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Re: [PATCH v3 05/13] parse the -L options

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 13, 2010, 23:03 UTC
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Bo Yang <struggleyb.nku@gmail.com> writes:
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> +static int log_line_range_callback(const struct option *option, const char *arg, int unset)
> +{
> +	struct line_opt_callback_data *data = option->value;
> +	struct diff_line_range *r = *data->range;
> +	struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx = data->ctx;
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> +	if (!arg)
> +		return -1;
> ...
> @@ -75,6 +118,58 @@ static void cmd_log_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
>  	 */
>  	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
>  		usage(builtin_log_usage);
> +
> +	parse_options_start(&ctx, argc, argv, prefix, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH |
> +			PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 | PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
> +	for (;;) {
> +		switch (parse_options_step(&ctx, options, log_opt_usage)) {
> +		case PARSE_OPT_HELP:
> +			exit(129);
> +		case PARSE_OPT_DONE:
> +			goto parse_done;
> +		case PARSE_OPT_NON_OPTION:
> +			path = parse_options_current(&ctx);
> +			pathspec = prefix_path(prefix, prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0, path);
> +			range->spec = alloc_filespec(pathspec);
> +			free((void *)pathspec);
> +			if (range->nr == 0) {
> +				if(range->next) {
> +					die("Path %s need a -L <range> option\n"
> +					"If you want follow the history of the whole file "
> +					"whether to using 'git log' without -L or using "
> +					"'git log -L 1,$ <path>'", range->spec->path);
> +				} else {
> +					parse_options_next(&ctx, 1);
> +					continue;
This loop smells bad.

When "-L n,m" appears on the command line, log_line_range_callback() would be called and would eat n,m (which is correct), but at that point you would not just want to be prepared to accept a non-option ("path" in "-L n,m path"), but actually would want to force the user to give a path, no? IOW, isn't "git log -L n,m -U20" an error, unless "-U20" is a filename that the user wants to track?

I somehow suspect that futzing with STOP_AT_NON_OPTION (done in the first two patches in the series) to parse "-L n,m path" is a misguided design attempt. Shouldn't you be instead giving a support for option callback to take more than one argument to do this?

> +				}
> +			}
> +			struct diff_line_range *r = xmalloc(sizeof(*r));

decl-after-statement, but at this point it may be moot as I am doubting the higher-level design of this option parser now.

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Message 11 of 39 in “parse-options: stop when encounter a non-option”
  1. 01/13 parse-options: stop when encounter a non-optionBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  2. 02/13 parse-options: add two helper functionsBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010
  4. 03/13 add the basic data structure for line level historyBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  5. Bo YangJul 12, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010
  7. Bo YangJul 18, 2010
  8. 04/13 refactor parse_locBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010
  10. 05/13 parse the -L optionsBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2010
  12. Bo YangJul 18, 2010
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2010
  14. Thomas RastJul 19, 2010
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2010
  16. Thomas RastJul 20, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2010
  18. Thomas RastJul 22, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2010
  20. Bo YangJul 20, 2010
  21. Bo YangJul 20, 2010
  22. 06/13 export three functions from diff.cBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  23. 07/13 add range clone functionsBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010
  25. 08/13 map/take range to parentBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010
  27. 09/13 print the line logBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010
  29. 10/13 map/print ranges along traversing the history topologicallyBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010
  31. 11/13 add --always-print optionBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  32. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2010
  33. 12/13 add two test casesBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  34. 13/13 some document updateBo Yang, Jul 11, 2010
  35. Jakub NarebskiJul 11, 2010
  36. Bo YangJul 12, 2010
  37. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010
  38. Bo YangJul 18, 2010
  39. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2010

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