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[PATCH v2 2/2] merge-base: "--reflog" mode finds fork point from reflog entries

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 24, 2013, 22:21 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqsivql37i.fsf_-_@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To
<xmqqwql2l3ln.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

The "git pull --rebase" command computes the fork point of the branch being rebased using the reflog entries of the "base" branch (typically a remote-tracking branch) the branch's work was based on, in order to cope with the case in which the "base" branch has been rewound and rebuilt. For example, if the history looked like this:

                     o---B1
                    /
    ---o---o---B2--o---o---o---Base
            \
	     B3
	      \
	       Derived

where the current tip of the "base" branch is at Base, but earlier fetch observed that its tip used to be B3 and then B2 and then B1 before getting to the current commit, and the branch being rebased on top of the latest "base" is based on commit B3, it tries to find B3 by going through the output of "git rev-list --reflog base" (i.e. Base, B1, B2, B3) until it finds a commit that is an ancestor of the current tip "Derived".

Internally, we have get_merge_bases_many() that can compute this with one-go. We would want a merge-base between Derived and a fictitious merge commit that would result by merging all the historical tips of "base". When such a commit exist, we should get a single result, which exactly match one of the reflog entries of "base".

Teach "git merge-base" a new mode, "--reflog", to compute exactly that.

Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 * With updated tests, based on conversation with Eric Sunshine
 builtin/merge-base.c  | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t6010-merge-base.sh | 25 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 102 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/merge-base.c b/builtin/merge-base.c
index d39c910..7b9bc15 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-base.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-base.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "refs.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static int show_merge_base(struct commit **rev, int rev_nr, int show_all)
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ static const char * const merge_base_usage[] = {
 	N_("git merge-base [-a|--all] --octopus <commit>..."),
 	N_("git merge-base --independent <commit>..."),
 	N_("git merge-base --is-ancestor <commit> <commit>"),
+	N_("git merge-base --reflog <ref> [<commit>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -85,6 +87,73 @@ static int handle_is_ancestor(int argc, const char **argv)
 		return 1;
 }
 
+struct rev_collect {
+	struct commit **commit;
+	int nr;
+	int alloc;
+};
+
+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;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int handle_reflog(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
+	char *refname;
+	const char *commitname;
+	struct rev_collect revs;
+	struct commit *derived;
+	struct commit_list *bases;
+	int i;
+
+	switch (dwim_ref(argv[0], strlen(argv[0]), sha1, &refname)) {
+	case 0:
+		die("No such ref: '%s'", argv[0]);
+	case 1:
+		break; /* good */
+	default:
+		die("Ambiguous refname: '%s'", argv[0]);
+	}
+
+	commitname = (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : "HEAD";
+	if (get_sha1(commitname, sha1))
+		die("Not a valid object name: '%s'", commitname);
+
+	derived = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
+	memset(&revs, 0, sizeof(revs));
+	for_each_reflog_ent(refname, collect_one_reflog_ent, &revs);
+
+	bases = get_merge_bases_many(derived, revs.nr, revs.commit, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * There should be one and only one merge base, when we found
+	 * a common ancestor among reflog entries.
+	 */
+	if (!bases || bases->next)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* And the found one must be one of the reflog entries */
+	for (i = 0; i < revs.nr; i++)
+		if (&bases->item->object == &revs.commit[i]->object)
+			break; /* found */
+	if (revs.nr <= i)
+		return 1; /* not found */
+
+	printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(bases->item->object.sha1));
+	free_commit_list(bases);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_merge_base(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct commit **rev;
@@ -100,6 +169,8 @@ int cmd_merge_base(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			    N_("list revs not reachable from others"), 'r'),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "is-ancestor", &cmdmode,
 			    N_("is the first one ancestor of the other?"), 'a'),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "reflog", &cmdmode,
+			    N_("find where <commit> forked from reflog of <ref>"), 'g'),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -120,6 +191,12 @@ int cmd_merge_base(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (cmdmode == 'r' || cmdmode == 'o')
 		return handle_octopus(argc, argv, cmdmode == 'r', show_all);
 
+	if (cmdmode == 'g') {
+		if (argc < 1 || 2 < argc)
+			usage_with_options(merge_base_usage, options);
+		return handle_reflog(argc, argv);
+	}
+
 	if (argc < 2)
 		usage_with_options(merge_base_usage, options);
 
diff --git a/t/t6010-merge-base.sh b/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
index f80bba8..d5e76a6 100755
--- a/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
+++ b/t/t6010-merge-base.sh
@@ -230,4 +230,29 @@ test_expect_success 'criss-cross merge-base for octopus-step' '
 	test_cmp expected.sorted actual.sorted
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'using reflog to find the fork point' '
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout -b base $E &&
+
+	for count in 1 2 3 4 5
+	do
+		git commit --allow-empty -m "Base commit #$count" &&
+		git rev-parse HEAD >expect$count &&
+		git checkout -B derived &&
+		git commit --allow-empty -m "Derived #$count" &&
+		git rev-parse HEAD >derived$count &&
+		git checkout base || break
+	done &&
+
+	for count in 1 2 3 4 5
+	do
+		git merge-base --reflog base $(cat derived$count) >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect$count actual || break
+	done &&
+
+	# check defaulting to HEAD
+	git merge-base --reflog base >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect5 actual
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.8.4.1-799-g1c32b8d
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  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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