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[PATCH v3 07/11] Add a function to determine unique prefixes for a list of strings

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SGSlavica Djukic via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 16, 2019, 14:58 UTC
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From: Slavica Djukic <slawica92@hotmail.com>

In the `git add -i` command, we show unique prefixes of the commands and files, to give an indication what prefix would select them.

Naturally, the C implementation looks a lot different than the Perl implementation: in Perl, a trie is much easier implemented, while we already have a pretty neat hashmap implementation in C that we use for the purpose of storing (not necessarily unique) prefixes.

The idea: for each item that we add, we generate prefixes starting with the first letter, then the first two letters, then three, etc, until we find a prefix that is unique (or until the prefix length would be longer than we want). If we encounter a previously-unique prefix on the way, we adjust that item's prefix to make it unique again (or we mark it as having no unique prefix if we failed to find one). These partial prefixes are stored in a hash map (for quick lookup times).

To make sure that this function works as expected, we add a test using a special-purpose test helper that was added for that purpose.

Note: We expect the list of prefix items to be passed in as a list of
pointers rather than as regular list to avoid having to copy information
(the actual items will most likely contain more information than just
the name and the length of the unique prefix, but passing in `struct
prefix_item *` would not allow for that).
Signed-off-by: Slavica Djukic <slawica92@hotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 Makefile                   |   2 +
 prefix-map.c               | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 prefix-map.h               |  40 ++++++++++++++
 t/helper/test-prefix-map.c |  58 ++++++++++++++++++++
 t/helper/test-tool.c       |   1 +
 t/helper/test-tool.h       |   1 +
 t/t0018-prefix-map.sh      |  10 ++++
 7 files changed, 221 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 prefix-map.c
 create mode 100644 prefix-map.h
 create mode 100644 t/helper/test-prefix-map.c
 create mode 100755 t/t0018-prefix-map.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0a47200f47..545a0e8743 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-online-cpus.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-parse-options.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-path-utils.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-pkt-line.o
+TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-prefix-map.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-prio-queue.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-reach.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-read-cache.o
@@ -943,6 +944,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += patch-ids.o
 LIB_OBJS += path.o
 LIB_OBJS += pathspec.o
 LIB_OBJS += pkt-line.o
+LIB_OBJS += prefix-map.o
 LIB_OBJS += preload-index.o
 LIB_OBJS += pretty.o
 LIB_OBJS += prio-queue.o
diff --git a/prefix-map.c b/prefix-map.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..747ddb4ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prefix-map.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "prefix-map.h"
+
+static int map_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data,
+		   const void *entry,
+		   const void *entry_or_key,
+		   const void *unused_keydata)
+{
+	const struct prefix_map_entry *a = entry;
+	const struct prefix_map_entry *b = entry_or_key;
+
+	return a->prefix_length != b->prefix_length ||
+		strncmp(a->name, b->name, a->prefix_length);
+}
+
+static void add_prefix_entry(struct hashmap *map, const char *name,
+			     size_t prefix_length, struct prefix_item *item)
+{
+	struct prefix_map_entry *result = xmalloc(sizeof(*result));
+	result->name = name;
+	result->prefix_length = prefix_length;
+	result->item = item;
+	hashmap_entry_init(result, memhash(name, prefix_length));
+	hashmap_add(map, result);
+}
+
+static void init_prefix_map(struct prefix_map *prefix_map,
+			    int min_prefix_length, int max_prefix_length)
+{
+	hashmap_init(&prefix_map->map, map_cmp, NULL, 0);
+	prefix_map->min_length = min_prefix_length;
+	prefix_map->max_length = max_prefix_length;
+}
+
+static void add_prefix_item(struct prefix_map *prefix_map,
+			    struct prefix_item *item)
+{
+	struct prefix_map_entry e = { { NULL } }, *e2;
+	int j;
+
+	e.item = item;
+	e.name = item->name;
+
+	for (j = prefix_map->min_length;
+	     j <= prefix_map->max_length && e.name[j]; j++) {
+		/* Avoid breaking UTF-8 multi-byte sequences */
+		if (!isascii(e.name[j]))
+			break;
+
+		e.prefix_length = j;
+		hashmap_entry_init(&e, memhash(e.name, j));
+		e2 = hashmap_get(&prefix_map->map, &e, NULL);
+		if (!e2) {
+			/* prefix is unique at this stage */
+			item->prefix_length = j;
+			add_prefix_entry(&prefix_map->map, e.name, j, item);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!e2->item)
+			continue; /* non-unique prefix */
+
+		if (j != e2->item->prefix_length || memcmp(e.name, e2->name, j))
+			BUG("unexpected prefix length: %d != %d (%s != %s)",
+			    j, (int)e2->item->prefix_length, e.name, e2->name);
+
+		/* skip common prefix */
+		for (; j < prefix_map->max_length && e.name[j]; j++) {
+			if (e.item->name[j] != e2->item->name[j])
+				break;
+			add_prefix_entry(&prefix_map->map, e.name, j + 1,
+					 NULL);
+		}
+
+		/* e2 no longer refers to a unique prefix */
+		if (j < prefix_map->max_length && e2->name[j]) {
+			/* found a new unique prefix for e2's item */
+			e2->item->prefix_length = j + 1;
+			add_prefix_entry(&prefix_map->map, e2->name, j + 1,
+					 e2->item);
+		}
+		else
+			e2->item->prefix_length = 0;
+		e2->item = NULL;
+
+		if (j < prefix_map->max_length && e.name[j]) {
+			/* found a unique prefix for the item */
+			e.item->prefix_length = j + 1;
+			add_prefix_entry(&prefix_map->map, e.name, j + 1,
+					 e.item);
+		} else
+			/* item has no (short enough) unique prefix */
+			e.item->prefix_length = 0;
+
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+void find_unique_prefixes(struct prefix_item **list, size_t nr,
+			  int min_length, int max_length)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct prefix_map prefix_map;
+
+	init_prefix_map(&prefix_map, min_length, max_length);
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
+		add_prefix_item(&prefix_map, list[i]);
+	hashmap_free(&prefix_map.map, 1);
+}
diff --git a/prefix-map.h b/prefix-map.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce3b8a4a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prefix-map.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#ifndef PREFIX_MAP_H
+#define PREFIX_MAP_H
+
+#include "hashmap.h"
+
+struct prefix_item {
+	const char *name;
+	size_t prefix_length;
+};
+
+struct prefix_map_entry {
+	struct hashmap_entry e;
+	const char *name;
+	size_t prefix_length;
+	/* if item is NULL, the prefix is not unique */
+	struct prefix_item *item;
+};
+
+struct prefix_map {
+	struct hashmap map;
+	int min_length, max_length;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Find unique prefixes in a given list of strings.
+ *
+ * Typically, the `struct prefix_item` information will be but a field in the
+ * actual item struct; For this reason, the `list` parameter is specified as a
+ * list of pointers to the items.
+ *
+ * The `min_length`/`max_length` parameters define what length the unique
+ * prefixes should have.
+ *
+ * If no unique prefix could be found for a given item, its `prefix_length`
+ * will be set to 0.
+ */
+void find_unique_prefixes(struct prefix_item **list, size_t nr,
+			  int min_length, int max_length);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/t/helper/test-prefix-map.c b/t/helper/test-prefix-map.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f1c90eaf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/helper/test-prefix-map.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#include "test-tool.h"
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "prefix-map.h"
+
+static size_t test_count, failed_count;
+
+static void check(int succeeded, const char *file, size_t line_no,
+		  const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	test_count++;
+	if (succeeded)
+		return;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: ", file, (int)line_no);
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	failed_count++;
+}
+
+#define EXPECT_SIZE_T_EQUALS(expect, actual, hint) \
+	check(expect == actual, __FILE__, __LINE__, \
+	      "size_t's do not match: %" \
+	      PRIdMAX " != %" PRIdMAX " (%s) (%s)", \
+	      (intmax_t)expect, (intmax_t)actual, #actual, hint)
+
+int cmd__prefix_map(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+#define NR 5
+	struct prefix_item items[NR] = {
+		{ "unique" },
+		{ "hell" },
+		{ "hello" },
+		{ "wok" },
+		{ "world" },
+	};
+	struct prefix_item *list[NR] = {
+		items, items + 1, items + 2, items + 3, items + 4
+	};
+
+	find_unique_prefixes(list, NR, 1, 3);
+
+#define EXPECT_PREFIX_LENGTH_EQUALS(expect, index) \
+	EXPECT_SIZE_T_EQUALS(expect, list[index]->prefix_length, \
+			     list[index]->name)
+
+	EXPECT_PREFIX_LENGTH_EQUALS(1, 0);
+	EXPECT_PREFIX_LENGTH_EQUALS(0, 1);
+	EXPECT_PREFIX_LENGTH_EQUALS(0, 2);
+	EXPECT_PREFIX_LENGTH_EQUALS(3, 3);
+	EXPECT_PREFIX_LENGTH_EQUALS(3, 4);
+
+	return !!failed_count;
+}
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.c b/t/helper/test-tool.c
index 087a8c0cc9..e076771b96 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "parse-options", cmd__parse_options },
 	{ "path-utils", cmd__path_utils },
 	{ "pkt-line", cmd__pkt_line },
+	{ "prefix-map", cmd__prefix_map },
 	{ "prio-queue", cmd__prio_queue },
 	{ "reach", cmd__reach },
 	{ "read-cache", cmd__read_cache },
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.h b/t/helper/test-tool.h
index 7e703f3038..891bac703b 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.h
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ int cmd__online_cpus(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__parse_options(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__path_utils(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__pkt_line(int argc, const char **argv);
+int cmd__prefix_map(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__prio_queue(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__reach(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__read_cache(int argc, const char **argv);
diff --git a/t/t0018-prefix-map.sh b/t/t0018-prefix-map.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..187fa92aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t0018-prefix-map.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='basic tests for prefix map'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'prefix map' '
+	test-tool prefix-map
+'
+
+test_done
-- 
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