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Re: [GSoC][PATCH v2 3/6] rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-date

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2019, 13:35 UTC
Message-ID
<32b4a676-876b-1ddb-e10c-e9b7646ac961@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20190812194301.5655-4-rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com>
On 12/08/2019 20:42, Rohit Ashiwal wrote:
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> rebase am already has this flag to "lie" about the committer date
> by changing it to the author date. Let's add the same for
> interactive machinery.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rohit Ashiwal <rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/git-rebase.txt            |  8 +++-
>   builtin/rebase.c                        | 20 ++++++---
>   sequencer.c                             | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   sequencer.h                             |  1 +
>   t/t3422-rebase-incompatible-options.sh  |  1 -
>   t/t3433-rebase-options-compatibility.sh | 19 +++++++++
>   6 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> index 28e5e08a83..697ce8e6ff 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
> @@ -383,8 +383,12 @@ default is `--no-fork-point`, otherwise the default is `--fork-point`.
>   See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
>   
>   --committer-date-is-author-date::
> +	Instead of recording the time the rebased commits are
> +	created as the committer date, reuse the author date
> +	as the committer date. This implies --force-rebase.
> +
>   --ignore-date::
> -	These flags are passed to 'git am' to easily change the dates
> +	This flag is passed to 'git am' to change the author date

Very minor nit-pick. This has lost the plural for 'dates'. I'm not sure this is correct as there will be more than one date because the commits will have different dates. If it had said 'change the date of each rebased commit' then the singular would definitely be right but as it stands I'm not sure this is an improvement.

Best Wishes
Phillip
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>   	of the rebased commits (see linkgit:git-am[1]).
>   +
>   See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
> @@ -522,7 +526,6 @@ INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS
>   
>   The following options:
>   
> - * --committer-date-is-author-date
>    * --ignore-date
>    * --whitespace
>    * -C
> @@ -548,6 +551,7 @@ In addition, the following pairs of options are incompatible:
>    * --preserve-merges and --signoff
>    * --preserve-merges and --rebase-merges
>    * --preserve-merges and --ignore-whitespace
> + * --preserve-merges and --committer-date-is-author-date
>    * --rebase-merges and --ignore-whitespace
>    * --rebase-merges and --strategy
>    * --rebase-merges and --strategy-option
> diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
> index ab1bbb78ee..b1039f8db0 100644
> --- a/builtin/rebase.c
> +++ b/builtin/rebase.c
> @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct rebase_options {
>   	int ignore_whitespace;
>   	char *gpg_sign_opt;
>   	int autostash;
> +	int committer_date_is_author_date;
>   	char *cmd;
>   	int allow_empty_message;
>   	int rebase_merges, rebase_cousins;
> @@ -114,6 +115,8 @@ static struct replay_opts get_replay_opts(const struct rebase_options *opts)
>   	replay.allow_empty_message = opts->allow_empty_message;
>   	replay.verbose = opts->flags & REBASE_VERBOSE;
>   	replay.reschedule_failed_exec = opts->reschedule_failed_exec;
> +	replay.committer_date_is_author_date =
> +					opts->committer_date_is_author_date;
>   	replay.gpg_sign = xstrdup_or_null(opts->gpg_sign_opt);
>   	replay.strategy = opts->strategy;
>   
> @@ -533,6 +536,9 @@ int cmd_rebase__interactive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>   		warning(_("--[no-]rebase-cousins has no effect without "
>   			  "--rebase-merges"));
>   
> +	if (opts.committer_date_is_author_date)
> +		opts.flags |= REBASE_FORCE;
> +
>   	return !!run_rebase_interactive(&opts, command);
>   }
>   
> @@ -981,6 +987,8 @@ static int run_am(struct rebase_options *opts)
>   
>   	if (opts->ignore_whitespace)
>   		argv_array_push(&am.args, "--ignore-whitespace");
> +	if (opts->committer_date_is_author_date)
> +		argv_array_push(&opts->git_am_opts, "--committer-date-is-author-date");
>   	if (opts->action && !strcmp("continue", opts->action)) {
>   		argv_array_push(&am.args, "--resolved");
>   		argv_array_pushf(&am.args, "--resolvemsg=%s", resolvemsg);
> @@ -1424,9 +1432,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>   			PARSE_OPT_NOARG, NULL, REBASE_DIFFSTAT },
>   		OPT_BOOL(0, "signoff", &options.signoff,
>   			 N_("add a Signed-off-by: line to each commit")),
> -		OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(0, "committer-date-is-author-date",
> -				  &options.git_am_opts, NULL,
> -				  N_("passed to 'git am'"), PARSE_OPT_NOARG),
> +		OPT_BOOL(0, "committer-date-is-author-date",
> +			 &options.committer_date_is_author_date,
> +			 N_("make committer date match author date")),
>   		OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(0, "ignore-date", &options.git_am_opts, NULL,
>   				  N_("passed to 'git am'"), PARSE_OPT_NOARG),
>   		OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV('C', NULL, &options.git_am_opts, N_("n"),
> @@ -1697,10 +1705,12 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>   		    state_dir_base, cmd_live_rebase, buf.buf);
>   	}
>   
> +	if (options.committer_date_is_author_date)
> +		options.flags |= REBASE_FORCE;
> +
>   	for (i = 0; i < options.git_am_opts.argc; i++) {
>   		const char *option = options.git_am_opts.argv[i], *p;
> -		if (!strcmp(option, "--committer-date-is-author-date") ||
> -		    !strcmp(option, "--ignore-date") ||
> +		if (!strcmp(option, "--ignore-date") ||
>   		    !strcmp(option, "--whitespace=fix") ||
>   		    !strcmp(option, "--whitespace=strip"))
>   			options.flags |= REBASE_FORCE;
> diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
> index 30d77c2682..fbc0ed0cad 100644
> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_refs_to_delete, "rebase-merge/refs-to-delete")
>    * command-line.
>    */
>   static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_gpg_sign_opt, "rebase-merge/gpg_sign_opt")
> +static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_cdate_is_adate, "rebase-merge/cdate_is_adate")
>   static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_orig_head, "rebase-merge/orig-head")
>   static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_verbose, "rebase-merge/verbose")
>   static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_quiet, "rebase-merge/quiet")
> @@ -879,6 +880,17 @@ static char *get_author(const char *message)
>   	return NULL;
>   }
>   
> +/* Returns a "date" string that needs to be free()'d by the caller */
> +static char *read_author_date_or_null(void)
> +{
> +	char *date;
> +
> +	if (read_author_script(rebase_path_author_script(),
> +			       NULL, NULL, &date, 0))
> +		return NULL;
> +	return date;
> +}
> +
>   /* Read author-script and return an ident line (author <email> timestamp) */
>   static const char *read_author_ident(struct strbuf *buf)
>   {
> @@ -964,6 +976,25 @@ static int run_git_commit(struct repository *r,
>   {
>   	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
>   
> +	if (opts->committer_date_is_author_date) {
> +		size_t len;
> +		int res = -1;
> +		struct strbuf datebuf = STRBUF_INIT;
> +		char *date = read_author_date_or_null();
> +
> +		strbuf_addf(&datebuf, "@%s", date);
> +		free(date);
> +
> +		date = strbuf_detach(&datebuf, &len);
> +
> +		if (len > 1)
> +			res = setenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE", date, 1);
> +
> +		free(date);
> +
> +		if (res)
> +			return -1;
> +	}
>   	if ((flags & CREATE_ROOT_COMMIT) && !(flags & AMEND_MSG)) {
>   		struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT, script = STRBUF_INIT;
>   		const char *author = NULL;
> @@ -1400,7 +1431,6 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
>   
>   	if (parse_head(r, &current_head))
>   		return -1;
> -
>   	if (flags & AMEND_MSG) {
>   		const char *exclude_gpgsig[] = { "gpgsig", NULL };
>   		const char *out_enc = get_commit_output_encoding();
> @@ -1427,6 +1457,21 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
>   		commit_list_insert(current_head, &parents);
>   	}
>   
> +	if (opts->committer_date_is_author_date) {
> +		int len = strlen(author);
> +		struct ident_split ident;
> +		struct strbuf date = STRBUF_INIT;
> +
> +		split_ident_line(&ident, author, len);
> +
> +		if (!ident.date_begin)
> +			return error(_("corrupted author without date information"));
> +
> +		strbuf_addf(&date, "@%s",ident.date_begin);
> +		setenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE", date.buf, 1);
> +		strbuf_release(&date);
> +	}
> +
>   	if (write_index_as_tree(&tree, r->index, r->index_file, 0, NULL)) {
>   		res = error(_("git write-tree failed to write a tree"));
>   		goto out;
> @@ -2542,6 +2587,11 @@ static int read_populate_opts(struct replay_opts *opts)
>   			opts->signoff = 1;
>   		}
>   
> +		if (file_exists(rebase_path_cdate_is_adate())) {
> +			opts->allow_ff = 0;
> +			opts->committer_date_is_author_date = 1;
> +		}
> +
>   		if (file_exists(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec()))
>   			opts->reschedule_failed_exec = 1;
>   
> @@ -2624,6 +2674,8 @@ int write_basic_state(struct replay_opts *opts, const char *head_name,
>   		write_file(rebase_path_gpg_sign_opt(), "-S%s\n", opts->gpg_sign);
>   	if (opts->signoff)
>   		write_file(rebase_path_signoff(), "--signoff\n");
> +	if (opts->committer_date_is_author_date)
> +		write_file(rebase_path_cdate_is_adate(), "%s", "");
>   	if (opts->reschedule_failed_exec)
>   		write_file(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec(), "%s", "");
>   
> @@ -3821,7 +3873,8 @@ static int pick_commits(struct repository *r,
>   	setenv(GIT_REFLOG_ACTION, action_name(opts), 0);
>   	if (opts->allow_ff)
>   		assert(!(opts->signoff || opts->no_commit ||
> -				opts->record_origin || opts->edit));
> +				opts->record_origin || opts->edit ||
> +				opts->committer_date_is_author_date));
>   	if (read_and_refresh_cache(r, opts))
>   		return -1;
>   
> diff --git a/sequencer.h b/sequencer.h
> index 6704acbb9c..e3881e9275 100644
> --- a/sequencer.h
> +++ b/sequencer.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct replay_opts {
>   	int verbose;
>   	int quiet;
>   	int reschedule_failed_exec;
> +	int committer_date_is_author_date;
>   
>   	int mainline;
>   
> diff --git a/t/t3422-rebase-incompatible-options.sh b/t/t3422-rebase-incompatible-options.sh
> index 4342f79eea..7402f7e3da 100755
> --- a/t/t3422-rebase-incompatible-options.sh
> +++ b/t/t3422-rebase-incompatible-options.sh
> @@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ test_rebase_am_only () {
>   }
>   
>   test_rebase_am_only --whitespace=fix
> -test_rebase_am_only --committer-date-is-author-date
>   test_rebase_am_only -C4
>   
>   test_expect_success REBASE_P '--preserve-merges incompatible with --signoff' '
> diff --git a/t/t3433-rebase-options-compatibility.sh b/t/t3433-rebase-options-compatibility.sh
> index 2e16e00a9d..b2419a2b75 100755
> --- a/t/t3433-rebase-options-compatibility.sh
> +++ b/t/t3433-rebase-options-compatibility.sh
> @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ test_description='tests to ensure compatibility between am and interactive backe
>   
>   . ./test-lib.sh
>   
> +GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="1999-04-02T08:03:20+05:30"
> +export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
> +
>   # This is a special case in which both am and interactive backends
>   # provide the same output. It was done intentionally because
>   # both the backends fall short of optimal behaviour.
> @@ -62,4 +65,20 @@ test_expect_success '--ignore-whitespace works with interactive backend' '
>   	test_cmp expect file
>   '
>   
> +test_expect_success '--committer-date-is-author-date works with am backend' '
> +	git commit --amend &&
> +	git rebase --committer-date-is-author-date HEAD^ &&
> +	git show HEAD --pretty="format:%ai" >authortime &&
> +	git show HEAD --pretty="format:%ci" >committertime &&
> +	test_cmp authortime committertime
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success '--committer-date-is-author-date works with interactive backend' '
> +	git commit --amend &&
> +	git rebase -i --committer-date-is-author-date HEAD^ &&
> +	git show HEAD --pretty="format:%ai" >authortime &&
> +	git show HEAD --pretty="format:%ci" >committertime &&
> +	test_cmp authortime committertime
> +'
> +
>   test_done
> 
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  1. Rohit AshiwalAug 6, 2019
  2. [GSoC][PATCHl 1/6] rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flagRohit Ashiwal, Aug 6, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2019
  4. Rohit AshiwalAug 7, 2019
  5. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2019
  6. Rohit AshiwalAug 12, 2019
  7. [GSoC][PATCHl 3/6] rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 6, 2019
  8. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2019
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2019
  10. [GSoC][PATCHl 2/6] sequencer: add NULL checks under read_author_scriptRohit Ashiwal, Aug 6, 2019
  11. [GSoC][PATCHl 4/6] sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_renameRohit Ashiwal, Aug 6, 2019
  12. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2019
  13. [GSoC][PATCHl 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 6, 2019
  14. Johannes SchindelinAug 7, 2019
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2019
  16. Rohit AshiwalAug 7, 2019
  17. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2019
  18. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2019
  19. [GSoC][PATCHl 6/6] rebase: add --author-date-is-committer-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 6, 2019
  20. Phillip WoodAug 8, 2019
  21. [GSoC][PATCH v2 0/6] rebase -i: support more optionsRohit Ashiwal, Aug 12, 2019
  22. [GSoC][PATCH v2 1/6] rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flagRohit Ashiwal, Aug 12, 2019
  23. Phillip WoodAug 13, 2019
  24. [GSoC][PATCH v2 2/6] sequencer: add NULL checks under read_author_scriptRohit Ashiwal, Aug 12, 2019
  25. [GSoC][PATCH v2 3/6] rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 12, 2019
  26. Phillip WoodAug 13, 2019
  27. Phillip WoodAug 13, 2019
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2019
  29. Phillip WoodAug 14, 2019
  30. Phillip WoodAug 13, 2019
  31. [GSoC][PATCH v2 4/6] sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_renameRohit Ashiwal, Aug 12, 2019
  32. Phillip WoodAug 13, 2019
  33. [GSoC][PATCH v2 5/6] rebase -i: support --ignore-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 12, 2019
  34. Phillip WoodAug 13, 2019
  35. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2019
  36. Phillip WoodAug 14, 2019
  37. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2019
  38. Phillip WoodAug 14, 2019
  39. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2019
  40. Phillip WoodAug 17, 2019
  41. [GSoC][PATCH v2 6/6] rebase: add --author-date-is-committer-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 12, 2019
  42. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2019
  43. 0/6 rebase -i: support more optionsRohit Ashiwal, Aug 20, 2019
  44. 1/6 rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flagRohit Ashiwal, Aug 20, 2019
  45. Phillip WoodAug 20, 2019
  46. Rohit AshiwalAug 20, 2019
  47. 2/6 sequencer: add NULL checks under read_author_scriptRohit Ashiwal, Aug 20, 2019
  48. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2019
  49. 3/6 rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 20, 2019
  50. Phillip WoodAug 20, 2019
  51. 4/6 sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_renameRohit Ashiwal, Aug 20, 2019
  52. 5/6 rebase -i: support --ignore-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 20, 2019
  53. Phillip WoodAug 20, 2019
  54. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2019
  55. Phillip WoodAug 20, 2019
  56. [GSoC][PATCH v2 6/6] rebase: add --author-date-is-committer-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 20, 2019
  57. Rohit AshiwalAug 20, 2019
  58. 6/6 rebase: add --reset-author-dateRohit Ashiwal, Aug 20, 2019
  59. Rohit AshiwalAug 20, 2019
  60. Phillip WoodAug 20, 2019
  61. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2019
  62. Phillip WoodAug 20, 2019
  63. 0/6 rebase -i: support more optionsRohit Ashiwal, Sep 7, 2019
  64. 1/6 rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flagRohit Ashiwal, Sep 7, 2019
  65. Phillip WoodOct 4, 2019
  66. Elijah NewrenOct 5, 2019
  67. Rohit AshiwalOct 6, 2019
  68. 2/6 sequencer: allow callers of read_author_script() to ignore fieldsRohit Ashiwal, Sep 7, 2019
  69. 3/6 rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-dateRohit Ashiwal, Sep 7, 2019
  70. Phillip WoodOct 4, 2019
  71. Rohit AshiwalOct 6, 2019
  72. Phillip WoodOct 24, 2019
  73. 4/6 sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_renameRohit Ashiwal, Sep 7, 2019
  74. 5/6 rebase -i: support --ignore-dateRohit Ashiwal, Sep 7, 2019
  75. Rohit AshiwalSep 7, 2019
  76. Phillip WoodSep 27, 2019
  77. Rohit AshiwalOct 6, 2019
  78. Phillip WoodOct 24, 2019
  79. 6/6 rebase: add --reset-author-dateRohit Ashiwal, Sep 7, 2019
  80. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2019
  81. Phillip WoodSep 9, 2019
  82. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2019
  83. 0/6 rebase -i: support more optionsRohit Ashiwal, Nov 1, 2019
  84. 1/6 rebase -i: add --ignore-whitespace flagRohit Ashiwal, Nov 1, 2019
  85. 2/6 sequencer: allow callers of read_author_script() to ignore fieldsRohit Ashiwal, Nov 1, 2019
  86. 3/6 rebase -i: support --committer-date-is-author-dateRohit Ashiwal, Nov 1, 2019
  87. 4/6 sequencer: rename amend_author to author_to_renameRohit Ashiwal, Nov 1, 2019
  88. 5/6 rebase -i: support --ignore-dateRohit Ashiwal, Nov 1, 2019
  89. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2019
  90. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2019
  91. 6/6 rebase: add --reset-author-dateRohit Ashiwal, Nov 1, 2019
  92. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2019
  93. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2019
  94. Alban GruinNov 21, 2019
  95. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2019
  96. Phillip WoodNov 28, 2019

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