thanks for your help getting this into good shape.
 builtin/add.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index a424e69..4d8d441 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ static int take_worktree_changes;
 struct update_callback_data {
 	int flags;
 	int add_errors;
+	const char *implicit_dot;
+	size_t implicit_dot_len;
 };
 
 static const char *option_with_implicit_dot;
@@ -94,10 +96,27 @@ static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 {
 	int i;
 	struct update_callback_data *data = cbdata;
+	const char *implicit_dot = data->implicit_dot;
+	size_t implicit_dot_len = data->implicit_dot_len;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filepair *p = q->queue[i];
 		const char *path = p->one->path;
+
+		/*
+		 * Check if "git add -A" or "git add -u" was run from a
+		 * subdirectory with a modified file outside that directory,
+		 * and warn if so.
+		 *
+		 * "git add -u" will behave like "git add -u :/" instead of
+		 * "git add -u ." in the future.  This warning prepares for
+		 * that change.
+		 */
+		if (implicit_dot &&
+		    strncmp_icase(path, implicit_dot, implicit_dot_len)) {
+			warn_pathless_add();
+			continue;
+		}
 		switch (fix_unmerged_status(p, data)) {
 		default:
 			die(_("unexpected diff status %c"), p->status);
@@ -121,17 +140,30 @@ static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 	}
 }
 
+#define ADD_CACHE_IMPLICIT_DOT 32
 int add_files_to_cache(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec, int flags)
 {
 	struct update_callback_data data;
 	struct rev_info rev;
+
+	memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
+	data.flags = flags & ~ADD_CACHE_IMPLICIT_DOT;
+	if ((flags & ADD_CACHE_IMPLICIT_DOT) && prefix) {
+		/*
+		 * Check for modified files throughout the worktree so
+		 * update_callback has a chance to warn about changes
+		 * outside the cwd.
+		 */
+		data.implicit_dot = prefix;
+		data.implicit_dot_len = strlen(prefix);
+		pathspec = NULL;
+	}
+
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
 	setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, NULL);
 	init_pathspec(&rev.prune_data, pathspec);
 	rev.diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_CALLBACK;
 	rev.diffopt.format_callback = update_callback;
-	data.flags = flags;
-	data.add_errors = 0;
 	rev.diffopt.format_callback_data = &data;
 	rev.max_count = 0; /* do not compare unmerged paths with stage #2 */
 	run_diff_files(&rev, DIFF_RACY_IS_MODIFIED);
@@ -371,6 +403,7 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int add_new_files;
 	int require_pathspec;
 	char *seen = NULL;
+	int implicit_dot = 0;
 
 	git_config(add_config, NULL);
 
@@ -400,10 +433,11 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	}
 	if (option_with_implicit_dot && !argc) {
 		static const char *here[2] = { ".", NULL };
-		if (prefix)
+		if (prefix && addremove)
 			warn_pathless_add();
 		argc = 1;
 		argv = here;
+		implicit_dot = 1;
 	}
 
 	add_new_files = !take_worktree_changes && !refresh_only;
@@ -416,7 +450,8 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		 (intent_to_add ? ADD_CACHE_INTENT : 0) |
 		 (ignore_add_errors ? ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_ERRORS : 0) |
 		 (!(addremove || take_worktree_changes)
-		  ? ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_REMOVAL : 0));
+		  ? ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_REMOVAL : 0)) |
+		 (implicit_dot ? ADD_CACHE_IMPLICIT_DOT : 0);
 
 	if (require_pathspec && argc == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Nothing specified, nothing added.\n"));
-- 
1.8.2.rc3
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  1. 0/2 "git add -u/-A" from futureJunio C Hamano, Mar 8, 2013
  2. 1/2 require pathspec for "git add -u/-A"Junio C Hamano, Mar 8, 2013
  3. Matthieu MoyMar 10, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2013
  5. Matthieu MoyMar 11, 2013
  6. 1/2 add: update pathless 'add [-u|-A]' warning to reflect change of planMatthieu Moy, Mar 11, 2013
  7. 2/2 add: add a newline at the end of pathless 'add [-u|-A]' warningMatthieu Moy, Mar 11, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2013
  9. Matthieu MoyApr 2, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2013
  11. Matthieu MoyApr 2, 2013
  12. Jeff KingMar 12, 2013
  13. Matthieu MoyMar 12, 2013
  14. Jeff KingMar 13, 2013
  15. 1/2 t2200: check that "add -u" limits itself to subdirectoryJeff King, Mar 13, 2013
  16. Matthieu MoyMar 13, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  18. Jeff KingMar 14, 2013
  19. 2/2 add: respect add.updateroot config optionJeff King, Mar 13, 2013
  20. Matthieu MoyMar 13, 2013
  21. Jeff KingMar 13, 2013
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2013
  23. Matthieu MoyMar 14, 2013
  24. 0/4 make pathless 'add [-u|-A]' warning less noisyJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  25. 1/4 add: make pathless 'add [-u|-A]' warning a file-global functionJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  26. 2/4 add: make warn_pathless_add() a no-op after first callJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  27. 3/4 add -u: only show pathless 'add -u' warning when changes exist outside cwdJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2013
  29. Jonathan NiederMar 19, 2013
  30. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2013
  31. Jonathan NiederMar 19, 2013
  32. Duy NguyenMar 19, 2013
  33. Jonathan NiederMar 19, 2013
  34. Matthieu MoyMar 19, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2013
  36. Jonathan NiederMar 19, 2013
  37. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2013
  38. Jonathan NiederMar 19, 2013
  39. 4/4 add -A: only show pathless 'add -A' warning when changes exist outside cwdJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  40. Jeff KingMar 19, 2013
  41. 2/2 git add: -u/-A now affects the entire working treeJunio C Hamano, Mar 8, 2013
  42. 0/6 make pathless 'add [-u|-A]' warning less noisyJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  43. 1/6 t2200: check that "add -u" limits itself to subdirectoryJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  44. 2/6 add: make pathless 'add [-u|-A]' warning a file-global functionJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  45. 3/6 add: make warn_pathless_add() a no-op after first callJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  46. 4/6 add -u: only show pathless 'add -u' warning when changes exist outside cwdJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  47. Jeff KingMar 20, 2013
  48. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2013
  49. 5/6 add -A: only show pathless 'add -A' warning when changes exist outside cwdJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013
  50. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2013
  51. 6/6 git add: -u/-A now affects the entire working treeJonathan Nieder, Mar 19, 2013

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