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[PATCH 3/3] log: enable "-m" automatically with "--first-parent"

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 28, 2020, 16:39 UTC
Message-ID
<20200728163900.GC2650252@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20200728163617.GA2649887@coredump.intra.peff.net>

When using "--first-parent" to consider history as a single line of commits, git-log still defaults to treating merges specially, even though they could be considered as single commits in the linearized history (that just introduce all of the changes from the second and higher parents).

Let's instead have "--first-parent" imply "-m", which makes something like:

  git log --first-parent -p
do what you'd expect. Likewise:
  git log --first-parent -Sfoo
will find "foo" in merge commits.

No new test is needed; we'll tweak the output of the existing "--first-parent -p" test, which now matches the "-m --first-parent -p" test. The unchanged existing test for "--ignore-merges" confirms that the user can get the old behavior if they want.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 builtin/log.c                             |  3 +++
 t/t4013/diff.log_-p_--first-parent_master | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 39b3d773a9..83b147c23a 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@ static void log_setup_revisions_tweak(struct rev_info *rev,
 	/* Turn --cc/-c into -p --cc/-c when -p was not given */
 	if (!rev->diffopt.output_format && rev->combine_merges)
 		rev->diffopt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_PATCH;
+
+	if (rev->first_parent_only && rev->ignore_merges < 0)
+		rev->ignore_merges = 0;
 }
 
 int cmd_log(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
diff --git a/t/t4013/diff.log_-p_--first-parent_master b/t/t4013/diff.log_-p_--first-parent_master
index c6a5876d80..fe044399f0 100644
--- a/t/t4013/diff.log_-p_--first-parent_master
+++ b/t/t4013/diff.log_-p_--first-parent_master
@@ -6,6 +6,28 @@ Date:   Mon Jun 26 00:04:00 2006 +0000
 
     Merge branch 'side' into master
 
+diff --git a/dir/sub b/dir/sub
+index cead32e..992913c 100644
+--- a/dir/sub
++++ b/dir/sub
+@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ C
+ D
+ E
+ F
++1
++2
+diff --git a/file0 b/file0
+index b414108..10a8a9f 100644
+--- a/file0
++++ b/file0
+@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
+ 4
+ 5
+ 6
++A
++B
++C
+
 commit 9a6d4949b6b76956d9d5e26f2791ec2ceff5fdc0
 Author: A U Thor <author@example.com>
 Date:   Mon Jun 26 00:02:00 2006 +0000
-- 
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  1. 0/3 making --first-parent imply -mJeff King, Jul 28, 2020
  2. 1/3 log: drop "--cc implies -m" logicJeff King, Jul 28, 2020
  3. 2/3 revision: add "--ignore-merges" option to counteract "-m"Jeff King, Jul 28, 2020
  4. Chris TorekJul 28, 2020
  5. Jeff KingJul 29, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2020
  7. Jeff KingJul 29, 2020
  8. Jeff KingJul 29, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2020
  10. 3/3 log: enable "-m" automatically with "--first-parent"Jeff King, Jul 28, 2020
  11. Jeff KingJul 28, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2020
  13. Jeff KingJul 28, 2020
  14. Taylor BlauJul 28, 2020
  15. 0/7 making log --first-parent imply -mJeff King, Jul 29, 2020
  16. 1/7 log: drop "--cc implies -m" logicJeff King, Jul 29, 2020
  17. 2/7 revision: add "--no-diff-merges" option to counteract "-m"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2020
  18. 3/7 log: enable "-m" automatically with "--first-parent"Jeff King, Jul 29, 2020
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2020
  20. 4/7 doc/git-log: move "Diff Formatting" from rev-list-optionsJeff King, Jul 29, 2020
  21. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2020
  22. Jeff KingJul 29, 2020
  23. 5/7 doc/git-log: drop "-r" diff optionJeff King, Jul 29, 2020
  24. 6/7 doc/git-log: move "-t" into diff-options listJeff King, Jul 29, 2020
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2020
  26. Jeff KingJul 29, 2020
  27. 7/7 doc/git-log: clarify handling of merge commit diffsJeff King, Jul 29, 2020
  28. Chris TorekJul 29, 2020
  29. Sergey OrganovJul 29, 2020
  30. Jeff KingJul 31, 2020
  31. Sergey OrganovAug 2, 2020
  32. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2020
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  76. Junio C HamanoAug 4, 2020
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  79. Jeff KingAug 4, 2020
  80. revision: fix die() message for "--unpacked="Sergey Organov, Aug 4, 2020
  81. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2020
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