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Re: [PATCH] Add default merge options for all branches

From
Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com>
Date
May 2, 2011, 18:22 UTC
Message-ID
<4DBEF665.20309@dailyvoid.com>
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<BANLkTikgcwL6KRNAvxyAiHxLPzG7jeU6Vg@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry for that, it's my own habit I'm afraid, however I did go back and fix it up so that it is consistent with the rest of the file. Should I resubmit the patch in reply to this thread?

On 5/2/11 1:12 PM, Thiago Farina wrote:
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> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com> wrote:
>> Introduce a new configuration variable, merge.mergeoptions.
>> The semantics of this new variable are the same as the branch specific
>> branch.<branch>.mergeoptions.  However, if a branch specific setting is
>> found, this option will not override it.
>>
>> The need for this arises from the fact that there is currently not an
>> easy way to set merge options for all branches. Instead of having to
>> specify merge options for each individual branch there should be a way
>> to set defaults for all branches and then override a specific branch's
>> options.
>>
>> The approach taken is to make note of whether a branch specific
>> mergeoptions key has been seen and only apply the global value if it
>> hasn't. An alternative method would be to keep the
>> branch.<branch>.mergeoptions semantics, but assign a special value for
>> <branch> to be the global default.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/merge-config.txt |    7 +++++++
>>  builtin/merge.c                |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>  t/t7600-merge.sh               |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
>> index 8920258..0fc7511 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
>> @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ merge.verbosity::
>>        above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
>>        Can be overridden by the 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
>>  +merge.mergeoptions::
>> +       Sets default options for merging any branch. This value is only
>> +       used if there is not a branch.<name>.mergeoptions value set.
>> +       The syntax and supported options are the same as those of 'git
>> +       merge', but option values containing whitespace characters are
>> +       currently not supported.
>> +
>>  merge.<driver>.name::
>>        Defines a human-readable name for a custom low-level
>>        merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
>> diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
>> index 0bdd19a..1d4f852 100644
>> --- a/builtin/merge.c
>> +++ b/builtin/merge.c
>> @@ -505,9 +505,18 @@ cleanup:
>>  static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
>>  {
>> -       if (branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
>> -               !prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
>> -               !strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions")) {
>> +       static int branch_merge_options_set = 0;
>> +       int merge_option_mode = 0;
>> +
>> +       if ( !strcmp(k, "merge.mergeoptions") )
> 
> please, no need of spaces between if ( ... )
> 
> There are more cases in this change below.
> 
> I don't know if Junio is strong about this and if you need to resend.
> But at least that is not consistent with the rest of the file.
> 
> Just my 0.02 cents.
> 
>> +               merge_option_mode = 1;
>> +       else if ( branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
>> +                        !prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
>> +                        !strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions"))
>> +               merge_option_mode = 2;
>> +
>> +       if ( (merge_option_mode == 1 && !branch_merge_options_set) ||
>> +                 merge_option_mode == 2) {
>>                const char **argv;
>>                int argc;
>>                char *buf;
>> @@ -515,14 +524,22 @@ static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const
>> char *v, void *cb)
>>                buf = xstrdup(v);
>>                argc = split_cmdline(buf, &argv);
>>                if (argc < 0)
>> -                       die(_("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s"), branch,
>> -                           split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
>> +               {
>> +                       if ( merge_option_mode == 1 )
>> +                               die(_("Bad merge.mergeoptions string: %s"), +
>> split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
>> +                       else
>> +                               die(_("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s"), branch,
>> +                                       split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
>> +               }
>>                argv = xrealloc(argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 2));
>>                memmove(argv + 1, argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 1));
>>                argc++;
>>                parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, builtin_merge_options,
>>                              builtin_merge_usage, 0);
>>                free(buf);
>> +               if ( merge_option_mode == 2 )
>> +                       branch_merge_options_set = 1;
>>        }
>>        if (!strcmp(k, "merge.diffstat") || !strcmp(k, "merge.stat"))
>> diff --git a/t/t7600-merge.sh b/t/t7600-merge.sh
>> index 87d5d78..15e9418 100755
>> --- a/t/t7600-merge.sh
>> +++ b/t/t7600-merge.sh
>> @@ -415,6 +415,33 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (no-ff)' '
>>  test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
>>  +test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (global no-ff)' '
>> +       git reset --hard c0 &&
>> +       git config --unset branch.master.mergeoptions &&
>> +       git config merge.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
>> +       test_tick &&
>> +       git merge c1 &&
>> +       git config --remove-section merge &&
>> +       verify_merge file result.1 &&
>> +       verify_parents $c0 $c1
>> +'
>> +
>> +test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
>> +
>> +test_expect_success 'combine merge.mergeoptions with
>> branch.x.mergeoptions' '
>> +       git reset --hard c0 &&
>> +       git config --remove-section branch.master &&
>> +       git config merge.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
>> +       git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--ff" &&
>> +       test_tick &&
>> +       git merge c1 &&
>> +       git config --remove-section merge &&
>> +       verify_merge file result.1 &&
>> +       verify_parents "$c0"
>> +'
>> +
>> +test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
>> +
>>  test_expect_success 'combining --squash and --no-ff is refused' '
>>        test_must_fail git merge --squash --no-ff c1 &&
>>        test_must_fail git merge --no-ff --squash c1
>> --
>> 1.7.5
>>
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  1. Add default merge options for all branchesMichael Grubb, May 2, 2011
  2. Thiago FarinaMay 2, 2011
  3. Michael GrubbMay 2, 2011
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