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[PATCH v5 2/2] attr: add flag `--source` to work with tree-ish

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 2, 2023, 11:04 UTC
Message-ID
<23813496fc73b7e5cb9f09b166e05c9a02bac43c.1671793109.git.karthik.188@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1671793109.git.karthik.188@gmail.com>

The contents of the .gitattributes files may evolve over time, but "git check-attr" always checks attributes against them in the working tree and/or in the index. It may be beneficial to optionally allow the users to check attributes taken from a commit other than HEAD against paths.

Add a new flag `--source` which will allow users to check the attributes against a commit (actually any tree-ish would do). When the user uses this flag, we go through the stack of .gitattributes files but instead of checking the current working tree and/or in the index, we check the blobs from the provided tree-ish object. This allows the command to also be used in bare repositories.

Since we use a tree-ish object, the user can pass "--source HEAD:subdirectory" and all the attributes will be looked up as if subdirectory was the root directory of the repository.

We cannot simply use the `<rev>:<path>` syntax without the `--source` flag, similar to how it is used in `git show` because any non-flag parameter before `--` is treated as an attribute and any parameter after `--` is treated as a pathname.

The change involves creating a new function `read_attr_from_blob`, which given the path reads the blob for the path against the provided source and parses the attributes line by line. This function is plugged into `read_attr()` function wherein we go through the stack of attributes files.

Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Co-authored-by: toon@iotcl.com
---
 Documentation/git-check-attr.txt | 10 +++-
 archive.c                        |  2 +-
 attr.c                           | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 attr.h                           |  5 +-
 builtin/check-attr.c             | 35 +++++++-----
 builtin/pack-objects.c           |  2 +-
 convert.c                        |  2 +-
 ll-merge.c                       |  4 +-
 pathspec.c                       |  2 +-
 t/t0003-attributes.sh            | 42 +++++++++++++-
 userdiff.c                       |  2 +-
 ws.c                             |  2 +-
 12 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
index 84f41a8e82..fb15c44598 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git check-attr' [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>...
-'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | <attr>...]
+'git check-attr' [--source <tree>] [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>...
+'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [--source <tree>] [-a | --all | <attr>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ OPTIONS
 	If `--stdin` is also given, input paths are separated
 	with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character.
 
+--source=<tree>::
+	Check attributes against the specified tree-ish. Paths provided as part
+	of the revision will be treated as the root directory. It is common to
+	specify the source tree by naming a commit, branch or tag associated
+	with it.
+
 \--::
 	Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following
 	arguments as path names.
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index 941495f5d7..81ff76fce9 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static const struct attr_check *get_archive_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 	static struct attr_check *check;
 	if (!check)
 		check = attr_check_initl("export-ignore", "export-subst", NULL);
-	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
 	return check;
 }
 
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index 42ad6de8c7..a63f267187 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "quote.h"
+#include "revision.h"
+#include "object-store.h"
 #include "thread-utils.h"
 
 const char git_attr__true[] = "(builtin)true";
@@ -729,14 +731,62 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_file(const char *path, unsigned flags)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(struct index_state *istate,
-					       const char *path,
-					       unsigned flags)
+static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_buf(char *buf, const char *path,
+					     unsigned flags)
 {
 	struct attr_stack *res;
-	char *buf, *sp;
+	char *sp;
 	int lineno = 0;
 
+	if (!buf)
+		return NULL;
+
+	CALLOC_ARRAY(res, 1);
+	for (sp = buf; *sp;) {
+		char *ep;
+		int more;
+
+		ep = strchrnul(sp, '\n');
+		more = (*ep == '\n');
+		*ep = '\0';
+		handle_attr_line(res, sp, path, ++lineno, flags);
+		sp = ep + more;
+	}
+	free(buf);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_blob(struct index_state *istate,
+					      const struct object_id *tree_oid,
+					      const char *path, unsigned flags)
+{
+	struct object_id oid;
+	unsigned long sz;
+	enum object_type type;
+	void *buf;
+	unsigned short mode;
+
+	if (!tree_oid)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (get_tree_entry(istate->repo, tree_oid, path, &oid, &mode))
+		return NULL;
+
+	buf = read_object_file(&oid, &type, &sz);
+	if (!buf || type != OBJ_BLOB) {
+		free(buf);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return read_attr_from_buf(buf, path, flags);
+}
+
+static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(struct index_state *istate,
+					       const char *path, unsigned flags)
+{
+	char *buf;
+
 	if (!istate)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -758,28 +808,19 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_index(struct index_state *istate,
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;
 
-	CALLOC_ARRAY(res, 1);
-	for (sp = buf; *sp; ) {
-		char *ep;
-		int more;
-
-		ep = strchrnul(sp, '\n');
-		more = (*ep == '\n');
-		*ep = '\0';
-		handle_attr_line(res, sp, path, ++lineno, flags);
-		sp = ep + more;
-	}
-	free(buf);
-	return res;
+	return read_attr_from_buf(buf, path, flags);
 }
 
 static struct attr_stack *read_attr(struct index_state *istate,
+				    const struct object_id *tree_oid,
 				    const char *path, unsigned flags)
 {
 	struct attr_stack *res = NULL;
 
 	if (direction == GIT_ATTR_INDEX) {
 		res = read_attr_from_index(istate, path, flags);
+	} else if (tree_oid) {
+		res = read_attr_from_blob(istate, tree_oid, path, flags);
 	} else if (!is_bare_repository()) {
 		if (direction == GIT_ATTR_CHECKOUT) {
 			res = read_attr_from_index(istate, path, flags);
@@ -839,6 +880,7 @@ static void push_stack(struct attr_stack **attr_stack_p,
 }
 
 static void bootstrap_attr_stack(struct index_state *istate,
+				 const struct object_id *tree_oid,
 				 struct attr_stack **stack)
 {
 	struct attr_stack *e;
@@ -864,7 +906,7 @@ static void bootstrap_attr_stack(struct index_state *istate,
 	}
 
 	/* root directory */
-	e = read_attr(istate, GITATTRIBUTES_FILE, flags | READ_ATTR_NOFOLLOW);
+	e = read_attr(istate, tree_oid, GITATTRIBUTES_FILE, flags | READ_ATTR_NOFOLLOW);
 	push_stack(stack, e, xstrdup(""), 0);
 
 	/* info frame */
@@ -878,6 +920,7 @@ static void bootstrap_attr_stack(struct index_state *istate,
 }
 
 static void prepare_attr_stack(struct index_state *istate,
+			       const struct object_id *tree_oid,
 			       const char *path, int dirlen,
 			       struct attr_stack **stack)
 {
@@ -899,7 +942,7 @@ static void prepare_attr_stack(struct index_state *istate,
 	 * .gitattributes in deeper directories to shallower ones,
 	 * and finally use the built-in set as the default.
 	 */
-	bootstrap_attr_stack(istate, stack);
+	bootstrap_attr_stack(istate, tree_oid, stack);
 
 	/*
 	 * Pop the "info" one that is always at the top of the stack.
@@ -954,7 +997,7 @@ static void prepare_attr_stack(struct index_state *istate,
 		strbuf_add(&pathbuf, path + pathbuf.len, (len - pathbuf.len));
 		strbuf_addf(&pathbuf, "/%s", GITATTRIBUTES_FILE);
 
-		next = read_attr(istate, pathbuf.buf, READ_ATTR_NOFOLLOW);
+		next = read_attr(istate, tree_oid, pathbuf.buf, READ_ATTR_NOFOLLOW);
 
 		/* reset the pathbuf to not include "/.gitattributes" */
 		strbuf_setlen(&pathbuf, len);
@@ -1074,8 +1117,8 @@ static void determine_macros(struct all_attrs_item *all_attrs,
  * Otherwise all attributes are collected.
  */
 static void collect_some_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
-			       const char *path,
-			       struct attr_check *check)
+			       const struct object_id *tree_oid,
+			       const char *path, struct attr_check *check)
 {
 	int pathlen, rem, dirlen;
 	const char *cp, *last_slash = NULL;
@@ -1094,7 +1137,7 @@ static void collect_some_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 		dirlen = 0;
 	}
 
-	prepare_attr_stack(istate, path, dirlen, &check->stack);
+	prepare_attr_stack(istate, tree_oid, path, dirlen, &check->stack);
 	all_attrs_init(&g_attr_hashmap, check);
 	determine_macros(check->all_attrs, check->stack);
 
@@ -1103,12 +1146,12 @@ static void collect_some_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 }
 
 void git_check_attr(struct index_state *istate,
-		    const char *path,
+		    const struct object_id *tree_oid, const char *path,
 		    struct attr_check *check)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	collect_some_attrs(istate, path, check);
+	collect_some_attrs(istate, tree_oid, path, check);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < check->nr; i++) {
 		size_t n = check->items[i].attr->attr_nr;
@@ -1119,13 +1162,13 @@ void git_check_attr(struct index_state *istate,
 	}
 }
 
-void git_all_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
+void git_all_attrs(struct index_state *istate, const struct object_id *tree_oid,
 		   const char *path, struct attr_check *check)
 {
 	int i;
 
 	attr_check_reset(check);
-	collect_some_attrs(istate, path, check);
+	collect_some_attrs(istate, tree_oid, path, check);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < check->all_attrs_nr; i++) {
 		const char *name = check->all_attrs[i].attr->name;
diff --git a/attr.h b/attr.h
index 3fb40cced0..84a3279215 100644
--- a/attr.h
+++ b/attr.h
@@ -190,13 +190,14 @@ void attr_check_free(struct attr_check *check);
 const char *git_attr_name(const struct git_attr *);
 
 void git_check_attr(struct index_state *istate,
-		    const char *path, struct attr_check *check);
+		    const struct object_id *tree_oid, const char *path,
+		    struct attr_check *check);
 
 /*
  * Retrieve all attributes that apply to the specified path.
  * check holds the attributes and their values.
  */
-void git_all_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
+void git_all_attrs(struct index_state *istate, const struct object_id *tree_oid,
 		   const char *path, struct attr_check *check);
 
 enum git_attr_direction {
diff --git a/builtin/check-attr.c b/builtin/check-attr.c
index 0fef10eb6b..4ffef29d9c 100644
--- a/builtin/check-attr.c
+++ b/builtin/check-attr.c
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 static int all_attrs;
 static int cached_attrs;
 static int stdin_paths;
+static char *source;
 static const char * const check_attr_usage[] = {
-N_("git check-attr [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>..."),
-N_("git check-attr --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | <attr>...]"),
+N_("git check-attr [--source <tree>] [-a | --all | <attr>...] [--] <pathname>..."),
+N_("git check-attr --stdin [-z] [--source <tree>] [-a | --all | <attr>...]"),
 NULL
 };
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ static const struct option check_attr_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOL(0 , "stdin", &stdin_paths, N_("read file names from stdin")),
 	OPT_BOOL('z', NULL, &nul_term_line,
 		 N_("terminate input and output records by a NUL character")),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "source", &source, N_("<tree-ish>"), N_("which tree-ish to check attributes at")),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -55,27 +57,26 @@ static void output_attr(struct attr_check *check, const char *file)
 	}
 }
 
-static void check_attr(const char *prefix,
-		       struct attr_check *check,
-		       int collect_all,
+static void check_attr(const char *prefix, struct attr_check *check,
+		       const struct object_id *tree_oid, int collect_all,
 		       const char *file)
+
 {
 	char *full_path =
 		prefix_path(prefix, prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0, file);
 
 	if (collect_all) {
-		git_all_attrs(&the_index, full_path, check);
+		git_all_attrs(&the_index, tree_oid, full_path, check);
 	} else {
-		git_check_attr(&the_index, full_path, check);
+		git_check_attr(&the_index, tree_oid, full_path, check);
 	}
 	output_attr(check, file);
 
 	free(full_path);
 }
 
-static void check_attr_stdin_paths(const char *prefix,
-				   struct attr_check *check,
-				   int collect_all)
+static void check_attr_stdin_paths(const char *prefix, struct attr_check *check,
+				   const struct object_id *tree_oid, int collect_all)
 {
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct strbuf unquoted = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ static void check_attr_stdin_paths(const char *prefix,
 				die("line is badly quoted");
 			strbuf_swap(&buf, &unquoted);
 		}
-		check_attr(prefix, check, collect_all, buf.buf);
+		check_attr(prefix, check, tree_oid, collect_all, buf.buf);
 		maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "attribute to stdout");
 	}
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ static NORETURN void error_with_usage(const char *msg)
 int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct attr_check *check;
+	struct object_id *tree_oid = NULL;
+	struct object_id initialized_oid;
 	int cnt, i, doubledash, filei;
 
 	if (!is_bare_repository())
@@ -176,11 +179,17 @@ int cmd_check_attr(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (source) {
+		if (repo_get_oid_tree(the_repository, source, &initialized_oid))
+			die("%s: not a valid revision", source);
+		tree_oid = &initialized_oid;
+	}
+
 	if (stdin_paths)
-		check_attr_stdin_paths(prefix, check, all_attrs);
+		check_attr_stdin_paths(prefix, check, tree_oid, all_attrs);
 	else {
 		for (i = filei; i < argc; i++)
-			check_attr(prefix, check, all_attrs, argv[i]);
+			check_attr(prefix, check, tree_oid, all_attrs, argv[i]);
 		maybe_flush_or_die(stdout, "attribute to stdout");
 	}
 
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 573d0b20b7..89535cfa6a 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ static int no_try_delta(const char *path)
 
 	if (!check)
 		check = attr_check_initl("delta", NULL);
-	git_check_attr(the_repository->index, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(the_repository->index, NULL, path, check);
 	if (ATTR_FALSE(check->items[0].value))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index 9b67649032..a54d1690c0 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ void convert_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 		git_config(read_convert_config, NULL);
 	}
 
-	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
 	ccheck = check->items;
 	ca->crlf_action = git_path_check_crlf(ccheck + 4);
 	if (ca->crlf_action == CRLF_UNDEFINED)
diff --git a/ll-merge.c b/ll-merge.c
index 22a603e8af..130d26501c 100644
--- a/ll-merge.c
+++ b/ll-merge.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ enum ll_merge_result ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 		normalize_file(theirs, path, istate);
 	}
 
-	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
 	ll_driver_name = check->items[0].value;
 	if (check->items[1].value) {
 		marker_size = atoi(check->items[1].value);
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ int ll_merge_marker_size(struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
 
 	if (!check)
 		check = attr_check_initl("conflict-marker-size", NULL);
-	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
 	if (check->items[0].value) {
 		marker_size = atoi(check->items[0].value);
 		if (marker_size <= 0)
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index 46e77a85fe..48dec2c709 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ int match_pathspec_attrs(struct index_state *istate,
 	if (name[namelen])
 		name = to_free = xmemdupz(name, namelen);
 
-	git_check_attr(istate, name, item->attr_check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, name, item->attr_check);
 
 	free(to_free);
 
diff --git a/t/t0003-attributes.sh b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
index b3aabb8aa3..78e9f47dbf 100755
--- a/t/t0003-attributes.sh
+++ b/t/t0003-attributes.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ attr_check_quote () {
 	git check-attr test -- "$path" >actual &&
 	echo "\"$quoted_path\": test: $expect" >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
+}
+
+attr_check_source () {
+	path="$1" expect="$2" source="$3" git_opts="$4" &&
 
+	git $git_opts check-attr --source $source test -- "$path" >actual 2>err &&
+	echo "$path: test: $expect" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+	test_must_be_empty err
 }
 
 test_expect_success 'open-quoted pathname' '
@@ -33,7 +41,6 @@ test_expect_success 'open-quoted pathname' '
 	attr_check a unspecified
 '
 
-
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	mkdir -p a/b/d a/c b &&
 	(
@@ -80,12 +87,24 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	EOF
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup branches' '
+	mkdir -p foo/bar &&
+	test_commit --printf "add .gitattributes" foo/bar/.gitattribute \
+		"f test=f\na/i test=n\n" tag-1 &&
+
+	mkdir -p foo/bar &&
+	test_commit --printf "add .gitattributes" foo/bar/.gitattribute \
+		"g test=g\na/i test=m\n" tag-2
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'command line checks' '
 	test_must_fail git check-attr &&
 	test_must_fail git check-attr -- &&
 	test_must_fail git check-attr test &&
 	test_must_fail git check-attr test -- &&
 	test_must_fail git check-attr -- f &&
+	test_must_fail git check-attr --source &&
+	test_must_fail git check-attr --source not-a-valid-ref &&
 	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin &&
 	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin -- f &&
 	echo "f" | test_must_fail git check-attr --stdin test -- f &&
@@ -287,6 +306,15 @@ test_expect_success 'using --git-dir and --work-tree' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'using --source' '
+	attr_check_source foo/bar/f f tag-1 &&
+	attr_check_source foo/bar/a/i n tag-1 &&
+	attr_check_source foo/bar/f unspecified tag-2 &&
+	attr_check_source foo/bar/a/i m tag-2 &&
+	attr_check_source foo/bar/g g tag-2 &&
+	attr_check_source foo/bar/g unspecified tag-1
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup bare' '
 	git clone --template= --bare . bare.git
 '
@@ -306,6 +334,18 @@ test_expect_success 'bare repository: check that .gitattribute is ignored' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'bare repository: with --source' '
+	(
+		cd bare.git &&
+		attr_check_source foo/bar/f f tag-1 &&
+		attr_check_source foo/bar/a/i n tag-1 &&
+		attr_check_source foo/bar/f unspecified tag-2 &&
+		attr_check_source foo/bar/a/i m tag-2 &&
+		attr_check_source foo/bar/g g tag-2 &&
+		attr_check_source foo/bar/g unspecified tag-1
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'bare repository: check that --cached honors index' '
 	(
 		cd bare.git &&
diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
index 151d9a5278..b66f090a0b 100644
--- a/userdiff.c
+++ b/userdiff.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ struct userdiff_driver *userdiff_find_by_path(struct index_state *istate,
 		check = attr_check_initl("diff", NULL);
 	if (!path)
 		return NULL;
-	git_check_attr(istate, path, check);
+	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, path, check);
 
 	if (ATTR_TRUE(check->items[0].value))
 		return &driver_true;
diff --git a/ws.c b/ws.c
index 6e69877f25..eadbbe5667 100644
--- a/ws.c
+++ b/ws.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ unsigned whitespace_rule(struct index_state *istate, const char *pathname)
 	if (!attr_whitespace_rule)
 		attr_whitespace_rule = attr_check_initl("whitespace", NULL);
 
-	git_check_attr(istate, pathname, attr_whitespace_rule);
+	git_check_attr(istate, NULL, pathname, attr_whitespace_rule);
 	value = attr_whitespace_rule->items[0].value;
 	if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) {
 		/* true (whitespace) */
-- 
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  1. 0/2 check-attr: add support to work with tree-ishKarthik Nayak, Jan 2, 2023
  2. 1/2 t0003: move setup for `--all` into new blockKarthik Nayak, Jan 2, 2023
  3. 2/2 attr: add flag `--source` to work with tree-ishKarthik Nayak, Jan 2, 2023
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  10. Karthik NayakJan 9, 2023

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