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Re: [PATCH v2 06/20] merge-ort: implement a very basic collect_merge_info()

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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2020, 17:02 UTC
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On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 6:38 AM Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> On 11/2/2020 3:43 PM, Elijah Newren wrote:
> > +     /* +1 in both of the following lines to include the NUL byte */
> > +     fullpath = xmalloc(len+1);
> > +     make_traverse_path(fullpath, len+1, info, p->path, p->pathlen);
>
> nit: s/len+1/len + 1/g
>
> > +             void *buf[3] = {NULL,};
>
> This "{NULL,}" seems odd to me. I suppose there is a reason why it
> isn't "{ NULL, NULL, NULL }"?

Probably because I was copying from unpack-trees.c, which deals with a variable number of trees instead of always exactly 3. But yeah, it'd probably be more straightforward as { NULL, NULL, NULL }.

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> > +             const char *original_dir_name;
> > +             int i, ret;
> > +
> > +             ci->match_mask &= filemask;
> > +             newinfo = *info;
> > +             newinfo.prev = info;
> > +             newinfo.name = p->path;
> > +             newinfo.namelen = p->pathlen;
> > +             newinfo.pathlen = st_add3(newinfo.pathlen, p->pathlen, 1);
> > +
> > +             for (i = 0; i < 3; i++, dirmask >>= 1) {
>
> This multi-action iterator borders on "too clever". It seems like
> placing "dirmask >>= 1;" or "dirmask = dirmask >> 1;" at the end
> of the block would be equivalent and less jarring to a reader.
>
> I was thinking it doesn't really matter, except that dirmask is not
> in the initializer or sentinel of the for(), so having it here does
> not immediately make sense.
>
> (This has been too much writing for such an inconsequential line
> of code. Sorry.)

Yeah, copied from unpack-trees.c:traverse_trees_recursive(). The newinfo variable name and a bunch of the surrounding lines were copied from there too. I can switch it, though, if it makes it easier.

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> > +                     const struct object_id *oid = NULL;
> > +                     if (dirmask & 1)
> > +                             oid = &names[i].oid;
> > +                     buf[i] = fill_tree_descriptor(opt->repo, t + i, oid);
> > +             }
>
>
> >  static int collect_merge_info(struct merge_options *opt,
> >                             struct tree *merge_base,
> >                             struct tree *side1,
> >                             struct tree *side2)
> >  {
> > -     /* TODO: Implement this using traverse_trees() */
> > -     die("Not yet implemented.");
> > +     int ret;
> > +     struct tree_desc t[3];
> > +     struct traverse_info info;
> > +     char *toplevel_dir_placeholder = "";
>
> It seems like this should be "const char *"
>
> > +     init_tree_desc(t+0, merge_base->buffer, merge_base->size);
> > +     init_tree_desc(t+1, side1->buffer, side1->size);
> > +     init_tree_desc(t+2, side2->buffer, side2->size);
>
> More space issues: s/t+/t + /g
In my defense:

$ git grep init_tree_desc.*t.*\+ | grep -v merge-ort builtin/merge.c: init_tree_desc(t+i, trees[i]->buffer, trees[i]->size); builtin/read-tree.c: init_tree_desc(t+i, tree->buffer, tree->size); merge-recursive.c: init_tree_desc_from_tree(t+0, common); merge-recursive.c: init_tree_desc_from_tree(t+1, head); merge-recursive.c: init_tree_desc_from_tree(t+2, merge); merge.c: init_tree_desc(t+i, trees[i]->buffer, trees[i]->size);

None of which blames to me.  :-)

I can fix it up, though...at least the merge-ort one. Someone else can go through existing code if they so desire.

> I'm only really able to engage in this at a surface level, it
> seems, but maybe I'll have more to say as the implementation
> grows.

It _might_ be helpful to compare to unpack-trees.c's unpack_callback() and traverse_trees_recursive(), but there's so much unrelated stuff there that it's possible that just gets in the way more than it helps. Regardless, thanks for taking a look and spotting little fixes; every bit helps.

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Message 70 of 83 in “fundamentals of merge-ort implementation”
  1. 00/20 fundamentals of merge-ort implementationElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  2. 10/20 merge-ort: avoid recursing into identical treesElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  3. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  4. 08/20 merge-ort: compute a few more useful fields for collect_merge_infoElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  5. Jonathan TanNov 6, 2020
  6. Elijah NewrenNov 6, 2020
  7. Jonathan TanNov 9, 2020
  8. Elijah NewrenNov 9, 2020
  9. 11/20 merge-ort: add a preliminary simple process_entries() implementationElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  10. Jonathan TanNov 11, 2020
  11. Elijah NewrenNov 12, 2020
  12. 09/20 merge-ort: record stage and auxiliary info for every pathElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  13. Jonathan TanNov 6, 2020
  14. Elijah NewrenNov 7, 2020
  15. Jonathan TanNov 9, 2020
  16. Elijah NewrenNov 9, 2020
  17. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  18. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  19. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  20. Derrick StoleeNov 12, 2020
  21. Derrick StoleeNov 12, 2020
  22. 15/20 merge-ort: step 3 of tree writing -- handling subdirectories as we goElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  23. Jonathan TanNov 12, 2020
  24. Elijah NewrenNov 12, 2020
  25. Elijah NewrenNov 24, 2020
  26. Jonathan TanNov 25, 2020
  27. Elijah NewrenNov 26, 2020
  28. Jonathan TanNov 30, 2020
  29. 17/20 merge-ort: add implementation of checkout()Elijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  30. 18/20 tree: enable cmp_cache_name_compare() to be used elsewhereElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  31. 14/20 merge-ort: step 2 of tree writing -- function to create tree objectElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  32. Jonathan TanNov 11, 2020
  33. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  34. 19/20 merge-ort: add implementation of record_unmerged_index_entries()Elijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  35. 20/20 merge-ort: free data structures in merge_finalize()Elijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  36. 16/20 merge-ort: basic outline for merge_switch_to_result()Elijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  37. 12/20 merge-ort: have process_entries operate in a defined orderElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  38. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  39. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  40. 13/20 merge-ort: step 1 of tree writing -- record basenames, modes, and oidsElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  41. Jonathan TanNov 11, 2020
  42. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  43. Jonathan TanNov 12, 2020
  44. 07/20 merge-ort: avoid repeating fill_tree_descriptor() on the same treeElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  45. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  46. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  47. Eric SunshineNov 11, 2020
  48. 05/20 merge-ort: add an err() function similar to one from merge-recursiveElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  49. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  50. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  51. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  52. 01/20 merge-ort: setup basic internal data structuresElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  53. Jonathan TanNov 6, 2020
  54. Elijah NewrenNov 6, 2020
  55. Jonathan TanNov 9, 2020
  56. 02/20 merge-ort: add some high-level algorithm structureElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  57. 03/20 merge-ort: port merge_start() from merge-recursiveElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  58. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  59. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  60. 04/20 merge-ort: use histogram diffElijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  61. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  62. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  63. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  64. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  65. 06/20 merge-ort: implement a very basic collect_merge_info()Elijah Newren, Nov 2, 2020
  66. Jonathan TanNov 6, 2020
  67. Elijah NewrenNov 6, 2020
  68. Jonathan TanNov 9, 2020
  69. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  70. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  71. Derrick StoleeNov 3, 2020
  72. Elijah NewrenNov 3, 2020
  73. Elijah NewrenNov 7, 2020
  74. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2020
  75. Elijah NewrenNov 7, 2020
  76. Derrick StoleeNov 9, 2020
  77. Elijah NewrenNov 9, 2020
  78. Derrick StoleeNov 9, 2020
  79. Elijah NewrenNov 9, 2020
  80. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  81. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020
  82. Derrick StoleeNov 11, 2020
  83. Elijah NewrenNov 11, 2020

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