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[PATCH 09/10] Introduce get_octopus_merge_bases() in commit.c

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Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Jun 5, 2008, 20:44 UTC
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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 |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 commit.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 6ba5acb..c09b305 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -625,6 +625,38 @@ 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, int cleanup)
+{
+	struct commit_list *i, *j, *k, *ret = NULL;
+
+	for (i = in; i; i = i->next) {
+		if (!ret)
+			commit_list_append(i->item, &ret);
+		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, cleanup);
+				/*
+				 * Now we just append bases to new, but
+				 * calling commit_list_append() for each
+				 * item would be expensive, so do it by
+				 * hand.
+				 */
+				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 5d9ac43..201782d 100644
--- a/commit.h
+++ b/commit.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ 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, int cleanup);
 
 extern int register_shallow(const unsigned char *sha1);
 extern int unregister_shallow(const unsigned char *sha1);
-- 
1.5.6.rc0.dirty
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  1. 00/10 Build in mergeMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  2. 01/10 Move split_cmdline() to alias.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  3. 02/10 Move commit_list_count() to commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  4. 03/10 Move builtin-remote's skip_prefix() to git-compat-util.hMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  5. 04/10 Add new test to ensure git-merge handles pull.twohead and pull.octopusMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  6. 05/10 parseopt: add a new PARSE_OPT_ARGV0_IS_AN_OPTION optionMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  7. 06/10 Move read_cache_unmerged() to read-cache.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  8. 07/10 git-fmt-merge-msg: make it useable from other builtinsMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  9. 08/10 Introduce commit_list_append() in commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  10. 09/10 Introduce get_octopus_merge_bases() in commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  11. 10/10 Build in mergeMiklos Vajna, Jun 5, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinJun 6, 2008
  15. Johannes SchindelinJun 6, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2008
  17. Introduce get_octopus_merge_bases() in commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 7, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  19. Introduce get_octopus_merge_bases() in commit.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 9, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  21. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  23. Miklos VajnaJun 9, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  25. Miklos VajnaJun 9, 2008
  26. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  28. Miklos VajnaJun 10, 2008
  29. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2008
  30. Johannes SchindelinJun 6, 2008
  31. Miklos VajnaJun 7, 2008
  32. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  33. Miklos VajnaJun 6, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2008
  35. Miklos VajnaJun 7, 2008
  36. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  37. Miklos VajnaJun 7, 2008
  38. Andreas EricssonJun 9, 2008
  39. git-fmt-merge-msg: make it usable from other builtinsMiklos Vajna, Jun 9, 2008
  40. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  41. Move read_cache_unmerged() to read-cache.cMiklos Vajna, Jun 7, 2008
  42. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  43. Add new test to ensure git-merge handles pull.twohead and pull.octopusMiklos Vajna, Jun 7, 2008
  44. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008
  45. Move parse-options's skip_prefix() to git-compat-util.hMiklos Vajna, Jun 6, 2008

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