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[PATCH v2 7/7] branch: show "HEAD detached" first under reverse sort

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 7, 2021, 09:51 UTC
Message-ID
<20210107095153.4753-8-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20210106100139.14651-1-avarab@gmail.com>

Change the output of the likes of "git branch -l --sort=-objectsize" to show the "(HEAD detached at <hash>)" message at the start of the output. Before the compare_detached_head() function added in a preceding commit we'd emit this output as an emergent effect.

It doesn't make any sense to consider the objectsize, type or other non-attribute of the "(HEAD detached at <hash>)" message for the purposes of sorting. Let's always emit it at the top instead. The only reason it was sorted in the first place is because we're injecting it into the ref-filter machinery so builtin/branch.c doesn't need to do its own "am I detached?" detection.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 ref-filter.c             | 5 ++++-
 t/t3203-branch-output.sh | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c
index 8d0739b9972..ee337df232a 100644
--- a/ref-filter.c
+++ b/ref-filter.c
@@ -2357,6 +2357,7 @@ static int cmp_ref_sorting(struct ref_sorting *s, struct ref_array_item *a, stru
 {
 	struct atom_value *va, *vb;
 	int cmp;
+	int cmp_detached_head = 0;
 	cmp_type cmp_type = used_atom[s->atom].type;
 	struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
 
@@ -2368,6 +2369,7 @@ static int cmp_ref_sorting(struct ref_sorting *s, struct ref_array_item *a, stru
 	if (s->sort_flags & REF_SORTING_DETACHED_HEAD_FIRST &&
 	    ((a->kind | b->kind) & FILTER_REFS_DETACHED_HEAD)) {
 		cmp = compare_detached_head(a, b);
+		cmp_detached_head = 1;
 	} else if (s->sort_flags & REF_SORTING_VERSION) {
 		cmp = versioncmp(va->s, vb->s);
 	} else if (cmp_type == FIELD_STR) {
@@ -2384,7 +2386,8 @@ static int cmp_ref_sorting(struct ref_sorting *s, struct ref_array_item *a, stru
 			cmp = 1;
 	}
 
-	return (s->sort_flags & REF_SORTING_REVERSE) ? -cmp : cmp;
+	return (s->sort_flags & REF_SORTING_REVERSE && !cmp_detached_head)
+		? -cmp : cmp;
 }
 
 static int compare_refs(const void *a_, const void *b_, void *ref_sorting)
diff --git a/t/t3203-branch-output.sh b/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
index 8f53b081365..5e0577d5c7f 100755
--- a/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
+++ b/t/t3203-branch-output.sh
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch `--sort=[-]objectsize` option' '
 	test_i18ncmp expect actual &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	* (HEAD detached from fromtag)
 	  branch-one
 	  main
 	  branch-two
-	* (HEAD detached from fromtag)
 	EOF
 	git branch --sort=-objectsize >actual &&
 	test_i18ncmp expect actual
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch `--sort=[-]type` option' '
 	test_i18ncmp expect actual &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	* (HEAD detached from fromtag)
 	  branch-one
 	  branch-two
 	  main
-	* (HEAD detached from fromtag)
 	EOF
 	git branch --sort=-type >actual &&
 	test_i18ncmp expect actual
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ test_expect_success 'git branch `--sort=[-]version:refname` option' '
 	test_i18ncmp expect actual &&
 
 	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	* (HEAD detached from fromtag)
 	  main
 	  branch-two
 	  branch-one
-	* (HEAD detached from fromtag)
 	EOF
 	git branch --sort=-version:refname >actual &&
 	test_i18ncmp expect actual
-- 
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  1. ref-filter: sort detached HEAD lines firstlyMatthew DeVore, Jun 6, 2019
  2. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2019
  3. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2019
  4. Matthew DeVoreJun 10, 2019
  5. Jonathan NiederJun 11, 2019
  6. Matthew DeVoreJun 11, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2019
  8. 0/1 Sort detached HEAD lines firstlyMatthew DeVore, Jun 11, 2019
  9. 1/1 ref-filter: sort detached HEAD lines firstlyMatthew DeVore, Jun 11, 2019
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2019
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2019
  12. Matthew DeVoreJun 13, 2019
  13. Matthew DeVoreJun 12, 2019
  14. Johannes SchindelinJun 12, 2019
  15. Jeff KingJun 13, 2019
  16. 0/1 Sort detached heads line firstlyMatthew DeVore, Jun 18, 2019
  17. 1/1 ref-filter: sort detached HEAD lines firstlyMatthew DeVore, Jun 18, 2019
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2019
  19. 0/5 branch: --sort improvementsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 6, 2021
  20. 1/7 branch: change "--local" to "--list" in commentÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 7, 2021
  21. 0/7 branch: --sort improvementsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 7, 2021
  22. 4/7 ref-filter: move "cmp_fn" assignment into "else if" armÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 7, 2021
  23. 2/7 branch tests: add to --sort testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 7, 2021
  24. 3/7 ref-filter: add braces to if/else if/else chainÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 7, 2021
  25. 6/7 branch: sort detached HEAD based on a flagÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 7, 2021
  26. 7/7 branch: show "HEAD detached" first under reverse sortÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 7, 2021
  27. 5/7 ref-filter: move ref_sorting flags to a bitfieldÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 7, 2021
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2021
  29. 1/5 branch: change "--local" to "--list" in commentÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 6, 2021
  30. 2/5 branch tests: add to --sort testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 6, 2021
  31. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2021
  32. 4/5 branch: use the "detached_head_first" sorting optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 6, 2021
  33. 3/5 ref-filter: add a "detached_head_first" sorting optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 6, 2021
  34. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2021
  35. 5/5 branch: show "HEAD detached" first under reverse sortÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 6, 2021
  36. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2021

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