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[PATCH v4 0/2] Implement new zdiff3 conflict style

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Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 16, 2021, 02:13 UTC
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<pull.1036.v4.git.git.1637028785.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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Implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3". This new mode is identical to ordinary diff3 except that it allows compaction of common lines between the two sides of history, if those common lines occur at the beginning or end of a conflict hunk.

Changes since v3:
 * More fixes from Phillip.
 * Marked Phillip as the author of the first commit because he's written
   most the code now; gave myself a co-authored-by trailer on that commit.
 * Removed the RFC label since it's now passing our tests.
Changes since v2:
 * Included more fixes from Phillip, and a new testcase
Changes since v1:
 * Included fixes from Phillip (thanks!)
 * Added some testcases
Elijah Newren (1):
  update documentation for new zdiff3 conflictStyle
Phillip Wood (1):
  xdiff: implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3"
 Documentation/config/merge.txt         |  9 ++-
 Documentation/git-checkout.txt         |  3 +-
 Documentation/git-merge-file.txt       |  3 +
 Documentation/git-merge.txt            | 32 +++++++--
 Documentation/git-rebase.txt           |  6 +-
 Documentation/git-restore.txt          |  3 +-
 Documentation/git-switch.txt           |  3 +-
 Documentation/technical/rerere.txt     | 10 +--
 builtin/checkout.c                     |  2 +-
 builtin/merge-file.c                   |  2 +
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |  6 +-
 t/t6427-diff3-conflict-markers.sh      | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 xdiff-interface.c                      |  2 +
 xdiff/xdiff.h                          |  1 +
 xdiff/xmerge.c                         | 63 ++++++++++++++++--
 15 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
base-commit: 4c719308ce59dc70e606f910f40801f2c6051b24
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1036%2Fnewren%2Fzdiff3-v4
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1036/newren/zdiff3-v4
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1036
Range-diff vs v3:
 1:  798aefbb40a ! 1:  473fae82da1 xdiff: implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3"
     @@
       ## Metadata ##
     -Author: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
     +Author: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
      
       ## Commit message ##
          xdiff: implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3"
     @@ Commit message
          definitely was a conflict and it should remain.
      
          Based-on-patch-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
     -    Co-authored-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
     +    Co-authored-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
     +    Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
          Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
      
       ## builtin/merge-file.c ##
     @@ t/t6427-diff3-conflict-markers.sh: test_expect_success 'rebase --apply describes
      +	)
      +}
      +
     -+test_expect_failure 'check zdiff3 markers' '
     ++test_expect_success 'check zdiff3 markers' '
      +	test_setup_zdiff3 &&
      +	(
      +		cd zdiff3 &&
     @@ xdiff/xmerge.c: static int fill_conflict_hunk(xdfenv_t *xe1, const char *name1,
       		if (!dest) {
       			size += marker_size + 1 + needs_cr + marker3_size;
      @@ xdiff/xmerge.c: static int xdl_fill_merge_buffer(xdfenv_t *xe1, const char *name1,
     -  * lines. Try hard to show only these few lines as conflicting.
     -  */
     - static int xdl_refine_conflicts(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdfenv_t *xe2, xdmerge_t *m,
     --		xpparam_t const *xpp)
     -+				xpparam_t const *xpp, int style)
     - {
     - 	for (; m; m = m->next) {
     - 		mmfile_t t1, t2;
     -@@ xdiff/xmerge.c: static int xdl_refine_conflicts(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdfenv_t *xe2, xdmerge_t *m,
     - 			continue;
     - 		}
     - 		x = xscr;
     -+		if (style == XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS_DIFF3) {
     -+			int advance1 = xscr->i1, advance2 = xscr->i2;
     -+
     -+			/*
     -+			 * Advance m->i1 and m->i2 so that conflict for sides
     -+			 * 1 and 2 start after common region.  Decrement
     -+			 * m->chg[12] since there are now fewer conflict lines
     -+			 * for those sides.
     -+			 */
     -+			m->i1 += advance1;
     -+			m->i2 += advance2;
     -+			m->chg1 -= advance1;
     -+			m->chg2 -= advance2;
     -+
     -+			/*
     -+			 * Splitting conflicts due to internal common regions
     -+			 * on the two sides would be inappropriate since we
     -+			 * are also showing the merge base and have no
     -+			 * reasonable way to split the merge base text.
     -+			 */
     -+			while (xscr->next)
     -+				xscr = xscr->next;
     + 	return size;
     + }
     + 
     ++static int recmatch(xrecord_t *rec1, xrecord_t *rec2, unsigned long flags)
     ++{
     ++	return xdl_recmatch(rec1->ptr, rec1->size,
     ++			    rec2->ptr, rec2->size, flags);
     ++}
      +
     -+			/*
     -+			 * Lower the number of conflict lines to not include
     -+			 * the final common lines, if any.  Do this by setting
     -+			 * number of conflict lines to
     -+			 *   (line offset for start of conflict in xscr) +
     -+			 *   (number of lines in the conflict in xscr)
     -+			 */
     -+			m->chg1 = (xscr->i1 - advance1) + (xscr->chg1);
     -+			m->chg2 = (xscr->i2 - advance2) + (xscr->chg2);
     -+			xdl_free_env(&xe);
     -+			xdl_free_script(x);
     ++/*
     ++ * Remove any common lines from the beginning and end of the conflicted region.
     ++ */
     ++static void xdl_refine_zdiff3_conflicts(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdfenv_t *xe2, xdmerge_t *m,
     ++		xpparam_t const *xpp)
     ++{
     ++	xrecord_t **rec1 = xe1->xdf2.recs, **rec2 = xe2->xdf2.recs;
     ++	for (; m; m = m->next) {
     ++		/* let's handle just the conflicts */
     ++		if (m->mode)
      +			continue;
     ++
     ++		while(m->chg1 && m->chg2 &&
     ++		      recmatch(rec1[m->i1], rec2[m->i2], xpp->flags)) {
     ++			m->chg1--;
     ++			m->chg2--;
     ++			m->i1++;
     ++			m->i2++;
      +		}
     - 		m->i1 = xscr->i1 + i1;
     - 		m->chg1 = xscr->chg1;
     - 		m->i2 = xscr->i2 + i2;
     -@@ xdiff/xmerge.c: static int lines_contain_alnum(xdfenv_t *xe, int i, int chg)
     - static void xdl_merge_two_conflicts(xdmerge_t *m)
     - {
     - 	xdmerge_t *next_m = m->next;
     -+	m->chg0 = next_m->i0 + next_m->chg0 - m->i0;
     - 	m->chg1 = next_m->i1 + next_m->chg1 - m->i1;
     - 	m->chg2 = next_m->i2 + next_m->chg2 - m->i2;
     - 	m->next = next_m->next;
     -@@ xdiff/xmerge.c: static void xdl_merge_two_conflicts(xdmerge_t *m)
     -  * it appears simpler -- because it takes up less (or as many) lines --
     -  * if the lines are moved into the conflicts.
     -  */
     --static int xdl_simplify_non_conflicts(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdmerge_t *m,
     -+static int xdl_simplify_non_conflicts(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdmerge_t *m, int style,
     - 				      int simplify_if_no_alnum)
     - {
     - 	int result = 0;
     - 
     --	if (!m)
     -+	if (!m || style == XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS_DIFF3)
     - 		return result;
     - 	for (;;) {
     - 		xdmerge_t *next_m = m->next;
     ++		while (m->chg1 && m->chg2 &&
     ++		       recmatch(rec1[m->i1 + m->chg1 - 1],
     ++				rec2[m->i2 + m->chg2 - 1], xpp->flags)) {
     ++			m->chg1--;
     ++			m->chg2--;
     ++		}
     ++	}
     ++}
     ++
     + /*
     +  * Sometimes, changes are not quite identical, but differ in only a few
     +  * lines. Try hard to show only these few lines as conflicting.
      @@ xdiff/xmerge.c: static int xdl_do_merge(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdchange_t *xscr1,
       	int style = xmp->style;
       	int favor = xmp->favor;
       
     +-	if (style == XDL_MERGE_DIFF3) {
      +	/*
      +	 * XDL_MERGE_DIFF3 does not attempt to refine conflicts by looking
      +	 * at common areas of sides 1 & 2, because the base (side 0) does
     @@ xdiff/xmerge.c: static int xdl_do_merge(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdchange_t *xscr1,
      +	 * of the conflict block.  Since XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS_DIFF3's
      +	 * conflict refinement is much more limited in this fashion, the
      +	 * conflict simplification will be skipped.
     -+	 *
     -+	 * See xdl_refine_conflicts() and xdl_simplify_non_conflicts()
     -+	 * for more details, particularly looking for
     -+	 * XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS_DIFF3.
      +	 */
     - 	if (style == XDL_MERGE_DIFF3) {
     ++	if (style == XDL_MERGE_DIFF3 || style == XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS_DIFF3) {
       		/*
       		 * "diff3 -m" output does not make sense for anything
     + 		 * more aggressive than XDL_MERGE_EAGER.
      @@ xdiff/xmerge.c: static int xdl_do_merge(xdfenv_t *xe1, xdchange_t *xscr1,
     + 	if (!changes)
       		changes = c;
       	/* refine conflicts */
     - 	if (XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS <= level &&
     +-	if (XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS <= level &&
      -	    (xdl_refine_conflicts(xe1, xe2, changes, xpp) < 0 ||
      -	     xdl_simplify_non_conflicts(xe1, changes,
     -+	    (xdl_refine_conflicts(xe1, xe2, changes, xpp, style) < 0 ||
     -+	     xdl_simplify_non_conflicts(xe1, changes, style,
     - 					XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS < level) < 0)) {
     +-					XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS < level) < 0)) {
     ++	if (style == XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS_DIFF3) {
     ++		xdl_refine_zdiff3_conflicts(xe1, xe2, changes, xpp);
     ++	} else if (XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS <= level &&
     ++		   (xdl_refine_conflicts(xe1, xe2, changes, xpp) < 0 ||
     ++		    xdl_simplify_non_conflicts(xe1, changes,
     ++					       XDL_MERGE_ZEALOUS < level) < 0)) {
       		xdl_cleanup_merge(changes);
       		return -1;
     + 	}
 2:  90aee68e14a = 2:  69f20a702b4 update documentation for new zdiff3 conflictStyle
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  1. 0/2 RFC: implement new zdiff3 conflict styleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2021
  2. 1/2 xdiff: implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3"Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2021
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2021
  4. Felipe ContrerasJun 15, 2021
  5. Elijah NewrenJun 15, 2021
  6. Sergey OrganovJun 15, 2021
  7. 2/2 update documentation for new zdiff3 conflictStyleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Jun 15, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2021
  9. Jeff KingJun 15, 2021
  10. Elijah NewrenJun 15, 2021
  11. Phillip WoodJun 16, 2021
  12. Jeff KingJun 16, 2021
  13. Phillip WoodJun 23, 2021
  14. Jeff KingJun 23, 2021
  15. Elijah NewrenJun 17, 2021
  16. Johannes SixtJun 15, 2021
  17. Elijah NewrenJun 15, 2021
  18. Johannes SixtJun 16, 2021
  19. Elijah NewrenJun 16, 2021
  20. 0/2 RFC: implement new zdiff3 conflict styleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Sep 11, 2021
  21. 1/2 xdiff: implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3"Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Sep 11, 2021
  22. Phillip WoodSep 15, 2021
  23. Phillip WoodSep 15, 2021
  24. Elijah NewrenSep 18, 2021
  25. Phillip WoodSep 24, 2021
  26. Elijah NewrenSep 18, 2021
  27. Phillip WoodSep 24, 2021
  28. 2/2 update documentation for new zdiff3 conflictStyleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Sep 11, 2021
  29. 0/2 RFC: implement new zdiff3 conflict styleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Sep 18, 2021
  30. 1/2 xdiff: implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3"Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Sep 18, 2021
  31. 2/2 update documentation for new zdiff3 conflictStyleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Sep 18, 2021
  32. 0/2 Implement new zdiff3 conflict styleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Nov 16, 2021
  33. 1/2 xdiff: implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3"Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Nov 16, 2021
  34. 2/2 update documentation for new zdiff3 conflictStyleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Nov 16, 2021
  35. 0/2 Implement new zdiff3 conflict styleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2021
  36. 1/2 xdiff: implement a zealous diff3, or "zdiff3"Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2021
  37. 2/2 update documentation for new zdiff3 conflictStyleElijah Newren via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2021
  38. Bagas SanjayaDec 2, 2021
  39. Eric SunshineDec 2, 2021

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