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[PATCH] merge: teach -Xours/-Xtheirs to symbolic link merge

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 16, 2017, 05:38 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqtvyzslcz.fsf_-_@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20170926133703.7gtk5ztkhqvfxszh@hopa.kiewit.dartmouth.edu>

The -Xours/-Xtheirs merge options were originally defined as a way to "force" the resolution of 3way textual merge conflicts to take one side without using your editor, hence did not even trigger in situations where you would normally not get the <<< === >>> conflict markers.

This was improved for binary files back in 2012 with a944af1d ("merge: teach -Xours/-Xtheirs to binary ll-merge driver", 2012-09-08).

Teach a similar trick to the codepath that deals with merging two conflicting changes to symbolic links.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 * Looks like I queued this on 'pu' but never sent it out to the
   list for extra eyeballs.  On the tests are new, relative to what
   was sent out earlier and archived at:
   https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqa81ichdu.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com
 merge-recursive.c            | 17 +++++++++++++----
 t/t6037-merge-ours-theirs.sh | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 1494ffdb82..ed529f2ceb 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1002,10 +1002,19 @@ static int merge_file_1(struct merge_options *o,
 						       &b->oid,
 						       !o->call_depth);
 		} else if (S_ISLNK(a->mode)) {
-			oidcpy(&result->oid, &a->oid);
-
-			if (!oid_eq(&a->oid, &b->oid))
-				result->clean = 0;
+			switch (o->recursive_variant) {
+			case MERGE_RECURSIVE_NORMAL:
+				oidcpy(&result->oid, &a->oid);
+				if (!oid_eq(&a->oid, &b->oid))
+					result->clean = 0;
+				break;
+			case MERGE_RECURSIVE_OURS:
+				oidcpy(&result->oid, &a->oid);
+				break;
+			case MERGE_RECURSIVE_THEIRS:
+				oidcpy(&result->oid, &b->oid);
+				break;
+			}
 		} else
 			die("BUG: unsupported object type in the tree");
 	}
diff --git a/t/t6037-merge-ours-theirs.sh b/t/t6037-merge-ours-theirs.sh
index 3889eca4ae..0aebc6c028 100755
--- a/t/t6037-merge-ours-theirs.sh
+++ b/t/t6037-merge-ours-theirs.sh
@@ -73,4 +73,36 @@ test_expect_success 'pull passes -X to underlying merge' '
 	git reset --hard master && test_must_fail git pull -s recursive -X bork . side
 '
 
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'symlink with -Xours/-Xtheirs' '
+	git reset --hard master &&
+	git checkout -b two master &&
+	ln -s target-zero link &&
+	git add link &&
+	git commit -m "add link pointing to zero" &&
+
+	ln -f -s target-two link &&
+	git commit -m "add link pointing to two" link &&
+
+	git checkout -b one HEAD^ &&
+	ln -f -s target-one link &&
+	git commit -m "add link pointing to one" link &&
+
+	# we expect symbolic links not to resolve automatically, of course
+	git checkout one^0 &&
+	test_must_fail git merge -s recursive two &&
+
+	# favor theirs to resolve to target-two?
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout one^0 &&
+	git merge -s recursive -X theirs two &&
+	git diff --exit-code two HEAD link &&
+
+	# favor ours to resolve to target-one?
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout one^0 &&
+	git merge -s recursive -X ours two &&
+	git diff --exit-code one HEAD link
+
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.15.0-rc1-172-gbfe4246c99
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Message 10 of 19 in “BUG: merge -s theirs is not in effect (does the same as -s ours)”
  1. Yaroslav HalchenkoSep 25, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2017
  3. Yaroslav HalchenkoSep 25, 2017
  4. Re* BUG: merge -s theirs is not in effect (does the same as -s ours)Junio C Hamano, Sep 25, 2017
  5. -X theirs does not resolve symlink conflict Was: BUG: merge -s theirs is not in effectYaroslav Halchenko, Sep 25, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2017
  9. Yaroslav HalchenkoSep 26, 2017
  10. merge: teach -Xours/-Xtheirs to symbolic link mergeJunio C Hamano, Oct 16, 2017
  11. Elijah NewrenDec 29, 2017
  12. Yaroslav HalchenkoDec 29, 2017
  13. external diff driver is not used for diff --stat?Yaroslav Halchenko, Jan 25, 2018
  14. -s theirs use-case(s) Was: BUG: merge -s theirs is not in effectYaroslav Halchenko, Sep 25, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2017
  16. Yaroslav HalchenkoSep 26, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2017
  18. Yaroslav HalchenkoSep 27, 2017
  19. Yaroslav HalchenkoSep 27, 2017

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