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[PATCH 1/5] Add 'df_name_compare()' helper function

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Mar 6, 2008, 02:25 UTC
Message-ID
<b1cd18fa986c63bea6d0a20ac580b993e5fffaa2.1204777699.git.torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To
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This new helper is identical to base_name_compare(), except it compares conflicting directory/file entries as equal in order to help handling DF conflicts (thus the name).

Note that while a directory name compares as equal to a regular file with the new helper, they then individually compare _differently_ to a filename that has a dot after the basename (because '\0' < '.' < '/').

So a directory called "foo/" will compare equal to a file "foo", even though "foo.c" will compare after "foo" and before "foo/"

This will be used by routines that want to traverse the git namespace but then handle conflicting entries together when possible.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
 cache.h      |    1 +
 read-cache.c |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index e230302..6eb16cb 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ extern int create_symref(const char *ref, const char *refs_heads_master, const c
 extern int validate_headref(const char *ref);
 
 extern int base_name_compare(const char *name1, int len1, int mode1, const char *name2, int len2, int mode2);
+extern int df_name_compare(const char *name1, int len1, int mode1, const char *name2, int len2, int mode2);
 extern int cache_name_compare(const char *name1, int len1, const char *name2, int len2);
 
 extern void *read_object_with_reference(const unsigned char *sha1,
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 657f0c5..bf649a3 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -351,6 +351,41 @@ int base_name_compare(const char *name1, int len1, int mode1,
 	return (c1 < c2) ? -1 : (c1 > c2) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * df_name_compare() is identical to base_name_compare(), except it
+ * compares conflicting directory/file entries as equal. Note that
+ * while a directory name compares as equal to a regular file, they
+ * then individually compare _differently_ to a filename that has
+ * a dot after the basename (because '\0' < '.' < '/').
+ *
+ * This is used by routines that want to traverse the git namespace
+ * but then handle conflicting entries together when possible.
+ */
+int df_name_compare(const char *name1, int len1, int mode1,
+		    const char *name2, int len2, int mode2)
+{
+	int len = len1 < len2 ? len1 : len2, cmp;
+	unsigned char c1, c2;
+
+	cmp = memcmp(name1, name2, len);
+	if (cmp)
+		return cmp;
+	/* Directories and files compare equal (same length, same name) */
+	if (len1 == len2)
+		return 0;
+	c1 = name1[len];
+	if (!c1 && S_ISDIR(mode1))
+		c1 = '/';
+	c2 = name2[len];
+	if (!c2 && S_ISDIR(mode2))
+		c2 = '/';
+	if (c1 == '/' && !c2)
+		return 0;
+	if (c2 == '/' && !c1)
+		return 0;
+	return c1 - c2;
+}
+
 int cache_name_compare(const char *name1, int flags1, const char *name2, int flags2)
 {
 	int len1 = flags1 & CE_NAMEMASK;
-- 
1.5.4.3.452.g67136
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Message 2 of 12 in “Split-up "unpack_trees()" cleanup series”
  1. 0/5 Split-up "unpack_trees()" cleanup seriesLinus Torvalds, Mar 6, 2008
  2. 1/5 Add 'df_name_compare()' helper functionLinus Torvalds, Mar 6, 2008
  3. David KastrupMar 6, 2008
  4. Linus TorvaldsMar 6, 2008
  5. David KastrupMar 6, 2008
  6. 2/5 Make 'traverse_tree()' use linked structure rather than 'const char *base'Linus Torvalds, Mar 6, 2008
  7. 3/5 Add return value to 'traverse_tree()' callbackLinus Torvalds, Mar 6, 2008
  8. 4/5 Make 'traverse_trees()' traverse conflicting DF entries in parallelLinus Torvalds, Mar 6, 2008
  9. 5/5 Move 'unpack_trees()' over to 'traverse_trees()' interfaceLinus Torvalds, Mar 6, 2008
  10. Linus TorvaldsMar 6, 2008
  11. Daniel BarkalowMar 7, 2008
  12. Linus TorvaldsMar 7, 2008

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