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Re: [PATCH 1/2] add -p: mark split hunks as undecided

From
Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 21, 2025, 19:52 UTC
Message-ID
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On 25/02/21 02:57PM, Phillip Wood via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
> 
> When a hunk is split each of the new hunks inherits whether it is
> selected or not from the original hunk. This means that if a selected
> hunk is split all of the new hunks are selected and the user is not asked
> whether or not they want to select the new hunks. This is unfortunate as
> the user is presumably splitting the original hunk because they only
> want to select some sub-set of it. Fix this by marking all the new hunks
> as "undecided" so that we prompt the user to decide whether to select
> them or not.

Ok, each hunk may have {UNDECIDED,SKIP,USE}_HUNK set to denote its current "use" state. When splitting a hunk, the new hunks always use the previous hunk's value. This means that, if the hunk being split is already set to skip or use, the new hunks from the split will inherit the same value.

If a user wants to split a hunk, they likely intend to select only a portion of the hunk. Setting each of the new hunks to same value may not be the most intuitive behavior in this case. Resetting the hunk "use" value results the user being prompted for each of these hunks again.

If you have a very large hunk that would get split into many smaller hunks, this does mean that you will have to explicitly set the value for each now. If the user only wanted to change a small portion, this could be a bit tedious. I'm not sure this is a big setback though.

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> Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
> ---
>  add-patch.c                |  3 ++-
>  t/t3701-add-interactive.sh | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/add-patch.c b/add-patch.c
> index 95c67d8c80c..f44f98275cc 100644
> --- a/add-patch.c
> +++ b/add-patch.c
> @@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ static int split_hunk(struct add_p_state *s, struct file_diff *file_diff,
>  			* sizeof(*hunk));
>  	hunk = file_diff->hunk + hunk_index;
>  	hunk->splittable_into = 1;
> +	hunk->use = UNDECIDED_HUNK;
Ok, we reset the current hunk to be undecided. Makes sense
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>  	memset(hunk + 1, 0, (splittable_into - 1) * sizeof(*hunk));
>  
>  	header = &hunk->header;
> @@ -1054,7 +1055,7 @@ next_hunk_line:
>  
>  		hunk++;
>  		hunk->splittable_into = 1;
> -		hunk->use = hunk[-1].use;
> +		hunk->use = UNDECIDED_HUNK;

Here each of the new hunks are explicitly set to be undecided. Since we always override the initial hunk to be undecided, I think the new hunks would already be set undecided as well. I don't think it hurts to be explicit though.

-Justin
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>  		header = &hunk->header;
>  
>  		header->old_count = header->new_count = context_line_count;
> diff --git a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
> index b8a05d95f3f..760f3d0d30f 100755
> --- a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
> +++ b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
> @@ -1230,4 +1230,14 @@ test_expect_success 'hunk splitting works with diff.suppressBlankEmpty' '
>  	test_cmp expect actual
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'splitting previous hunk marks split hunks as undecided' '
> +	test_write_lines a " " b c d e f g h i j k >file &&
> +	git add file &&
> +	test_write_lines x " " b y d e f g h i j x >file &&
> +	test_write_lines n K s n y q | git add -p file &&
> +	git cat-file blob :file >actual &&
> +	test_write_lines a " " b y d e f g h i j k >expect &&
> +	test_cmp expect actual
> +'
> +
>  test_done
> -- 
> gitgitgadget
> 
> 
Previous: Phillip Wood via GitGitGadgetNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 3 of 27 in “add -p: a couple of hunk splitting fixes”
  1. 0/2 add -p: a couple of hunk splitting fixesPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Feb 21, 2025
  2. 1/2 add -p: mark split hunks as undecidedPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Feb 21, 2025
  3. Justin ToblerFeb 21, 2025
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2025
  5. phillip.wood123@gmail.comFeb 26, 2025
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2025
  7. phillip.wood123@gmail.comFeb 27, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2025
  9. Phillip WoodFeb 28, 2025
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2025
  11. Phillip WoodMar 4, 2025
  12. 2/2 add-patch: update hunk splitability after editingPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Feb 21, 2025
  13. Justin ToblerFeb 21, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2025
  15. 0/2 add -p: a couple of hunk splitting fixesPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Sep 15, 2025
  16. 1/2 add -p: mark split hunks as undecidedPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Sep 15, 2025
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2025
  18. Phillip WoodSep 16, 2025
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2025
  20. 2/2 add-patch: update hunk splitability after editingPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Sep 15, 2025
  21. 0/2 add -p: a couple of hunk splitting fixesPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Sep 25, 2025
  22. 1/2 add -p: mark split hunks as undecidedPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Sep 25, 2025
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2025
  24. Phillip WoodSep 26, 2025
  25. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2025
  26. Phillip WoodOct 8, 2025
  27. 2/2 add-patch: update hunk splitability after editingPhillip Wood via GitGitGadget, Sep 25, 2025

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