# [PATCH] Add default merge options for all branches

5 messages from 2011-05-02 to 2011-05-02. Participants: Michael Grubb, Thiago Farina, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/27238

## Michael Grubb, 2011-05-02 16:19

Subject: [PATCH] Add default merge options for all branches
Message-ID: <4DBED99E.3050709@dailyvoid.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4DBED99E.3050709%40dailyvoid.com

```
Introduce a new configuration variable, merge.mergeoptions.
The semantics of this new variable are the same as the branch specific
branch.<branch>.mergeoptions.  However, if a branch specific setting is
found, this option will not override it.

The need for this arises from the fact that there is currently not an
easy way to set merge options for all branches. Instead of having to
specify merge options for each individual branch there should be a way
to set defaults for all branches and then override a specific branch's
options.

The approach taken is to make note of whether a branch specific
mergeoptions key has been seen and only apply the global value if it
hasn't. An alternative method would be to keep the
branch.<branch>.mergeoptions semantics, but assign a special value for
<branch> to be the global default.

Signed-off-by: Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com>
---
 Documentation/merge-config.txt |    7 +++++++
 builtin/merge.c                |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 t/t7600-merge.sh               |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
index 8920258..0fc7511 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ merge.verbosity::
 	above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
 	Can be overridden by the 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
 +merge.mergeoptions::
+	Sets default options for merging any branch. This value is only
+	used if there is not a branch.<name>.mergeoptions value set.
+	The syntax and supported options are the same as those of 'git
+	merge', but option values containing whitespace characters are
+	currently not supported.
+
 merge.<driver>.name::
 	Defines a human-readable name for a custom low-level
 	merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 0bdd19a..1d4f852 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -505,9 +505,18 @@ cleanup:
  static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 {
-	if (branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
-		!prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
-		!strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions")) {
+	static int branch_merge_options_set = 0;
+	int merge_option_mode = 0;
+
+	if ( !strcmp(k, "merge.mergeoptions") )
+		merge_option_mode = 1;
+	else if ( branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
+			 !prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
+			 !strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions"))
+		merge_option_mode = 2;
+
+	if ( (merge_option_mode == 1 && !branch_merge_options_set) ||
+		  merge_option_mode == 2) {
 		const char **argv;
 		int argc;
 		char *buf;
@@ -515,14 +524,22 @@ static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const
char *v, void *cb)
 		buf = xstrdup(v);
 		argc = split_cmdline(buf, &argv);
 		if (argc < 0)
-			die(_("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s"), branch,
-			    split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
+		{
+			if ( merge_option_mode == 1 )
+				die(_("Bad merge.mergeoptions string: %s"), +				
split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
+			else
+				die(_("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s"), branch,
+					split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
+		}
 		argv = xrealloc(argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 2));
 		memmove(argv + 1, argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 1));
 		argc++;
 		parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, builtin_merge_options,
 			      builtin_merge_usage, 0);
 		free(buf);
+		if ( merge_option_mode == 2 )
+			branch_merge_options_set = 1;
 	}
  	if (!strcmp(k, "merge.diffstat") || !strcmp(k, "merge.stat"))
diff --git a/t/t7600-merge.sh b/t/t7600-merge.sh
index 87d5d78..15e9418 100755
--- a/t/t7600-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t7600-merge.sh
@@ -415,6 +415,33 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (no-ff)' '
  test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
 +test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (global no-ff)' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	git config --unset branch.master.mergeoptions &&
+	git config merge.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge c1 &&
+	git config --remove-section merge &&
+	verify_merge file result.1 &&
+	verify_parents $c0 $c1
+'
+
+test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
+
+test_expect_success 'combine merge.mergeoptions with
branch.x.mergeoptions' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	git config --remove-section branch.master &&
+	git config merge.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--ff" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge c1 &&
+	git config --remove-section merge &&
+	verify_merge file result.1 &&
+	verify_parents "$c0"
+'
+
+test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
+
 test_expect_success 'combining --squash and --no-ff is refused' '
 	test_must_fail git merge --squash --no-ff c1 &&
 	test_must_fail git merge --no-ff --squash c1
-- 
1.7.5

```

## Thiago Farina, 2011-05-02 18:12

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add default merge options for all branches
Message-ID: <BANLkTikgcwL6KRNAvxyAiHxLPzG7jeU6Vg@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/BANLkTikgcwL6KRNAvxyAiHxLPzG7jeU6Vg%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <4DBED99E.3050709@dailyvoid.com>

```
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com> wrote:
> Introduce a new configuration variable, merge.mergeoptions.
> The semantics of this new variable are the same as the branch specific
> branch.<branch>.mergeoptions.  However, if a branch specific setting is
> found, this option will not override it.
>
> The need for this arises from the fact that there is currently not an
> easy way to set merge options for all branches. Instead of having to
> specify merge options for each individual branch there should be a way
> to set defaults for all branches and then override a specific branch's
> options.
>
> The approach taken is to make note of whether a branch specific
> mergeoptions key has been seen and only apply the global value if it
> hasn't. An alternative method would be to keep the
> branch.<branch>.mergeoptions semantics, but assign a special value for
> <branch> to be the global default.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/merge-config.txt |    7 +++++++
>  builtin/merge.c                |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  t/t7600-merge.sh               |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
> index 8920258..0fc7511 100644
> --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
> @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ merge.verbosity::
>        above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
>        Can be overridden by the 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
>  +merge.mergeoptions::
> +       Sets default options for merging any branch. This value is only
> +       used if there is not a branch.<name>.mergeoptions value set.
> +       The syntax and supported options are the same as those of 'git
> +       merge', but option values containing whitespace characters are
> +       currently not supported.
> +
>  merge.<driver>.name::
>        Defines a human-readable name for a custom low-level
>        merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
> diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
> index 0bdd19a..1d4f852 100644
> --- a/builtin/merge.c
> +++ b/builtin/merge.c
> @@ -505,9 +505,18 @@ cleanup:
>  static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
>  {
> -       if (branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
> -               !prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
> -               !strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions")) {
> +       static int branch_merge_options_set = 0;
> +       int merge_option_mode = 0;
> +
> +       if ( !strcmp(k, "merge.mergeoptions") )

please, no need of spaces between if ( ... )

There are more cases in this change below.

I don't know if Junio is strong about this and if you need to resend.
But at least that is not consistent with the rest of the file.

Just my 0.02 cents.

> +               merge_option_mode = 1;
> +       else if ( branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
> +                        !prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
> +                        !strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions"))
> +               merge_option_mode = 2;
> +
> +       if ( (merge_option_mode == 1 && !branch_merge_options_set) ||
> +                 merge_option_mode == 2) {
>                const char **argv;
>                int argc;
>                char *buf;
> @@ -515,14 +524,22 @@ static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const
> char *v, void *cb)
>                buf = xstrdup(v);
>                argc = split_cmdline(buf, &argv);
>                if (argc < 0)
> -                       die(_("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s"), branch,
> -                           split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
> +               {
> +                       if ( merge_option_mode == 1 )
> +                               die(_("Bad merge.mergeoptions string: %s"), +
> split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
> +                       else
> +                               die(_("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s"), branch,
> +                                       split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
> +               }
>                argv = xrealloc(argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 2));
>                memmove(argv + 1, argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 1));
>                argc++;
>                parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, builtin_merge_options,
>                              builtin_merge_usage, 0);
>                free(buf);
> +               if ( merge_option_mode == 2 )
> +                       branch_merge_options_set = 1;
>        }
>        if (!strcmp(k, "merge.diffstat") || !strcmp(k, "merge.stat"))
> diff --git a/t/t7600-merge.sh b/t/t7600-merge.sh
> index 87d5d78..15e9418 100755
> --- a/t/t7600-merge.sh
> +++ b/t/t7600-merge.sh
> @@ -415,6 +415,33 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (no-ff)' '
>  test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
>  +test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (global no-ff)' '
> +       git reset --hard c0 &&
> +       git config --unset branch.master.mergeoptions &&
> +       git config merge.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
> +       test_tick &&
> +       git merge c1 &&
> +       git config --remove-section merge &&
> +       verify_merge file result.1 &&
> +       verify_parents $c0 $c1
> +'
> +
> +test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'combine merge.mergeoptions with
> branch.x.mergeoptions' '
> +       git reset --hard c0 &&
> +       git config --remove-section branch.master &&
> +       git config merge.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
> +       git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--ff" &&
> +       test_tick &&
> +       git merge c1 &&
> +       git config --remove-section merge &&
> +       verify_merge file result.1 &&
> +       verify_parents "$c0"
> +'
> +
> +test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
> +
>  test_expect_success 'combining --squash and --no-ff is refused' '
>        test_must_fail git merge --squash --no-ff c1 &&
>        test_must_fail git merge --no-ff --squash c1
> --
> 1.7.5
>
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```

## Michael Grubb, 2011-05-02 18:22

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add default merge options for all branches
Message-ID: <4DBEF665.20309@dailyvoid.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4DBEF665.20309%40dailyvoid.com
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikgcwL6KRNAvxyAiHxLPzG7jeU6Vg@mail.gmail.com>

```
Sorry for that, it's my own habit I'm afraid, however I did go back and
fix it up so that it is consistent with the rest of the file.  Should I
resubmit the patch in reply to this thread?

On 5/2/11 1:12 PM, Thiago Farina wrote:
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com> wrote:
>> Introduce a new configuration variable, merge.mergeoptions.
>> The semantics of this new variable are the same as the branch specific
>> branch.<branch>.mergeoptions.  However, if a branch specific setting is
>> found, this option will not override it.
>>
>> The need for this arises from the fact that there is currently not an
>> easy way to set merge options for all branches. Instead of having to
>> specify merge options for each individual branch there should be a way
>> to set defaults for all branches and then override a specific branch's
>> options.
>>
>> The approach taken is to make note of whether a branch specific
>> mergeoptions key has been seen and only apply the global value if it
>> hasn't. An alternative method would be to keep the
>> branch.<branch>.mergeoptions semantics, but assign a special value for
>> <branch> to be the global default.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/merge-config.txt |    7 +++++++
>>  builtin/merge.c                |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>  t/t7600-merge.sh               |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
>> index 8920258..0fc7511 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
>> @@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ merge.verbosity::
>>        above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
>>        Can be overridden by the 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
>>  +merge.mergeoptions::
>> +       Sets default options for merging any branch. This value is only
>> +       used if there is not a branch.<name>.mergeoptions value set.
>> +       The syntax and supported options are the same as those of 'git
>> +       merge', but option values containing whitespace characters are
>> +       currently not supported.
>> +
>>  merge.<driver>.name::
>>        Defines a human-readable name for a custom low-level
>>        merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
>> diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
>> index 0bdd19a..1d4f852 100644
>> --- a/builtin/merge.c
>> +++ b/builtin/merge.c
>> @@ -505,9 +505,18 @@ cleanup:
>>  static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
>>  {
>> -       if (branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
>> -               !prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
>> -               !strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions")) {
>> +       static int branch_merge_options_set = 0;
>> +       int merge_option_mode = 0;
>> +
>> +       if ( !strcmp(k, "merge.mergeoptions") )
> 
> please, no need of spaces between if ( ... )
> 
> There are more cases in this change below.
> 
> I don't know if Junio is strong about this and if you need to resend.
> But at least that is not consistent with the rest of the file.
> 
> Just my 0.02 cents.
> 
>> +               merge_option_mode = 1;
>> +       else if ( branch && !prefixcmp(k, "branch.") &&
>> +                        !prefixcmp(k + 7, branch) &&
>> +                        !strcmp(k + 7 + strlen(branch), ".mergeoptions"))
>> +               merge_option_mode = 2;
>> +
>> +       if ( (merge_option_mode == 1 && !branch_merge_options_set) ||
>> +                 merge_option_mode == 2) {
>>                const char **argv;
>>                int argc;
>>                char *buf;
>> @@ -515,14 +524,22 @@ static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const
>> char *v, void *cb)
>>                buf = xstrdup(v);
>>                argc = split_cmdline(buf, &argv);
>>                if (argc < 0)
>> -                       die(_("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s"), branch,
>> -                           split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
>> +               {
>> +                       if ( merge_option_mode == 1 )
>> +                               die(_("Bad merge.mergeoptions string: %s"), +
>> split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
>> +                       else
>> +                               die(_("Bad branch.%s.mergeoptions string: %s"), branch,
>> +                                       split_cmdline_strerror(argc));
>> +               }
>>                argv = xrealloc(argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 2));
>>                memmove(argv + 1, argv, sizeof(*argv) * (argc + 1));
>>                argc++;
>>                parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, builtin_merge_options,
>>                              builtin_merge_usage, 0);
>>                free(buf);
>> +               if ( merge_option_mode == 2 )
>> +                       branch_merge_options_set = 1;
>>        }
>>        if (!strcmp(k, "merge.diffstat") || !strcmp(k, "merge.stat"))
>> diff --git a/t/t7600-merge.sh b/t/t7600-merge.sh
>> index 87d5d78..15e9418 100755
>> --- a/t/t7600-merge.sh
>> +++ b/t/t7600-merge.sh
>> @@ -415,6 +415,33 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (no-ff)' '
>>  test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
>>  +test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (global no-ff)' '
>> +       git reset --hard c0 &&
>> +       git config --unset branch.master.mergeoptions &&
>> +       git config merge.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
>> +       test_tick &&
>> +       git merge c1 &&
>> +       git config --remove-section merge &&
>> +       verify_merge file result.1 &&
>> +       verify_parents $c0 $c1
>> +'
>> +
>> +test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
>> +
>> +test_expect_success 'combine merge.mergeoptions with
>> branch.x.mergeoptions' '
>> +       git reset --hard c0 &&
>> +       git config --remove-section branch.master &&
>> +       git config merge.mergeoptions "--no-ff" &&
>> +       git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--ff" &&
>> +       test_tick &&
>> +       git merge c1 &&
>> +       git config --remove-section merge &&
>> +       verify_merge file result.1 &&
>> +       verify_parents "$c0"
>> +'
>> +
>> +test_debug 'git log --graph --decorate --oneline --all'
>> +
>>  test_expect_success 'combining --squash and --no-ff is refused' '
>>        test_must_fail git merge --squash --no-ff c1 &&
>>        test_must_fail git merge --no-ff --squash c1
>> --
>> 1.7.5
>>
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```

## Junio C Hamano, 2011-05-02 18:23

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add default merge options for all branches
Message-ID: <7vhb9dm06s.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vhb9dm06s.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <4DBED99E.3050709@dailyvoid.com>

```
Michael Grubb <devel@dailyvoid.com> writes:

> The approach taken is to make note of whether a branch specific
> mergeoptions key has been seen and only apply the global value if it
> hasn't. An alternative method would be to keep the
> branch.<branch>.mergeoptions semantics, but assign a special value for
> <branch> to be the global default.

Both my gut feeling and design taste tell me that "branch.*.mergeoptions"
(using literal '*' for match-all for now) would be a lot more appropriate
here.  We could extend the '*' part later to take globs.

The resulting part of the configuration file would look like this:

	[branch "*"]
        	mergeoptions = ...

and later we would end up supporting other kinds of defaults, like:

	[branch "ko/*"]
        	remote = korg
	[branch "github/*"]
        	remote = github
                mergeoptions = ...

I didn't read the patch carefully but there seems to be many instances of
the same "excess whitespace" pattern you should be able to avoid easily to
match the style by looking at the surrounding code.

Thanks.

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2011-05-02 18:40

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add default merge options for all branches
Message-ID: <7v7ha9lzdg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v7ha9lzdg.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikgcwL6KRNAvxyAiHxLPzG7jeU6Vg@mail.gmail.com>

```
Thiago Farina <tfransosi@gmail.com> writes:

> please, no need of spaces between if ( ... )
>
> There are more cases in this change below.
>
> I don't know if Junio is strong about this and if you need to resend.

Absolutely.

I made it a policy to refuse cleaning up patches from people who are
capable to do so themselves, and make exceptions only to small trivial
patches from new contributors.

Otherwise the process would not scale.

Thanks.

```