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[PATCH 08/11] Introduce get_octopus_merge_bases() in commit.c

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Jun 19, 2008, 23:22 UTC
Message-ID
<c83288c0995a7b4463b66e2f45d1a14839f0901c.1213917600.git.vmiklos@frugalware.org>
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This is like get_merge_bases() but it works for multiple heads, like show-branch --merge-base.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---
 commit.c |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 commit.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index bbf9c75..6052ca3 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -600,6 +600,33 @@ static struct commit_list *merge_bases(struct commit *one, struct commit *two)
 	return result;
 }
 
+struct commit_list *get_octopus_merge_bases(struct commit_list *in)
+{
+	struct commit_list *i, *j, *k, *ret = NULL;
+	struct commit_list **pptr = &ret;
+
+	for (i = in; i; i = i->next) {
+		if (!ret)
+			pptr = &commit_list_insert(i->item, pptr)->next;
+		else {
+			struct commit_list *new = NULL, *end = NULL;
+
+			for (j = ret; j; j = j->next) {
+				struct commit_list *bases;
+				bases = get_merge_bases(i->item, j->item, 1);
+				if (!new)
+					new = bases;
+				else
+					end->next = bases;
+				for (k = bases; k; k = k->next)
+					end = k;
+			}
+			ret = new;
+		}
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *one,
 					struct commit *two, int cleanup)
 {
diff --git a/commit.h b/commit.h
index 7f8c5ee..dcec7fb 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ int read_graft_file(const char *graft_file);
 struct commit_graft *lookup_commit_graft(const unsigned char *sha1);
 
 extern struct commit_list *get_merge_bases(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2, int cleanup);
+extern struct commit_list *get_octopus_merge_bases(struct commit_list *in);
 
 extern int register_shallow(const unsigned char *sha1);
 extern int unregister_shallow(const unsigned char *sha1);
-- 
1.5.6
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Message 9 of 23 in “Build in merge”
  1. 00/11 Build in mergeMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  2. 01/11 Move split_cmdline() to alias.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  3. 02/11 Move commit_list_count() to commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  4. 03/11 Move parse-options's skip_prefix() to git-compat-util.hMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  5. 04/11 Add new test to ensure git-merge handles pull.twohead and pull.octopusMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  6. 05/11 parseopt: add a new PARSE_OPT_ARGV0_IS_AN_OPTION optionMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  7. 06/11 Move read_cache_unmerged() to read-cache.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  8. 07/11 git-fmt-merge-msg: make it usable from other builtinsMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  9. 08/11 Introduce get_octopus_merge_bases() in commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  10. 09/11 Introduce filter_independent() in commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  11. 10/11 Build in mergeMiklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  12. 11/11 Add new test to ensure git-merge handles more than 25 refs.Miklos Vajna, Jun 19, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinJun 20, 2008
  15. Miklos VajnaJun 20, 2008
  16. Johannes SchindelinJun 20, 2008
  17. Miklos VajnaJun 20, 2008
  18. Introduce filter_independent() in commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 21, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2008
  20. 1/2 Introduce get_merge_bases_many()Junio C Hamano, Jun 21, 2008
  21. 2/2 Introduce reduce_heads()Junio C Hamano, Jun 21, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2008
  23. Miklos VajnaJun 21, 2008

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