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Re: [PATCH 0/2] finding the fork point from reflog entries

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 25, 2013, 02:46 UTC
Message-ID
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John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> writes:
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> To clarify: the particular commit in the calls above happens to be the
> oldest entry in the reflog, if I pick a newer entry then it works.
>
> It seems that for_each_reflog_ent isn't returning the oldest entry;
> revs.nr is 62 whereas "git rev-list -g origin/master | wc -l" gives 63.
Perhaps this on top.

One thing I somehow feel dirty about this change is that we have to include diff.h only to include revision.h only to get the definition of TMP_MARK. Perhaps object.h should be the header that defines the bit assignment for objects.flags bit-field.

 builtin/merge-base.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/merge-base.c b/builtin/merge-base.c
index 7b9bc15..7fdc3de 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-base.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-base.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
 #include "refs.h"
+#include "diff.h"
+#include "revision.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static int show_merge_base(struct commit **rev, int rev_nr, int show_all)
@@ -91,18 +93,32 @@ struct rev_collect {
 	struct commit **commit;
 	int nr;
 	int alloc;
+	unsigned int initial : 1;
 };
 
+static void add_one_commit(unsigned char *sha1, struct rev_collect *revs)
+{
+	struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(sha1);
+
+	if (!commit || (commit->object.flags & TMP_MARK))
+		return;
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(revs->commit, revs->nr + 1, revs->alloc);
+	revs->commit[revs->nr++] = commit;
+	commit->object.flags |= TMP_MARK;
+}
+
 static int collect_one_reflog_ent(unsigned char *osha1, unsigned char *nsha1,
 				  const char *ident, unsigned long timestamp,
 				  int tz, const char *message, void *cbdata_)
 {
 	struct rev_collect *revs = cbdata_;
-	struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(nsha1);
-	if (commit) {
-		ALLOC_GROW(revs->commit, revs->nr + 1, revs->alloc);
-		revs->commit[revs->nr++] = commit;
+
+	if (revs->initial) {
+		add_one_commit(osha1, revs);
+		revs->initial = 0;
 	}
+	add_one_commit(nsha1, revs);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -131,8 +147,12 @@ static int handle_reflog(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	derived = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
 	memset(&revs, 0, sizeof(revs));
+	revs.initial = 1;
 	for_each_reflog_ent(refname, collect_one_reflog_ent, &revs);
 
+	for (i = 0; i < revs.nr; i++)
+		revs.commit[i]->object.flags &= ~TMP_MARK;
+
 	bases = get_merge_bases_many(derived, revs.nr, revs.commit, 0);
 
 	/*
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Message 33 of 35 in “rebase: use reflog to find common base with upstream”
  1. rebase: use reflog to find common base with upstreamJohn Keeping, Oct 16, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederOct 16, 2013
  3. John KeepingOct 16, 2013
  4. Martin von ZweigbergkOct 21, 2013
  5. John KeepingOct 21, 2013
  6. Martin von ZweigbergkOct 22, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2013
  8. 0/2 finding the fork point from reflog entriesJunio C Hamano, Oct 24, 2013
  9. 1/2 merge-base: use OPT_CMDMODE and clarify the command line parsingJunio C Hamano, Oct 24, 2013
  10. 2/2 merge-base: "--reflog" mode finds fork point from reflog entriesJunio C Hamano, Oct 24, 2013
  11. Eric SunshineOct 24, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2013
  13. Eric SunshineOct 24, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2013
  15. 2/2 merge-base: "--reflog" mode finds fork point from reflog entriesJunio C Hamano, Oct 24, 2013
  16. Johannes SixtOct 25, 2013
  17. John KeepingOct 25, 2013
  18. Johannes SixtOct 25, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2013
  20. 2/2 merge-base: teach "--fork-point" modeJunio C Hamano, Oct 25, 2013
  21. Eric SunshineOct 25, 2013
  22. Martin von ZweigbergkOct 26, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2013
  24. John KeepingOct 26, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2013
  26. John KeepingOct 29, 2013
  27. Junio C HamanoOct 29, 2013
  28. John KeepingOct 24, 2013
  29. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2013
  30. John KeepingOct 24, 2013
  31. John KeepingOct 24, 2013
  32. John KeepingOct 24, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2013
  34. Martin von ZweigbergkOct 22, 2013
  35. John KeepingOct 24, 2013

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