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Re: [bug] Segfault in git rev-list --first-parent --bisect

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 23, 2008, 05:20 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
<32541b130808222020v146e015dm8a98a005ad3e76a7@mail.gmail.com>
"Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@gmail.com> writes:
>     $ git rev-list --first-parent --bisect 5109c91 ^d798a2bfe094
>     Segmentation fault
Totally untested, usefulness fairly unknown.
 builtin-rev-list.c |   18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git c/builtin-rev-list.c w/builtin-rev-list.c
index 893762c..aab198f 100644
--- c/builtin-rev-list.c
+++ w/builtin-rev-list.c
@@ -530,19 +530,23 @@ static struct commit_list *do_find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
 		return best_bisection_sorted(list, nr);
 }
 
+#define BISECT_FIND_ALL 01
+#define BISECT_FIRST_PARENT_ONLY 02
 static struct commit_list *find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
 					  int *reaches, int *all,
-					  int find_all)
+					  int flag)
 {
 	int nr, on_list;
 	struct commit_list *p, *best, *next, *last;
 	int *weights;
+	int find_all = flag & BISECT_FIND_ALL;
+	int first_parent_only = flag & BISECT_FIRST_PARENT_ONLY;
 
 	show_list("bisection 2 entry", 0, 0, list);
 
 	/*
 	 * Count the number of total and tree-changing items on the
-	 * list, while reversing the list.
+	 * list, while reversing the list and removing.
 	 */
 	for (nr = on_list = 0, last = NULL, p = list;
 	     p;
@@ -557,6 +561,8 @@ static struct commit_list *find_bisection(struct commit_list *list,
 		if (!(flags & TREESAME))
 			nr++;
 		on_list++;
+		if (first_parent_only && p->item->parents)
+			p->item->parents->next = NULL;
 	}
 	list = last;
 	show_list("bisection 2 sorted", 0, nr, list);
@@ -656,9 +662,13 @@ int cmd_rev_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (bisect_list) {
 		int reaches = reaches, all = all;
+		int flag = 0;
+		if (bisect_find_all)
+			flag |= BISECT_FIND_ALL;
+		if (revs.first_parent_only)
+			flag |= BISECT_FIRST_PARENT_ONLY;
+		revs.commits = find_bisection(revs.commits, &reaches, &all, flag);
 
-		revs.commits = find_bisection(revs.commits, &reaches, &all,
-					      bisect_find_all);
 		if (bisect_show_vars) {
 			int cnt;
 			char hex[41];
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