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[PATCH v8 8/8] ls-tree.c: introduce "--format" option

From
Teng Long <dyroneteng@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 1, 2022, 13:50 UTC
Message-ID
<e0add802fbbabde7e7b3743127b2d4047f1ce760.1641043500.git.dyroneteng@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1641043500.git.dyroneteng@gmail.com>

Add a --format option to ls-tree. It has an existing default output, and then --long and --name-only options to emit the default output along with the objectsize and, or to only emit object paths.

Rather than add --type-only, --object-only etc. we can just support a --format using a strbuf_expand() similar to "for-each-ref --format". We might still add such options in the future for convenience.

The --format implementation is slower than the existing code, but this change does not cause any performance regressions. We'll leave the existing show_tree() unchanged, and only run show_tree_fmt() in if a --format different than the hardcoded built-in ones corresponding to the existing modes is provided.

I.e. something like the "--long" output would be much slower with this, mainly due to how we need to allocate various things to do with quote.c instead of spewing the output directly to stdout.

The new option of '--format' comes from Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmasonn's idea and suggestion, this commit makes modifications in terms of the original discussion on community [1].

Here is the statistics about performance tests:
1. Default format (hitten the builtin formats):
    "git ls-tree <tree-ish>" vs "--format='%(mode) %(type) %(object)%x09%(file)'"
    $hyperfine --warmup=10 "/opt/git/master/bin/git ls-tree -r HEAD"
    Benchmark 1: /opt/git/master/bin/git ls-tree -r HEAD
    Time (mean ± σ):     105.2 ms ±   3.3 ms    [User: 84.3 ms, System: 20.8 ms]
    Range (min … max):    99.2 ms … 113.2 ms    28 runs
    $hyperfine --warmup=10 "/opt/git/ls-tree-oid-only/bin/git ls-tree -r --format='%(mode) %(type) %(object)%x09%(file)'  HEAD"
    Benchmark 1: /opt/git/ls-tree-oid-only/bin/git ls-tree -r --format='%(mode) %(type) %(object)%x09%(file)'  HEAD
    Time (mean ± σ):     106.4 ms ±   2.7 ms    [User: 86.1 ms, System: 20.2 ms]
    Range (min … max):   100.2 ms … 110.5 ms    29 runs
2. Default format includes object size (hitten the builtin formats):
    "git ls-tree -l <tree-ish>" vs "--format='%(mode) %(type) %(object) %(size:padded)%x09%(file)'"
    $hyperfine --warmup=10 "/opt/git/master/bin/git ls-tree -r -l HEAD"
    Benchmark 1: /opt/git/master/bin/git ls-tree -r -l HEAD
    Time (mean ± σ):     335.1 ms ±   6.5 ms    [User: 304.6 ms, System: 30.4 ms]
    Range (min … max):   327.5 ms … 348.4 ms    10 runs
    $hyperfine --warmup=10 "/opt/git/ls-tree-oid-only/bin/git ls-tree -r --format='%(mode) %(type) %(object) %(size:padded)%x09%(file)'  HEAD"
    Benchmark 1: /opt/git/ls-tree-oid-only/bin/git ls-tree -r --format='%(mode) %(type) %(object) %(size:padded)%x09%(file)'  HEAD
    Time (mean ± σ):     337.2 ms ±   8.2 ms    [User: 309.2 ms, System: 27.9 ms]
    Range (min … max):   328.8 ms … 349.4 ms    10 runs

Links: [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/RFC-patch-6.7-eac299f06ff-20211217T131635Z-avarab@gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Teng Long <dyroneteng@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt |  50 ++++++++-
 builtin/ls-tree.c             | 191 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 t/t3105-ls-tree-format.sh     |  55 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t3105-ls-tree-format.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index 729370f235..ef23c0fac1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git ls-tree' [-d] [-r] [-t] [-l] [-z]
-	    [--name-only] [--name-status] [--object-only] [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev[=<n>]]
-	    <tree-ish> [<path>...]
-
+	    [--name-only] [--name-status] [--object-only]
+	    [--full-name] [--full-tree] [--abbrev[=<n>]]
+	    [--format=<format>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Lists the contents of a given tree object, like what "/bin/ls -a" does
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ OPTIONS
 	Do not limit the listing to the current working directory.
 	Implies --full-name.
 
+--format=<format>::
+	A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from the result
+	being shown. It also interpolates `%%` to `%`, and
+	`%xx` where `xx`are hex digits interpolates to character
+	with hex code `xx`; for example `%00` interpolates to
+	`\0` (NUL), `%09` to `\t` (TAB) and `%0a` to `\n` (LF).
+	When specified, `--format` cannot be combined with other
+	format-altering options, including `--long`, `--name-only`
+	and `--object-only`.
+
 [<path>...]::
 	When paths are given, show them (note that this isn't really raw
 	pathnames, but rather a list of patterns to match).  Otherwise
@@ -87,6 +97,9 @@ OPTIONS
 
 Output Format
 -------------
+
+Default format:
+
         <mode> SP <type> SP <object> TAB <file>
 
 This output format is compatible with what `--index-info --stdin` of
@@ -105,6 +118,37 @@ quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
 (see linkgit:git-config[1]).  Using `-z` the filename is output
 verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.
 
+Customized format:
+
+It's support to print customized format by `%(fieldname)` with `--format` option.
+For example, if you want to only print the <object> and <file> fields with a
+JSON style, executing with a specific "--format" like
+
+		git ls-tree --format='{"object":"%(object)", "file":"%(file)"}' <tree-ish>
+
+The output format changes to:
+
+		{"object":"<object>", "file":"<file>"}
+
+FIELD NAMES
+-----------
+
+Various values from structured fields can be used to interpolate
+into the resulting output. For each outputing line, the following
+names can be used:
+
+mode::
+	The mode of the object.
+type::
+	The type of the object (`blob` or `tree`).
+object::
+	The name of the object.
+size[:padded]::
+	The size of the object ("-" if it's a tree).
+	It also supports a padded format of size with "%(size:padded)".
+file::
+	The filename of the object.
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/builtin/ls-tree.c b/builtin/ls-tree.c
index 009ffeb15d..6e3e5a4d06 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-tree.c
@@ -56,23 +56,75 @@ enum {
 
 static int cmdmode = MODE_UNSPECIFIED;
 
-static int parse_shown_fields(void)
+static const char *format;
+static const char *default_format = "%(mode) %(type) %(object)%x09%(file)";
+static const char *long_format = "%(mode) %(type) %(object) %(size:padded)%x09%(file)";
+static const char *name_only_format = "%(file)";
+static const char *object_only_format = "%(object)";
+
+static void expand_objectsize(struct strbuf *line, const struct object_id *oid,
+			      const enum object_type type, unsigned int padded)
 {
-	if (cmdmode == MODE_NAME_ONLY) {
-		shown_bits = SHOW_FILE_NAME;
-		return 0;
+	if (type == OBJ_BLOB) {
+		unsigned long size;
+		if (oid_object_info(the_repository, oid, &size) < 0)
+			die(_("could not get object info about '%s'"),
+			    oid_to_hex(oid));
+		if (padded)
+			strbuf_addf(line, "%7" PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t)size);
+		else
+			strbuf_addf(line, "%" PRIuMAX, (uintmax_t)size);
+	} else if (padded) {
+		strbuf_addf(line, "%7s", "-");
+	} else {
+		strbuf_addstr(line, "-");
 	}
-	if (cmdmode == MODE_OBJECT_ONLY) {
-		shown_bits = SHOW_OBJECT_NAME;
-		return 0;
+}
+
+static size_t expand_show_tree(struct strbuf *line, const char *start,
+			       void *context)
+{
+	struct shown_data *data = context;
+	const char *end;
+	const char *p;
+	unsigned int errlen;
+	size_t len;
+	len = strbuf_expand_literal_cb(line, start, NULL);
+	if (len)
+		return len;
+
+	if (*start != '(')
+		die(_("bad ls-tree format: as '%s'"), start);
+
+	end = strchr(start + 1, ')');
+	if (!end)
+		die(_("bad ls-tree format: element '%s' does not end in ')'"), start);
+
+	len = end - start + 1;
+	if (skip_prefix(start, "(mode)", &p)) {
+		strbuf_addf(line, "%06o", data->mode);
+	} else if (skip_prefix(start, "(type)", &p)) {
+		strbuf_addstr(line, type_name(data->type));
+	} else if (skip_prefix(start, "(size:padded)", &p)) {
+		expand_objectsize(line, data->oid, data->type, 1);
+	} else if (skip_prefix(start, "(size)", &p)) {
+		expand_objectsize(line, data->oid, data->type, 0);
+	} else if (skip_prefix(start, "(object)", &p)) {
+		strbuf_addstr(line, find_unique_abbrev(data->oid, abbrev));
+	} else if (skip_prefix(start, "(file)", &p)) {
+		const char *name = data->base->buf;
+		const char *prefix = chomp_prefix ? ls_tree_prefix : NULL;
+		struct strbuf quoted = STRBUF_INIT;
+		struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+		strbuf_addstr(data->base, data->pathname);
+		name = relative_path(data->base->buf, prefix, &sb);
+		quote_c_style(name, &quoted, NULL, 0);
+		strbuf_addstr(line, quoted.buf);
+	} else {
+		errlen = (unsigned long)len;
+		die(_("bad ls-tree format: %%%.*s"), errlen, start);
 	}
-	if (!ls_options || (ls_options & LS_RECURSIVE)
-	    || (ls_options & LS_SHOW_TREES)
-	    || (ls_options & LS_TREE_ONLY))
-		shown_bits = SHOW_DEFAULT;
-	if (cmdmode == MODE_LONG)
-		shown_bits = SHOW_DEFAULT | SHOW_SIZE;
-	return 1;
+	return len;
 }
 
 static int show_recursive(const char *base, size_t baselen,
@@ -106,6 +158,75 @@ static int show_recursive(const char *base, size_t baselen,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int show_tree_init(enum object_type *type, struct strbuf *base,
+			  const char *pathname, unsigned mode, int *retval)
+{
+	if (S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
+		*type = OBJ_COMMIT;
+	} else if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
+		if (show_recursive(base->buf, base->len, pathname)) {
+			*retval = READ_TREE_RECURSIVE;
+			if (!(ls_options & LS_SHOW_TREES))
+				return 1;
+		}
+		*type = OBJ_TREE;
+	}
+	else if (ls_options & LS_TREE_ONLY)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int show_tree_fmt(const struct object_id *oid, struct strbuf *base,
+			 const char *pathname, unsigned mode, void *context)
+{
+	size_t baselen;
+	int retval = 0;
+	struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct shown_data data = {
+		.mode = mode,
+		.type = OBJ_BLOB,
+		.oid = oid,
+		.pathname = pathname,
+		.base = base,
+	};
+
+	if (show_tree_init(&data.type, base, pathname, mode, &retval))
+		return retval;
+
+	baselen = base->len;
+	strbuf_expand(&line, format, expand_show_tree, &data);
+	strbuf_addch(&line, line_termination);
+	fwrite(line.buf, line.len, 1, stdout);
+	strbuf_setlen(base, baselen);
+	return retval;
+}
+
+static int parse_shown_fields(void)
+{
+	if (cmdmode == MODE_NAME_ONLY ||
+	    (format && !strcmp(format, name_only_format))) {
+		shown_bits = SHOW_FILE_NAME;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (cmdmode == MODE_OBJECT_ONLY ||
+	    (format && !strcmp(format, object_only_format))) {
+		shown_bits = SHOW_OBJECT_NAME;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!ls_options || (ls_options & LS_RECURSIVE)
+	    || (ls_options & LS_SHOW_TREES)
+	    || (ls_options & LS_TREE_ONLY)
+		|| (format && !strcmp(format, default_format)))
+		shown_bits = SHOW_DEFAULT;
+
+	if (cmdmode == MODE_LONG ||
+		(format && !strcmp(format, long_format)))
+		shown_bits = SHOW_DEFAULT | SHOW_SIZE;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int show_default(struct shown_data *data)
 {
 	size_t baselen = data->base->len;
@@ -137,24 +258,6 @@ static int show_default(struct shown_data *data)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int show_tree_init(enum object_type *type, struct strbuf *base,
-			  const char *pathname, unsigned mode, int *retval)
-{
-	if (S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
-		*type = OBJ_COMMIT;
-	} else if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
-		if (show_recursive(base->buf, base->len, pathname)) {
-			*retval = READ_TREE_RECURSIVE;
-			if (!(ls_options & LS_SHOW_TREES))
-				return 1;
-		}
-		*type = OBJ_TREE;
-	}
-	else if (ls_options & LS_TREE_ONLY)
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int show_tree(const struct object_id *oid, struct strbuf *base,
 		const char *pathname, unsigned mode, void *context)
 {
@@ -196,6 +299,7 @@ int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct object_id oid;
 	struct tree *tree;
 	int i, full_tree = 0;
+	read_tree_fn_t fn = show_tree;
 	const struct option ls_tree_options[] = {
 		OPT_BIT('d', NULL, &ls_options, N_("only show trees"),
 			LS_TREE_ONLY),
@@ -218,6 +322,9 @@ int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "full-tree", &full_tree,
 			 N_("list entire tree; not just current directory "
 			    "(implies --full-name)")),
+		OPT_STRING_F(0, "format", &format, N_("format"),
+			     N_("format to use for the output"),
+			     PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
 		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
@@ -238,6 +345,10 @@ int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	    ((LS_TREE_ONLY|LS_RECURSIVE) & ls_options))
 		ls_options |= LS_SHOW_TREES;
 
+	if (format && cmdmode)
+		usage_msg_opt(
+			_("--format can't be combined with other format-altering options"),
+			ls_tree_usage, ls_tree_options);
 	if (argc < 1)
 		usage_with_options(ls_tree_usage, ls_tree_options);
 	if (get_oid(argv[0], &oid))
@@ -261,6 +372,18 @@ int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	tree = parse_tree_indirect(&oid);
 	if (!tree)
 		die("not a tree object");
-	return !!read_tree(the_repository, tree,
-			   &pathspec, show_tree, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * The generic show_tree_fmt() is slower than show_tree(), so
+	 * take the fast path if possible.
+	 */
+	if (format && (!strcmp(format, default_format) ||
+				   !strcmp(format, long_format) ||
+				   !strcmp(format, name_only_format) ||
+				   !strcmp(format, object_only_format)))
+		fn = show_tree;
+	else if (format)
+		fn = show_tree_fmt;
+
+	return !!read_tree(the_repository, tree, &pathspec, fn, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/t/t3105-ls-tree-format.sh b/t/t3105-ls-tree-format.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..92b4d240e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t3105-ls-tree-format.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='ls-tree --format'
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree --format usage' '
+	test_expect_code 129 git ls-tree --format=fmt -l &&
+	test_expect_code 129 git ls-tree --format=fmt --name-only &&
+	test_expect_code 129 git ls-tree --format=fmt --name-status &&
+	test_expect_code 129 git ls-tree --format=fmt --object-only
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	mkdir dir &&
+	test_commit dir/sub-file &&
+	test_commit top-file
+'
+
+test_ls_tree_format () {
+	format=$1 &&
+	opts=$2 &&
+	shift 2 &&
+	git ls-tree $opts -r HEAD >expect.raw &&
+	sed "s/^/> /" >expect <expect.raw &&
+	git ls-tree --format="> $format" -r HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree --format=<default-like>' '
+	test_ls_tree_format \
+		"%(mode) %(type) %(object)%x09%(file)" \
+		""
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree --format=<long-like>' '
+	test_ls_tree_format \
+		"%(mode) %(type) %(object) %(size:padded)%x09%(file)" \
+		"--long"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree --format=<name-only-like>' '
+	test_ls_tree_format \
+		"%(file)" \
+		"--name-only"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree --format=<object-only-like>' '
+	test_ls_tree_format \
+		"%(object)" \
+		"--object-only"
+'
+
+test_done
-- 
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