# [PATCH] hg-to-git: do not include the branch name as the first line of commit msg

4 messages from 2007-12-01 to 2007-12-06. Participants: Mark Drago, Junio C Hamano, Stelian Pop, Baz.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11081

## Mark Drago, 2007-12-01 17:56

Subject: [PATCH] hg-to-git: do not include the branch name as the first line of commit msg
Message-ID: <4751A036.1080209@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4751A036.1080209%40gmail.com

```
Signed-off-by: Mark Drago <markdrago@gmail.com>
---
 contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
index 7a1c3e4..6bff49b 100755
--- a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
+++ b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ for cset in range(int(tip) + 1):
         mparent = None
 
     (fdcomment, filecomment) = tempfile.mkstemp()
-    csetcomment = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v | grep -v ^changeset: | grep -v ^parent: | grep -v ^user: | grep -v ^date | grep -v ^files: | grep -v ^description: | grep -v ^tag:' % cset).read().strip()
+    csetcomment = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v | grep -v ^changeset: | grep -v ^parent: | grep -v ^user: | grep -v ^date | grep -v ^files: | grep -v ^description: | grep -v ^tag: | grep -v ^branch:' % cset).read().strip()
     os.write(fdcomment, csetcomment)
     os.close(fdcomment)
 
-- 
1.5.2.4

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2007-12-04 01:20

Subject: Re: [PATCH] hg-to-git: do not include the branch name as the first line of commit msg
Message-ID: <7vsl2jcl32.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vsl2jcl32.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <4751A036.1080209@gmail.com>

```
Mark Drago <markdrago@gmail.com> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Mark Drago <markdrago@gmail.com>
> ---
>  contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
> index 7a1c3e4..6bff49b 100755
> --- a/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
> +++ b/contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
> @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ for cset in range(int(tip) + 1):
>          mparent = None
>  
>      (fdcomment, filecomment) = tempfile.mkstemp()
> -    csetcomment = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v | grep -v ^changeset: | grep -v ^parent: | grep -v ^user: | grep -v ^date | grep -v ^files: | grep -v ^description: | grep -v ^tag:' % cset).read().strip()
> +    csetcomment = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v | grep -v ^changeset: | grep -v ^parent: | grep -v ^user: | grep -v ^date | grep -v ^files: | grep -v ^description: | grep -v ^tag: | grep -v ^branch:' % cset).read().strip()
>      os.write(fdcomment, csetcomment)
>      os.close(fdcomment)

Isn't this one of the ugliest lines in the whole git.git project, I have
to wonder?

I also wonder missing colon after "date" is a bug from the original
version, and assuming that it is, how about doing something less error
prone like this?

        def included(line):
            keywords = ('changeset', 'parent', 'user', 'date', 'files',
                        'description', 'tag', 'branch')
            for kw in keywords:
                if line.startswith(kw + ':'):
                    return 0
            return 1

        hglog = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v' % cset).read();
        csetcomment = '\n'.join(filter(included, hglog.split('\n'))).strip()

If you are excluding _all_ of the <word>: header lines, the "included"
function may have to become cleverer but much simpler by doing something
like:

	import re
	header_re = re.compile(r'^\w+:')
	def included(line):
        	return not header_re.match(line)

```

## Stelian Pop, 2007-12-06 13:50

Subject: Re: [PATCH] hg-to-git: do not include the branch name as the first line of commit msg
Message-ID: <1196949043.5388.18.camel@galileo>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1196949043.5388.18.camel%40galileo
In-Reply-To: <7vsl2jcl32.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

```

Le lundi 03 décembre 2007 à 17:20 -0800, Junio C Hamano a écrit :

> >      (fdcomment, filecomment) = tempfile.mkstemp()
> > -    csetcomment = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v | grep -v ^changeset: | grep -v ^parent: | grep -v ^user: | grep -v ^date | grep -v ^files: | grep -v ^description: | grep -v ^tag:' % cset).read().strip()
> > +    csetcomment = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v | grep -v ^changeset: | grep -v ^parent: | grep -v ^user: | grep -v ^date | grep -v ^files: | grep -v ^description: | grep -v ^tag: | grep -v ^branch:' % cset).read().strip()
> >      os.write(fdcomment, csetcomment)
> >      os.close(fdcomment)
> 
> Isn't this one of the ugliest lines in the whole git.git project, I have
> to wonder?

It probably is, and I take full resposibility for the original
version :). Incremental development woes.

> I also wonder missing colon after "date" is a bug from the original
> version, and assuming that it is, 

It is indeed a bug.

> how about doing something less error
> prone like this?
> 
>         def included(line):
>             keywords = ('changeset', 'parent', 'user', 'date', 'files',
>                         'description', 'tag', 'branch')
>             for kw in keywords:
>                 if line.startswith(kw + ':'):
>                     return 0
>             return 1
> 
>         hglog = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v' % cset).read();
>         csetcomment = '\n'.join(filter(included, hglog.split('\n'))).strip()

Seems great to me.

> If you are excluding _all_ of the <word>: header lines, the "included"
> function may have to become cleverer but much simpler by doing something
> like:
> 
> 	import re
> 	header_re = re.compile(r'^\w+:')
> 	def included(line):
>         	return not header_re.match(line)

I'm afraid something like this will be much more prone to false
positives. 

Maybe an even better alternative, given the way mercurial outputs the
changeset information, is to search for the '^description:' tag and take
all the text that follows.

-- 
Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>

```

## Baz, 2007-12-06 14:36

Subject: Re: [PATCH] hg-to-git: do not include the branch name as the first line of commit msg
Message-ID: <2faad3050712060636i5eab2169vc4588c075fcd73f1@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2faad3050712060636i5eab2169vc4588c075fcd73f1%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <1196949043.5388.18.camel@galileo>

```
On Dec 6, 2007 1:50 PM, Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> wrote:
>
> Le lundi 03 décembre 2007 à 17:20 -0800, Junio C Hamano a écrit :
>
> > >      (fdcomment, filecomment) = tempfile.mkstemp()
> > > -    csetcomment = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v | grep -v ^changeset: | grep -v ^parent: | grep -v ^user: | grep -v ^date | grep -v ^files: | grep -v ^description: | grep -v ^tag:' % cset).read().strip()
> > > +    csetcomment = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v | grep -v ^changeset: | grep -v ^parent: | grep -v ^user: | grep -v ^date | grep -v ^files: | grep -v ^description: | grep -v ^tag: | grep -v ^branch:' % cset).read().strip()
> > >      os.write(fdcomment, csetcomment)
> > >      os.close(fdcomment)
> >
> > Isn't this one of the ugliest lines in the whole git.git project, I have
> > to wonder?
>
> It probably is, and I take full resposibility for the original
> version :). Incremental development woes.
>
> > I also wonder missing colon after "date" is a bug from the original
> > version, and assuming that it is,
>
> It is indeed a bug.
>
> > how about doing something less error
> > prone like this?
> >
> >         def included(line):
> >             keywords = ('changeset', 'parent', 'user', 'date', 'files',
> >                         'description', 'tag', 'branch')
> >             for kw in keywords:
> >                 if line.startswith(kw + ':'):
> >                     return 0
> >             return 1
> >
> >         hglog = os.popen('hg log -r %d -v' % cset).read();
> >         csetcomment = '\n'.join(filter(included, hglog.split('\n'))).strip()
>
> Seems great to me.
>
> > If you are excluding _all_ of the <word>: header lines, the "included"
> > function may have to become cleverer but much simpler by doing something
> > like:
> >
> >       import re
> >       header_re = re.compile(r'^\w+:')
> >       def included(line):
> >               return not header_re.match(line)
>
> I'm afraid something like this will be much more prone to false
> positives.
>
> Maybe an even better alternative, given the way mercurial outputs the
> changeset information, is to search for the '^description:' tag and take
> all the text that follows.

Would it not be better to use hg log --template to output only the
information needed?
eg

date = os.popen('hg log -r %d --template "{date|isodate}"' %
cset).read().strip()
... or even just create a template to pull in everything needed in a
single popen.

-Baz

>
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> Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net>
>
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