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[PATCH v2 2/3] blame: add the ability to ignore commits and their changes

From
BRBarret Rhoden <brho@google.com>
Date
Jan 17, 2019, 20:29 UTC
Message-ID
<20190117202919.157326-3-brho@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20190117202919.157326-1-brho@google.com>

Commits that make formatting changes or function renames are often not interesting when blaming a file. A user may deem such a commit as 'not interesting' and want to ignore and its changes it when assigning blame.

For example, say a file has the following git history / rev-list:
---O---A---X---B---C---D---Y---E---F

Commits X and Y both touch a particular line, and the other commits do not:

X: "Take a third parameter"
-MyFunc(1, 2);
+MyFunc(1, 2, 3);
Y: "Remove camelcase"
-MyFunc(1, 2, 3);
+my_func(1, 2, 3);

git-blame will blame Y for the change. I'd like to be able to ignore Y: both the existence of the commit as well as any changes it made. This differs from -S rev-list, which specifies the list of commits to process for the blame. We still process Y, we just don't let the blame 'stick.'

Users can ignore a revision with --ignore-rev=rev, which may be repeated. They can specify a file of full SHA-1 hashes of revs (one per line) with the blame.ignoreRevFile config option. They can also specify a file with --ignore-rev-file=file, which overrides the config option.

For a typical use case, projects will maintain the file containing revisions for commits that perform mass reformatting, and their users have the optional to ignore all of the commits in that file.

Additionally, a user can use the --ignore-rev option for one-off investigation. To go back to the example above, X was a substantive change to the function, but not the change the user is interested in. The user inspected X, but wanted to find the previous change to that line - perhaps a commit that introduced that function call.

To make this work, we can't simply remove all ignored commits from the rev-list. We need to diff the changes introduced by Y so that we can ignore them. We let the blames get passed to Y, just like when processing normally. When Y is the target, we make sure that Y does not *keep* any blames. Any changes that Y is responsible for get passed to its parent. Note we make one pass through all of the scapegoats (parents) to attempt to pass blame normally; we don't know if we *need* to ignore the commit until we've checked all of the parents.

The blame_entry will get passed up the tree until we find a commit that has a diff chunk that affects those lines. If an ignored commit added more lines than it removed, the blame will fall on a commit that made a change nearby. There is no general solution here, just a best-effort approach. For a trivial example, consider ignoring this commit:

Z: "Adding Lines"
 foo
+No commit
+ever touched
+these lines
 bar
Signed-off-by: Barret Rhoden <brho@google.com>
---
 Documentation/blame-options.txt | 13 +++++++++
 Documentation/git-blame.txt     |  1 +
 blame.c                         | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 blame.h                         |  2 ++
 builtin/blame.c                 | 24 +++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index dc41957afab2..424a63f0b45c 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -110,5 +110,18 @@ commit. And the default value is 40. If there are more than one
 `-C` options given, the <num> argument of the last `-C` will
 take effect.
 
+--ignore-rev <rev>::
+	Ignore changes made by the revision when assigning blame, as if the
+	change never happened.  Lines that were changed or added by an ignored
+	commit will be blamed on the previous commit that changed that line or
+	nearby lines.  This option may be specified multiple times to ignore
+	more than one revision.
+
+--ignore-revs-file <file>::
+	Ignore revisions listed in `file`, one full SHA-1 hash per line.
+	Whitespace and comments beginning with `#` are ignored.  This overrides
+	the `blame.ignoreRevsFile` config option, which specifies a default
+	file.
+
 -h::
 	Show help message.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index 16323eb80e31..7e8154199635 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-p] [-w] [--incremental]
 	    [-L <range>] [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>]
+	    [--ignore-rev <rev>] [--ignore-revs-file <file>]
 	    [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>..<rev>]
 	    [--] <file>
 
diff --git a/blame.c b/blame.c
index d84c93778080..0b91fba2d04c 100644
--- a/blame.c
+++ b/blame.c
@@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ static struct blame_entry *reverse_blame(struct blame_entry *head,
  */
 static void blame_chunk(struct blame_entry ***dstq, struct blame_entry ***srcq,
 			int tlno, int offset, int same,
-			struct blame_origin *parent)
+			struct blame_origin *parent, int ignore_diffs)
 {
 	struct blame_entry *e = **srcq;
-	struct blame_entry *samep = NULL, *diffp = NULL;
+	struct blame_entry *samep = NULL, *diffp = NULL, *ignoredp = NULL;
 
 	while (e && e->s_lno < tlno) {
 		struct blame_entry *next = e->next;
@@ -925,10 +925,23 @@ static void blame_chunk(struct blame_entry ***dstq, struct blame_entry ***srcq,
 			n->next = samep;
 			samep = n;
 		}
-		e->next = diffp;
-		diffp = e;
+		if (ignore_diffs) {
+			/* These go to the parent, like the ones before tlno. */
+			blame_origin_decref(e->suspect);
+			e->suspect = blame_origin_incref(parent);
+			e->s_lno += offset;
+			e->next = ignoredp;
+			ignoredp = e;
+		} else {
+			e->next = diffp;
+			diffp = e;
+		}
 		e = next;
 	}
+	if (ignoredp) {
+		**dstq = reverse_blame(ignoredp, **dstq);
+		*dstq = &ignoredp->next;
+	}
 	**srcq = reverse_blame(diffp, reverse_blame(samep, e));
 	/* Move across elements that are in the unblamable portion */
 	if (diffp)
@@ -938,6 +951,7 @@ static void blame_chunk(struct blame_entry ***dstq, struct blame_entry ***srcq,
 struct blame_chunk_cb_data {
 	struct blame_origin *parent;
 	long offset;
+	int ignore_diffs;
 	struct blame_entry **dstq;
 	struct blame_entry **srcq;
 };
@@ -950,7 +964,7 @@ static int blame_chunk_cb(long start_a, long count_a,
 	if (start_a - start_b != d->offset)
 		die("internal error in blame::blame_chunk_cb");
 	blame_chunk(&d->dstq, &d->srcq, start_b, start_a - start_b,
-		    start_b + count_b, d->parent);
+		    start_b + count_b, d->parent, d->ignore_diffs);
 	d->offset = start_a + count_a - (start_b + count_b);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -962,7 +976,7 @@ static int blame_chunk_cb(long start_a, long count_a,
  */
 static void pass_blame_to_parent(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
 				 struct blame_origin *target,
-				 struct blame_origin *parent)
+				 struct blame_origin *parent, int ignore_diffs)
 {
 	mmfile_t file_p, file_o;
 	struct blame_chunk_cb_data d;
@@ -973,6 +987,7 @@ static void pass_blame_to_parent(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
 
 	d.parent = parent;
 	d.offset = 0;
+	d.ignore_diffs = ignore_diffs;
 	d.dstq = &newdest; d.srcq = &target->suspects;
 
 	fill_origin_blob(&sb->revs->diffopt, parent, &file_p, &sb->num_read_blob);
@@ -984,7 +999,7 @@ static void pass_blame_to_parent(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
 		    oid_to_hex(&parent->commit->object.oid),
 		    oid_to_hex(&target->commit->object.oid));
 	/* The rest are the same as the parent */
-	blame_chunk(&d.dstq, &d.srcq, INT_MAX, d.offset, INT_MAX, parent);
+	blame_chunk(&d.dstq, &d.srcq, INT_MAX, d.offset, INT_MAX, parent, 0);
 	*d.dstq = NULL;
 	queue_blames(sb, parent, newdest);
 
@@ -1489,11 +1504,28 @@ static void pass_blame(struct blame_scoreboard *sb, struct blame_origin *origin,
 			blame_origin_incref(porigin);
 			origin->previous = porigin;
 		}
-		pass_blame_to_parent(sb, origin, porigin);
+		pass_blame_to_parent(sb, origin, porigin, 0);
 		if (!origin->suspects)
 			goto finish;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Pass remaining suspects for ignored commits to their parents.
+	 */
+	if (oidset_contains(&sb->ignore_list, &commit->object.oid)) {
+		for (i = 0, sg = first_scapegoat(revs, commit, sb->reverse);
+		     i < num_sg && sg;
+		     sg = sg->next, i++) {
+			struct blame_origin *porigin = sg_origin[i];
+
+			if (!porigin)
+				continue;
+			pass_blame_to_parent(sb, origin, porigin, 1);
+			if (!origin->suspects)
+				goto finish;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Optionally find moves in parents' files.
 	 */
diff --git a/blame.h b/blame.h
index be3a895043e0..086b92915e4b 100644
--- a/blame.h
+++ b/blame.h
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ struct blame_scoreboard {
 	/* linked list of blames */
 	struct blame_entry *ent;
 
+	struct oidset ignore_list;
+
 	/* look-up a line in the final buffer */
 	int num_lines;
 	int *lineno;
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 6d798f99392e..2f9183fb5fbd 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int no_whole_file_rename;
 static int show_progress;
 static char repeated_meta_color[COLOR_MAXLEN];
 static int coloring_mode;
+static const char *ignore_revs_file;
 
 static struct date_mode blame_date_mode = { DATE_ISO8601 };
 static size_t blame_date_width;
@@ -695,6 +696,8 @@ static int git_blame_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		parse_date_format(value, &blame_date_mode);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "blame.ignorerevsfile"))
+		return git_config_pathname(&ignore_revs_file, var, value);
 	if (!strcmp(var, "color.blame.repeatedlines")) {
 		if (color_parse_mem(value, strlen(value), repeated_meta_color))
 			warning(_("invalid color '%s' in color.blame.repeatedLines"),
@@ -774,6 +777,22 @@ static int is_a_rev(const char *name)
 	return OBJ_NONE < oid_object_info(the_repository, &oid, NULL);
 }
 
+static void build_ignorelist(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
+			     struct string_list *ignore_rev_list)
+{
+	struct string_list_item *i;
+	struct object_id oid;
+
+	oidset_init(&sb->ignore_list, 0);
+	if (ignore_revs_file)
+		oidset_parse_file(&sb->ignore_list, ignore_revs_file);
+	for_each_string_list_item(i, ignore_rev_list) {
+		if (get_oid_committish(i->string, &oid))
+			die(_("Can't find revision '%s' to ignore"), i->string);
+		oidset_insert(&sb->ignore_list, &oid);
+	}
+}
+
 int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct rev_info revs;
@@ -785,6 +804,7 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct progress_info pi = { NULL, 0 };
 
 	struct string_list range_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+	struct string_list ignore_rev_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 	int output_option = 0, opt = 0;
 	int show_stats = 0;
 	const char *revs_file = NULL;
@@ -806,6 +826,8 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BIT('s', NULL, &output_option, N_("Suppress author name and timestamp (Default: off)"), OUTPUT_NO_AUTHOR),
 		OPT_BIT('e', "show-email", &output_option, N_("Show author email instead of name (Default: off)"), OUTPUT_SHOW_EMAIL),
 		OPT_BIT('w', NULL, &xdl_opts, N_("Ignore whitespace differences"), XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE),
+		OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "ignore-rev", &ignore_rev_list, N_("rev"), N_("Ignore <rev> when blaming")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "ignore-revs-file", &ignore_revs_file, N_("file"), N_("Ignore revisions from <file>")),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "color-lines", &output_option, N_("color redundant metadata from previous line differently"), OUTPUT_COLOR_LINE),
 		OPT_BIT(0, "color-by-age", &output_option, N_("color lines by age"), OUTPUT_SHOW_AGE_WITH_COLOR),
 
@@ -995,6 +1017,8 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	sb.contents_from = contents_from;
 	sb.reverse = reverse;
 	sb.repo = the_repository;
+	build_ignorelist(&sb, &ignore_rev_list);
+	string_list_clear(&ignore_rev_list, 0);
 	setup_scoreboard(&sb, path, &o);
 	lno = sb.num_lines;
 
-- 
2.20.1.321.g9e740568ce-goog
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  16. 0/3 blame: add the ability to ignore commitsBarret Rhoden, Jan 17, 2019
  17. 2/3 blame: add the ability to ignore commits and their changesBarret Rhoden, Jan 17, 2019
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  25. Barret RhodenFeb 1, 2019
  26. 3/3 blame: add a config option to mark ignored linesBarret Rhoden, Jan 17, 2019
  27. Johannes SchindelinJan 18, 2019
  28. 1/3 Move init_skiplist() outside of fsckBarret Rhoden, Jan 17, 2019
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