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[PATCH] name-rev: include taggerdate in considering the best name

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 22, 2016, 13:39 UTC
Message-ID
<d58135a6720d6fda4c7bc609e77e2709d161fe25.1461332260.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

We most likely want the oldest tag that contained the commit to be reported. So let's remember the taggerdate, and make it more important than anything else when choosing the best name for a given commit.

Suggested by Linus Torvalds.

Note that we need to update t9903 because it tested for the old behavior (which preferred the description "b1~1" over "tags/t2~1").

We might want to introduce a --heed-taggerdate option, and make the new behavior dependent on that, if it turns out that some scripts rely on the old name-rev method.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 builtin/name-rev.c     | 19 +++++++++++++------
 t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index 092e03c..57be35f 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 typedef struct rev_name {
 	const char *tip_name;
+	unsigned long taggerdate;
 	int generation;
 	int distance;
 } rev_name;
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ static long cutoff = LONG_MAX;
 #define MERGE_TRAVERSAL_WEIGHT 65535
 
 static void name_rev(struct commit *commit,
-		const char *tip_name, int generation, int distance,
+		const char *tip_name, unsigned long taggerdate,
+		int generation, int distance,
 		int deref)
 {
 	struct rev_name *name = (struct rev_name *)commit->util;
@@ -43,9 +45,12 @@ static void name_rev(struct commit *commit,
 		name = xmalloc(sizeof(rev_name));
 		commit->util = name;
 		goto copy_data;
-	} else if (name->distance > distance) {
+	} else if (name->taggerdate > taggerdate ||
+			(name->taggerdate == taggerdate &&
+			 name->distance > distance)) {
 copy_data:
 		name->tip_name = tip_name;
+		name->taggerdate = taggerdate;
 		name->generation = generation;
 		name->distance = distance;
 	} else
@@ -66,11 +71,11 @@ copy_data:
 				new_name = xstrfmt("%.*s^%d", (int)len, tip_name,
 						   parent_number);
 
-			name_rev(parents->item, new_name, 0,
+			name_rev(parents->item, new_name, taggerdate, 0,
 				distance + MERGE_TRAVERSAL_WEIGHT, 0);
 		} else {
-			name_rev(parents->item, tip_name, generation + 1,
-				distance + 1, 0);
+			name_rev(parents->item, tip_name, taggerdate,
+				generation + 1, distance + 1, 0);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@ static int name_ref(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid, int flags, vo
 	struct name_ref_data *data = cb_data;
 	int can_abbreviate_output = data->tags_only && data->name_only;
 	int deref = 0;
+	unsigned long taggerdate = ULONG_MAX;
 
 	if (data->tags_only && !starts_with(path, "refs/tags/"))
 		return 0;
@@ -164,12 +170,13 @@ static int name_ref(const char *path, const struct object_id *oid, int flags, vo
 			break; /* broken repository */
 		o = parse_object(t->tagged->oid.hash);
 		deref = 1;
+		taggerdate = t->date;
 	}
 	if (o && o->type == OBJ_COMMIT) {
 		struct commit *commit = (struct commit *)o;
 
 		path = name_ref_abbrev(path, can_abbreviate_output);
-		name_rev(commit, xstrdup(path), 0, 0, deref);
+		name_rev(commit, xstrdup(path), taggerdate, 0, 0, deref);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh b/t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh
index ffbfa0e..0db4469 100755
--- a/t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh
+++ b/t/t9903-bash-prompt.sh
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ test_expect_success 'prompt - describe detached head - contains' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'prompt - describe detached head - branch' '
-	printf " ((b1~1))" >expected &&
+	printf " ((tags/t2~1))" >expected &&
 	git checkout b1^ &&
 	test_when_finished "git checkout master" &&
 	(
-- 
2.8.1.207.g7b140d3
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  1. name-rev: include taggerdate in considering the best nameJohannes Schindelin, Apr 22, 2016
  2. Jeff KingApr 22, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2016
  5. Linus TorvaldsApr 22, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2016
  7. Johannes SchindelinApr 24, 2016

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