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[PATCH] branch as a builtin (again)

From
KHKristian Høgsberg <hoegsberg@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 20, 2006, 21:22 UTC
Message-ID
<59ad55d30608201422h4a6d40f7y7782212637380438@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,

I sent a patch to rewrite branch in C and make it a builtin a couple of months ago. Junio had a few comments about the patch that I now finally had the time to address. One of the problems was that merge-base didn't clean up its state, which has now been fixed. Here's the updated version.

Signed-off-by: Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
commit 8153d336ad9643507922932a2ac2277073c66432
Author: Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
Date:   Sun Aug 20 17:04:14 2006 -0400
    Rewrite branch in C and make it a builtin.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23cd8a0..adf043e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ SPARSE_FLAGS = -D__BIG_ENDIAN__ -D__powe
 ### --- END CONFIGURATION SECTION ---
 
 SCRIPT_SH = \
-	git-bisect.sh git-branch.sh git-checkout.sh \
+	git-bisect.sh git-checkout.sh \
 	git-cherry.sh git-clean.sh git-clone.sh git-commit.sh \
 	git-fetch.sh \
 	git-ls-remote.sh \
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ LIB_OBJS = \
 BUILTIN_OBJS = \
 	builtin-add.o \
 	builtin-apply.o \
+	builtin-branch.o \
 	builtin-cat-file.o \
 	builtin-checkout-index.o \
 	builtin-check-ref-format.o \
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25c6313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/*
+ * Builtin "git branch"
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 Kristian Høgsberg <krh@redhat.com>
+ * Based on git-branch.sh by Junio C Hamano.
+ */
+
+#include "cache.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+#include "commit.h"
+#include "builtin.h"
+
+static const char builtin_branch_usage[] =
+    "git-branch [(-d | -D) <branchname>] | [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]] | -r";
+
+
+static int remote_only = 0;
+static const char *head;
+static unsigned char head_sha1[20];
+
+static int in_merge_bases(const unsigned char *sha1,
+			  struct commit *rev1,
+			  struct commit *rev2)
+{
+	struct commit_list *bases, *b;
+
+	bases = get_merge_bases(rev1, rev2, 1);
+	for (b = bases; b != NULL; b = b->next) {
+		if (!hashcmp(sha1, b->item->object.sha1)) {
+			free_commit_list(bases);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	free_commit_list(bases);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force)
+{
+	struct commit *rev1, *rev2;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	const char *p, *name;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(head, argv[i]))
+			die("Cannot delete the branch you are currently on.");
+
+		name = git_path("refs/heads/%s", argv[i]);
+		p = resolve_ref(name, sha1, 1);
+		if (p == NULL)
+			die("Branch '%s' not found.", argv[i]);
+
+		rev1 = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+		rev2 = lookup_commit_reference(head_sha1);
+		if (!rev1 || !rev2)
+			die("Couldn't look up commit objects.");
+
+		/* This checks wether the merge bases of branch and
+		 * HEAD contains branch -- which means that the HEAD
+		 * contains everything in both.
+		 */
+
+		if (!force &&
+		    !in_merge_bases(sha1, rev1, rev2)) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"The branch '%s' is not a strict subset of your current HEAD.\n"
+				"If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D %s'.\n",
+				argv[i], argv[i]);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+
+		unlink(name);
+		printf("Deleted branch %s.\n", argv[i]);
+	}
+}
+
+static int show_reference(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	int is_head = !strcmp(refname, head);
+
+	printf("%c %s\n", (is_head ? '*' : ' '), refname);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void create_branch (const char *name, const char *start, int force)
+{
+	struct ref_lock *lock;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	char ref[PATH_MAX];
+
+	snprintf(ref, sizeof ref, "refs/heads/%s", name);
+	if (check_ref_format(ref + 5))
+		die("'%s' is not a valid branch name.", name);
+
+	if (resolve_ref(ref, sha1, 1)) {
+		if (!force)
+			die("A branch named '%s' already exists.", name);
+		else if (!strcmp(head, name))
+			die("Cannot force update the current branch.");
+	}
+
+	if (get_sha1(start, sha1))
+		die("Not a valid branch point: '%s'", start);
+
+	lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref, NULL, 0);
+	if (!lock)
+		die("Failed to lock ref for update: %s.", strerror(errno));
+	if (write_ref_sha1(lock, sha1, NULL) < 0)
+		die("Failed to write ref: %s.", strerror(errno));
+}
+
+int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	int delete = 0, force_delete = 0, force_create = 0;
+	int i, prefix_length;
+	const char *p;
+
+	git_config(git_default_config);
+
+	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+		const char *arg = argv[i];
+
+		if (arg[0] != '-')
+			break;
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--")) {
+			i++;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "-d")) {
+			delete = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "-D")) {
+			delete = 1;
+			force_delete = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "-f")) {
+			force_create = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "-r")) {
+			remote_only = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		die(builtin_branch_usage);
+	}
+
+	prefix_length = strlen(git_path("refs/heads/"));
+	p = resolve_ref(git_path("HEAD"), head_sha1, 0);
+	if (!p)
+		die("Failed to resolve HEAD as a valid ref");
+	head = strdup(p + prefix_length);
+
+	if (delete)
+		delete_branches(argc - i, argv + i, force_delete);
+	else if (i == argc && remote_only)
+		for_each_remote_ref(show_reference);
+	else if (i == argc)
+		for_each_branch_ref(show_reference);
+	else if (argc - i == 1)
+		create_branch (argv[i], head, force_create);
+	else
+		create_branch (argv[i], argv[i + 1], force_create);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index ade58c4..eb28986 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ extern int write_tree(unsigned char *sha
 
 extern int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_cat_file(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_checkout_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_check_ref_format(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e0501ec..0000000
--- a/git-branch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-USAGE='[-l] [(-d | -D) <branchname>] | [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]] | -r'
-LONG_USAGE='If no arguments, show available branches and mark current branch with a star.
-If one argument, create a new branch <branchname> based off of current HEAD.
-If two arguments, create a new branch <branchname> based off of <start-point>.'
-
-SUBDIRECTORY_OK='Yes'
-. git-sh-setup
-
-headref=$(git-symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's|^refs/heads/||')
-
-delete_branch () {
-    option="$1"
-    shift
-    for branch_name
-    do
-	case ",$headref," in
-	",$branch_name,")
-	    die "Cannot delete the branch you are on." ;;
-	,,)
-	    die "What branch are you on anyway?" ;;
-	esac
-	branch=$(cat "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branch_name") &&
-	    branch=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$branch^0") ||
-		die "Seriously, what branch are you talking about?"
-	case "$option" in
-	-D)
-	    ;;
-	*)
-	    mbs=$(git-merge-base -a "$branch" HEAD | tr '\012' ' ')
-	    case " $mbs " in
-	    *' '$branch' '*)
-		# the merge base of branch and HEAD contains branch --
-		# which means that the HEAD contains everything in both.
-		;;
-	    *)
-		echo >&2 "The branch '$branch_name' is not a strict subset of your current HEAD.
-If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D $branch_name'."
-		exit 1
-		;;
-	    esac
-	    ;;
-	esac
-	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$branch_name"
-	rm -f "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branch_name"
-	echo "Deleted branch $branch_name."
-    done
-    exit 0
-}
-
-ls_remote_branches () {
-    git-rev-parse --symbolic --all |
-    sed -ne 's|^refs/\(remotes/\)|\1|p' |
-    sort
-}
-
-force=
-create_log=
-while case "$#,$1" in 0,*) break ;; *,-*) ;; *) break ;; esac
-do
-	case "$1" in
-	-d | -D)
-		delete_branch "$@"
-		exit
-		;;
-	-r)
-		ls_remote_branches
-		exit
-		;;
-	-f)
-		force="$1"
-		;;
-	-l)
-		create_log="yes"
-		;;
-	--)
-		shift
-		break
-		;;
-	-*)
-		usage
-		;;
-	esac
-	shift
-done
-
-case "$#" in
-0)
-	git-rev-parse --symbolic --branches |
-	sort |
-	while read ref
-	do
-		if test "$headref" = "$ref"
-		then
-			pfx='*'
-		else
-			pfx=' '
-		fi
-		echo "$pfx $ref"
-	done
-	exit 0 ;;
-1)
-	head=HEAD ;;
-2)
-	head="$2^0" ;;
-esac
-branchname="$1"
-
-rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$head") || exit
-
-git-check-ref-format "heads/$branchname" ||
-	die "we do not like '$branchname' as a branch name."
-
-if [ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branchname" ]
-then
-	if test '' = "$force"
-	then
-		die "$branchname already exists."
-	elif test "$branchname" = "$headref"
-	then
-		die "cannot force-update the current branch."
-	fi
-fi
-if test "$create_log" = 'yes'
-then
-	mkdir -p $(dirname "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$branchname")
-	touch "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$branchname"
-fi
-git update-ref -m "branch: Created from $head" "refs/heads/$branchname" $rev
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 930998b..5738cb4 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int 
 	} commands[] = {
 		{ "add", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "apply", cmd_apply },
+		{ "branch", cmd_branch, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "cat-file", cmd_cat_file, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "checkout-index", cmd_checkout_index, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
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  1. branch as a builtin (again)Kristian Høgsberg, Aug 20, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinAug 20, 2006
  3. David RientjesAug 21, 2006
  4. Shawn PearceAug 21, 2006
  5. Jonas FonsecaAug 21, 2006
  6. Kristian HøgsbergAug 21, 2006
  7. David RientjesAug 21, 2006
  8. Kristian HøgsbergAug 21, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinAug 21, 2006
  11. Kristian HøgsbergAug 21, 2006
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