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[PATCH v2 4/8] shortlog: match commit trailers with --group

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 27, 2020, 08:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20200927084004.GD2465761@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20200927083933.GA2222823@coredump.intra.peff.net>

If a project uses commit trailers, this patch lets you use shortlog to see who is performing each action. For example, running:

  git shortlog -ns --group=trailer:reviewed-by

in git.git shows who has reviewed. You can even use a custom format to see things like who has helped whom:

  git shortlog --format="...helped %an (%ad)" \
               --group=trailer:helped-by
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 Documentation/git-shortlog.txt | 13 ++++++++++
 builtin/shortlog.c             | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 shortlog.h                     |  2 ++
 t/t4201-shortlog.sh            | 14 +++++++++++
 4 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index 6496d313c1..edd6cda58a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ OPTIONS
 +
  - `author`, commits are grouped by author
  - `committer`, commits are grouped by committer (the same as `-c`)
+ - `trailer:<field>`, the `<field>` is interpreted as a case-insensitive
+   commit message trailer (see linkgit:git-interpret-trailers[1]). For
+   example, if your project uses `Reviewed-by` trailers, you might want
+   to see who has been reviewing with
+   `git shortlog -ns --group=trailer:reviewed-by`.
++
+Note that commits that do not include the trailer will not be counted.
+Likewise, commits with multiple trailers (e.g., multiple signoffs) may
+be counted more than once.
++
+The contents of each trailer value are taken literally and completely.
+No mailmap is applied, and the `-e` option has no effect (if the trailer
+contains a username and email, they are both always shown).
 
 -c::
 --committer::
diff --git a/builtin/shortlog.c b/builtin/shortlog.c
index 880ce19304..e1d9ee909f 100644
--- a/builtin/shortlog.c
+++ b/builtin/shortlog.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "mailmap.h"
 #include "shortlog.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
+#include "trailer.h"
 
 static char const * const shortlog_usage[] = {
 	N_("git shortlog [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...]"),
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ static void read_from_stdin(struct shortlog *log)
 	case SHORTLOG_GROUP_COMMITTER:
 		match = committer_match;
 		break;
+	case SHORTLOG_GROUP_TRAILER:
+		die(_("using --group=trailer with stdin is not supported"));
 	default:
 		BUG("unhandled shortlog group");
 	}
@@ -163,6 +166,37 @@ static void read_from_stdin(struct shortlog *log)
 	strbuf_release(&oneline);
 }
 
+static void insert_records_from_trailers(struct shortlog *log,
+					 struct commit *commit,
+					 struct pretty_print_context *ctx,
+					 const char *oneline)
+{
+	struct trailer_iterator iter;
+	const char *commit_buffer, *body;
+
+	/*
+	 * Using format_commit_message("%B") would be simpler here, but
+	 * this saves us copying the message.
+	 */
+	commit_buffer = logmsg_reencode(commit, NULL, ctx->output_encoding);
+	body = strstr(commit_buffer, "\n\n");
+	if (!body)
+		return;
+
+	trailer_iterator_init(&iter, body);
+	while (trailer_iterator_advance(&iter)) {
+		const char *value = iter.val.buf;
+
+		if (strcasecmp(iter.key.buf, log->trailer))
+			continue;
+
+		insert_one_record(log, value, oneline);
+	}
+	trailer_iterator_release(&iter);
+
+	unuse_commit_buffer(commit, commit_buffer);
+}
+
 void shortlog_add_commit(struct shortlog *log, struct commit *commit)
 {
 	struct strbuf ident = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -197,6 +231,9 @@ void shortlog_add_commit(struct shortlog *log, struct commit *commit)
 				      &ident, &ctx);
 		insert_one_record(log, ident.buf, oneline_str);
 		break;
+	case SHORTLOG_GROUP_TRAILER:
+		insert_records_from_trailers(log, commit, &ctx, oneline_str);
+		break;
 	}
 
 	strbuf_release(&ident);
@@ -263,12 +300,17 @@ static int parse_wrap_args(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 static int parse_group_option(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
 	struct shortlog *log = opt->value;
+	const char *field;
 
 	if (unset || !strcasecmp(arg, "author"))
 		log->group = SHORTLOG_GROUP_AUTHOR;
 	else if (!strcasecmp(arg, "committer"))
 		log->group = SHORTLOG_GROUP_COMMITTER;
-	else
+	else if (skip_prefix(arg, "trailer:", &field)) {
+		log->group = SHORTLOG_GROUP_TRAILER;
+		free(log->trailer);
+		log->trailer = xstrdup(field);
+	} else
 		return error(_("unknown group type: %s"), arg);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/shortlog.h b/shortlog.h
index 876a52158d..89c2dbc5e6 100644
--- a/shortlog.h
+++ b/shortlog.h
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ struct shortlog {
 	enum {
 		SHORTLOG_GROUP_AUTHOR = 0,
 		SHORTLOG_GROUP_COMMITTER,
+		SHORTLOG_GROUP_TRAILER,
 	} group;
+	char *trailer;
 
 	char *common_repo_prefix;
 	int email;
diff --git a/t/t4201-shortlog.sh b/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
index 65e4468746..e97d891a71 100755
--- a/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
+++ b/t/t4201-shortlog.sh
@@ -220,4 +220,18 @@ test_expect_success '--group=committer is the same as --committer' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'shortlog --group=trailer:signed-off-by' '
+	git commit --allow-empty -m foo -s &&
+	GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="SOB One" \
+	GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=sob@example.com \
+		git commit --allow-empty -m foo -s &&
+	git commit --allow-empty --amend --no-edit -s &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	     2	C O Mitter <committer@example.com>
+	     1	SOB One <sob@example.com>
+	EOF
+	git shortlog -ns --group=trailer:signed-off-by HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.28.0.1127.ga65787d918
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  1. 0/8 parsing trailers with shortlogJeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  2. 1/8 shortlog: change "author" variables to "ident"Jeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  3. 2/8 shortlog: refactor committer/author groupingJeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  4. Eric SunshineSep 25, 2020
  5. Jeff KingSep 27, 2020
  6. Jeff KingSep 27, 2020
  7. Eric SunshineSep 27, 2020
  8. Martin ÅgrenSep 26, 2020
  9. Jeff KingSep 27, 2020
  10. 3/8 trailer: add interface for iterating over commit trailersJeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  11. Martin ÅgrenSep 26, 2020
  12. Jeff KingSep 27, 2020
  13. 4/8 shortlog: match commit trailers with --groupJeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  14. 5/8 shortlog: de-duplicate trailer valuesJeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  15. 6/8 shortlog: rename parse_stdin_ident()Jeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  16. 7/8 shortlog: parse trailer identsJeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  17. 8/8 shortlog: allow multiple groups to be specifiedJeff King, Sep 25, 2020
  18. Eric SunshineSep 25, 2020
  19. Jeff KingSep 27, 2020
  20. Martin ÅgrenSep 26, 2020
  21. Jeff KingSep 27, 2020
  22. Derrick StoleeSep 25, 2020
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2020
  24. 0/8 parsing trailers with shortlogJeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  25. 1/8 shortlog: change "author" variables to "ident"Jeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2020
  27. 2/8 shortlog: add grouping optionJeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  28. 3/8 trailer: add interface for iterating over commit trailersJeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  29. 4/8 shortlog: match commit trailers with --groupJeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  30. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2020
  31. Jeff KingSep 28, 2020
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2020
  33. 5/8 shortlog: de-duplicate trailer valuesJeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2020
  35. Jeff KingSep 28, 2020
  36. 6/8 shortlog: rename parse_stdin_ident()Jeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  37. 7/8 shortlog: parse trailer identsJeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2020
  39. 8/8 shortlog: allow multiple groups to be specifiedJeff King, Sep 27, 2020
  40. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2020
  41. Jeff KingSep 28, 2020
  42. Junio C HamanoDec 28, 2020
  43. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2021
  44. Martin ÅgrenSep 27, 2020

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