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[PATCH] get_sha1_1: allow octopus^12 to be properly parsed.

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Feb 3, 2006, 07:48 UTC
Message-ID
<7virrwj31n.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To
<7vbqxpj6qs.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

We probably thought anybody who does more than 9 parents in an Octopus is insane when this was initially done, but there is no inherent reason to limit the number of independent topic branches that happen to mature at the same time.

Our commit-tree allows up to 16 already, so at least we should prepare to handle what we can produce, if only to be consistent.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
 > That reminds me of another practical limit I've known but did
 > nothing about for quite some time (you may not even remember
 > doing that parser anymore).  This does not work for Len's merge:
 >
 > 	$ git rev-parse --verify funmerge^10
 >
 > You could do a 16-way merge but 12-way is already hitting
 > usability limit, depending on what you would want to do with
 > them.  For example, you cannot easily decompose the topic
 > branches out of that merge, like this:
 >
 > 	$ git checkout -b redo-3549 funmerge^2     ;# works
 >       $ git checkout -b redo-pnpacpi funmerge^12 ;# doesn't
 sha1_name.c |   39 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
6c7e009d38da459545bd2eed63e7624f81cea90f
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index ba0747c..fa85d8a 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -388,43 +388,36 @@ static int peel_onion(const char *name, 
 
 static int get_sha1_1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	int parent, ret;
+	int ret, has_suffix;
 	const char *cp;
 
-	/* foo^[0-9] or foo^ (== foo^1); we do not do more than 9 parents. */
-	if (len > 2 && name[len-2] == '^' &&
-	    name[len-1] >= '0' && name[len-1] <= '9') {
-		parent = name[len-1] - '0';
-		len -= 2;
-	}
-	else if (len > 1 && name[len-1] == '^') {
-		parent = 1;
-		len--;
-	} else
-		parent = -1;
-
-	if (parent >= 0)
-		return get_parent(name, len, sha1, parent);
-
 	/* "name~3" is "name^^^",
-	 * "name~12" is "name^^^^^^^^^^^^", and
 	 * "name~" and "name~0" are name -- not "name^0"!
+	 * "name^" is not "name^0"; it is "name^1".
 	 */
-	parent = 0;
+	has_suffix = 0;
 	for (cp = name + len - 1; name <= cp; cp--) {
 		int ch = *cp;
 		if ('0' <= ch && ch <= '9')
 			continue;
-		if (ch != '~')
-			parent = -1;
+		if (ch == '~' || ch == '^')
+			has_suffix = ch;
 		break;
 	}
-	if (!parent && *cp == '~') {
+
+	if (has_suffix) {
+		int num = 0;
 		int len1 = cp - name;
 		cp++;
 		while (cp < name + len)
-			parent = parent * 10 + *cp++ - '0';
-		return get_nth_ancestor(name, len1, sha1, parent);
+			num = num * 10 + *cp++ - '0';
+		if (has_suffix == '^') {
+			if (!num && len1 == len - 1)
+				num = 1;
+			return get_parent(name, len1, sha1, num);
+		}
+		/* else if (has_suffix == '~') -- goes without saying */
+		return get_nth_ancestor(name, len1, sha1, num);
 	}
 
 	ret = peel_onion(name, len, sha1);
-- 
1.1.6.gb1a9
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  1. Brown, LenFeb 3, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsFeb 3, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2006
  4. get_sha1_1: allow octopus^12 to be properly parsed.Junio C Hamano, Feb 3, 2006
  5. Dave JonesFeb 3, 2006

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