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Re: A note on merging conflicts..

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jul 1, 2006, 20:14 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 1 Jul 2006, Rene Scharfe wrote:
>>> 
>>> I wonder why the two clear_commit_marks() calls at the end of
>>> get_merge_bases() are not sufficient, though.
>>
>> Why does that thing check for "parent->object.parsed"?
>
> Oh, I thought I fixed that up when I merged.  Sorry.
>
>> Also, it only clears commit marks if they are contiguous, but some commit 
>> marking may not be dense (eg, the "UNINTERESTING" mark may have been set 
>> by (PARENT1 && PARENT2) triggering, but is not set in the commits that 
>> reach it.
>
> That is true.

I'll be offline for a few hours, but if anybody is inclined to fix this up, I'd appreciate it to be based on top of 7c6f8aa commit (which is the tip of js/merge-base topic branch).

Perhaps as a starter (not even compile tested)... 
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 0431027..23ac210 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -397,13 +397,13 @@ void clear_commit_marks(struct commit *c
 {
 	struct commit_list *parents;
 
-	parents = commit->parents;
+	if (!commit)
+		return;
 	commit->object.flags &= ~mark;
+	parents = commit->parents;
 	while (parents) {
 		struct commit *parent = parents->item;
-		if (parent && parent->object.parsed &&
-		    (parent->object.flags & mark))
-			clear_commit_marks(parent, mark);
+		clear_commit_marks(parent, mark);
 		parents = parents->next;
 	}
 }
@@ -1012,7 +1012,8 @@ static void mark_reachable_commits(struc
 	}
 }
 
-struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2)
+struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2,
+				    int cleanup_needed)
 {
 	struct commit_list *list = NULL;
 	struct commit_list *result = NULL;
@@ -1081,8 +1082,10 @@ struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(stru
 	}
 
 	/* reset flags */
-	clear_commit_marks(rev1, PARENT1 | PARENT2 | UNINTERESTING);
-	clear_commit_marks(rev2, PARENT1 | PARENT2 | UNINTERESTING);
+	if (cleanup_needed) {
+		clear_commit_marks(rev1, PARENT1 | PARENT2 | UNINTERESTING);
+		clear_commit_marks(rev2, PARENT1 | PARENT2 | UNINTERESTING);
+	}
 
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 89b9dad..53bc697 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ struct commit_graft *read_graft_line(cha
 int register_commit_graft(struct commit_graft *, int);
 int read_graft_file(const char *graft_file);
 
-extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2);
+extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2, int cleanup_needed);
 
 #endif /* COMMIT_H */
diff --git a/merge-base.c b/merge-base.c
index b41f76c..59f723f 100644
--- a/merge-base.c
+++ b/merge-base.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ static int show_all = 0;
 
 static int merge_base(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2)
 {
-	struct commit_list *result = get_merge_bases(rev1, rev2);
+	struct commit_list *result = get_merge_bases(rev1, rev2, 0);
 
 	if (!result)
 		return 1;
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Message 26 of 49 in “A note on merging conflicts..”
  1. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2006
  5. Rene ScharfeJul 1, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 1, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2006
  8. Rene ScharfeJul 1, 2006
  9. J. Bruce FieldsJul 1, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2006
  11. Daniel BarkalowJul 1, 2006
  12. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2006
  13. Daniel BarkalowJul 1, 2006
  14. Daniel BarkalowJul 1, 2006
  15. Rene ScharfeJul 2, 2006
  16. Daniel BarkalowJul 2, 2006
  17. Linus TorvaldsJul 2, 2006
  18. Jakub NarebskiJul 1, 2006
  19. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2006
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2006
  21. Rene ScharfeJul 1, 2006
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2006
  23. Johannes SchindelinJul 1, 2006
  24. Linus TorvaldsJul 1, 2006
  25. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2006
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2006
  27. 1/3 Add get_merge_bases_clean()Rene Scharfe, Jul 1, 2006
  28. Johannes SchindelinJul 1, 2006
  29. 2/3 Add '...' operator for revisionsRene Scharfe, Jul 1, 2006
  30. 3/3 Make clear_commit_marks() clean harderRene Scharfe, Jul 1, 2006
  31. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2006
  32. Johannes SchindelinJul 3, 2006
  33. Linus TorvaldsJul 3, 2006
  34. Johannes SchindelinJul 3, 2006
  35. Junio C HamanoJul 3, 2006
  36. Johannes SchindelinJul 3, 2006
  37. Linus TorvaldsJul 3, 2006
  38. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  39. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  40. 4/3 Fold get_merge_bases_clean() into get_merge_bases()Rene Scharfe, Jul 2, 2006
  41. Johannes SchindelinJul 2, 2006
  42. Linus TorvaldsJul 2, 2006
  43. Rene ScharfeJul 2, 2006
  44. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2006
  45. Rene ScharfeJul 2, 2006
  46. Rene ScharfeJul 2, 2006
  47. Linus TorvaldsJul 2, 2006
  48. Linus TorvaldsJul 2, 2006
  49. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2006

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