Changes in v5:
- Marked error messages for translation and tweaked them as suggested by Phillip
- Reworded the message of 2/2 as suggested by Phillip
- Removed the change to gitk's doc in 2/2 as pointed out by Johannes
- Fixed the trailers in 2/2
- Improved the doc in 2/2 as suggested by Phillip and Jean-Noël
Changes in v4:
- Added a commit message for 2/2 detailing the use case and summarizing the discussion in the thread
- Adjusted the documentation of the option
---
Michael Lohmann (2):
revision: ensure MERGE_HEAD is a ref in prepare_show_merge
revision: implement `git log --merge` also for rebase/cherry-pick/revert Documentation/rev-list-options.txt | 7 +++++--
revision.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 186b115d3062e6230ee296d1ddaa0c4b72a464b5
change-id: 20240210-ml-log-merge-with-cherry-pick-and-other-pseudo-heads-05bd8e8797db
Range-diff versus v4:
1: 37405be1a3 ! 1: c9536431d1 revision: ensure MERGE_HEAD is a ref in prepare_show_merge
@@ Commit message
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Lohmann <mi.al.lohmann@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
+ Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
## revision.c ##
@@ revision.c: static void prepare_show_merge(struct rev_info *revs)
@@ revision.c: static void prepare_show_merge(struct rev_info *revs)
+ &oid, NULL))
die("--merge without MERGE_HEAD?");
+ if (is_null_oid(&oid))
-+ die("MERGE_HEAD is a symbolic ref???");
++ die(_("MERGE_HEAD is a symbolic ref?"));
other = lookup_commit_or_die(&oid, "MERGE_HEAD");
add_pending_object(revs, &head->object, "HEAD");
add_pending_object(revs, &other->object, "MERGE_HEAD");
2: 6ac1608809 ! 2: 1641c4be81 revision: implement `git log --merge` also for rebase/cherry-pick/revert
@@ Commit message
to merge conflicts also for other mergy operations besides merges, like
cherry-pick, revert and rebase.
- For rebases, an interesting range to look at is HEAD...REBASE_HEAD,
- since the conflicts are usually caused by how the code changed
- differently on HEAD since REBASE_HEAD forked from it.
+ For rebases and cherry-picks, an interesting range to look at is
+ HEAD...{REBASE_HEAD,CHERRY_PICK_HEAD}, since even if all the commits
+ included in that range are not directly part of the 3-way merge,
+ conflicts encountered during these operations can indeed be caused by
+ changes introduced in preceding commits on both sides of the history.
- For cherry-picks and revert, it is less clear that
- HEAD...CHERRY_PICK_HEAD and HEAD...REVERT_HEAD are indeed interesting
- ranges, since these commands are about applying or unapplying a single
- (or a few, for cherry-pick) commit(s) on top of HEAD. However, conflicts
- encountered during these operations can indeed be caused by changes
- introduced in preceding commits on both sides of the history.
+ For revert, as we are (most likely) reversing changes from a previous
+ commit, an appropriate range is REVERT_HEAD..HEAD, which is equivalent
+ to REVERT_HEAD...HEAD and to HEAD...REVERT_HEAD, if we keep HEAD and its
+ parents on the left side of the range.
- Adjust the code in prepare_show_merge so it constructs the range
- HEAD...$OTHER for each of OTHER={MERGE_HEAD, CHERRY_PICK_HEAD,
- REVERT_HEAD or REBASE_HEAD}. Note that we try these pseudorefs in order,
- so keep REBASE_HEAD last since the three other operations can be
- performed during a rebase. Note also that in the uncommon case where
- $OTHER and HEAD do not share a common ancestor, this will show the
- complete histories of both sides since their root commits, which is the
- same behaviour as currently happens in that case for HEAD and
- MERGE_HEAD.
+ As such, adjust the code in prepare_show_merge so it constructs the
+ range HEAD...$OTHER for OTHER={MERGE_HEAD, CHERRY_PICK_HEAD, REVERT_HEAD
+ or REBASE_HEAD}. Note that we try these pseudorefs in order, so keep
+ REBASE_HEAD last since the three other operations can be performed
+ during a rebase. Note also that in the uncommon case where $OTHER and
+ HEAD do not share a common ancestor, this will show the complete
+ histories of both sides since their root commits, which is the same
+ behaviour as currently happens in that case for HEAD and MERGE_HEAD.
Adjust the documentation of this option accordingly.
- Co-authored-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
- Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
+ Co-authored-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Lohmann <mi.al.lohmann@gmail.com>
[jc: tweaked in j6t's precedence fix that tries REBASE_HEAD last]
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
- ## Documentation/gitk.txt ##
-@@ Documentation/gitk.txt: linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list.
-
- --merge::
-
-- After an attempt to merge stops with conflicts, show the commits on
-- the history between two branches (i.e. the HEAD and the MERGE_HEAD)
-- that modify the conflicted files and do not exist on all the heads
-- being merged.
-+ Show commits touching conflicted paths in the range `HEAD...$OTHER`,
-+ where `$OTHER` is the first existing pseudoref in `MERGE_HEAD`,
-+ `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`, `REVERT_HEAD` or `REBASE_HEAD`. Only works
-+ when the index has unmerged entries.
-
- --left-right::
-
+ Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
## Documentation/rev-list-options.txt ##
@@ Documentation/rev-list-options.txt: See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
@@ Documentation/rev-list-options.txt: See also linkgit:git-reflog[1].
--merge::
- After a failed merge, show refs that touch files having a
- conflict and don't exist on all heads to merge.
-+ Show commits touching conflicted paths in the range `HEAD...$OTHER`,
-+ where `$OTHER` is the first existing pseudoref in `MERGE_HEAD`,
++ Show commits touching conflicted paths in the range `HEAD...<other>`,
++ where `<other>` is the first existing pseudoref in `MERGE_HEAD`,
+ `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`, `REVERT_HEAD` or `REBASE_HEAD`. Only works
-+ when the index has unmerged entries.
++ when the index has unmerged entries. This option can be used to show
++ relevant commits when resolving conflicts from a 3-way merge.
--boundary::
Output excluded boundary commits. Boundary commits are
@@ revision.c: static void add_pending_commit_list(struct rev_info *revs,
+ RESOLVE_REF_READING | RESOLVE_REF_NO_RECURSE,
+ oid, NULL)) {
+ if (is_null_oid(oid))
-+ die("%s is a symbolic ref???", other_head[i]);
++ die(_("%s is a symbolic ref?"), other_head[i]);
+ return other_head[i];
+ }
+
-+ die("--merge without MERGE_HEAD, CHERRY_PICK_HEAD, REVERT_HEAD or REBASE_HEAD?");
++ die(_("--merge requires one of the pseudorefs MERGE_HEAD, CHERRY_PICK_HEAD, REVERT_HEAD or REBASE_HEAD"));
+}
+
static void prepare_show_merge(struct rev_info *revs)
@@ revision.c: static void prepare_show_merge(struct rev_info *revs)
- &oid, NULL))
- die("--merge without MERGE_HEAD?");
- if (is_null_oid(&oid))
-- die("MERGE_HEAD is a symbolic ref???");
+- die(_("MERGE_HEAD is a symbolic ref?"));
- other = lookup_commit_or_die(&oid, "MERGE_HEAD");
+ other_name = lookup_other_head(&oid);
+ other = lookup_commit_or_die(&oid, other_name);