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1 #include <stdlib.h>
2 #include "cache.h"
3 #include "commit.h"
5 #define PARENT1 1
6 #define PARENT2 2
7 #define UNINTERESTING 4
9 static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list)
11 while (list) {
12 struct commit *commit = list->item;
13 list = list->next;
14 if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
15 continue;
16 return commit;
18 return NULL;
22 * A pathological example of how this thing works.
24 * Suppose we had this commit graph, where chronologically
25 * the timestamp on the commit are A <= B <= C <= D <= E <= F
26 * and we are trying to figure out the merge base for E and F
27 * commits.
29 * F
30 * / \
31 * E A D
32 * \ / /
33 * B /
34 * \ /
35 * C
37 * First we push E and F to list to be processed. E gets bit 1
38 * and F gets bit 2. The list becomes:
40 * list=F(2) E(1), result=empty
42 * Then we pop F, the newest commit, from the list. Its flag is 2.
43 * We scan its parents, mark them reachable from the side that F is
44 * reachable from, and push them to the list:
46 * list=E(1) D(2) A(2), result=empty
48 * Next pop E and do the same.
50 * list=D(2) B(1) A(2), result=empty
52 * Next pop D and do the same.
54 * list=C(2) B(1) A(2), result=empty
56 * Next pop C and do the same.
58 * list=B(1) A(2), result=empty
60 * Now it is B's turn. We mark its parent, C, reachable from B's side,
61 * and push it to the list:
63 * list=C(3) A(2), result=empty
65 * Now pop C and notice it has flags==3. It is placed on the result list,
66 * and the list now contains:
68 * list=A(2), result=C(3)
70 * We pop A and do the same.
72 * list=B(3), result=C(3)
74 * Next, we pop B and something very interesting happens. It has flags==3
75 * so it is also placed on the result list, and its parents are marked
76 * uninteresting, retroactively, and placed back on the list:
78 * list=C(7), result=C(7) B(3)
80 * Now, list does not have any interesting commit. So we find the newest
81 * commit from the result list that is not marked uninteresting. Which is
82 * commit B.
85 * Another pathological example how this thing can fail to mark an ancestor
86 * of a merge base as UNINTERESTING without the postprocessing phase.
88 * 2
89 * H
90 * 1 / \
91 * G A \
92 * |\ / \
93 * | B \
94 * | \ \
95 * \ C F
96 * \ \ /
97 * \ D /
98 * \ | /
99 * \| /
102 * list A B C D E F G H
103 * G1 H2 - - - - - - 1 2
104 * H2 E1 B1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 2
105 * F2 E1 B1 A2 2 1 - - 1 2 1 2
106 * E3 B1 A2 2 1 - - 3 2 1 2
107 * B1 A2 2 1 - - 3 2 1 2
108 * C1 A2 2 1 1 - 3 2 1 2
109 * D1 A2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 2
110 * A2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 2
111 * B3 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 2
112 * C7 2 3 7 1 3 2 1 2
114 * At this point, unfortunately, everybody in the list is
115 * uninteresting, so we fail to complete the following two
116 * steps to fully marking uninteresting commits.
118 * D7 2 3 7 7 3 2 1 2
119 * E7 2 3 7 7 7 2 1 2
121 * and we end up showing E as an interesting merge base.
124 static int show_all = 0;
126 static void mark_reachable_commits(struct commit_list *result,
127 struct commit_list *list)
129 struct commit_list *tmp;
132 * Postprocess to fully contaminate the well.
134 for (tmp = result; tmp; tmp = tmp->next) {
135 struct commit *c = tmp->item;
136 /* Reinject uninteresting ones to list,
137 * so we can scan their parents.
139 if (c->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
140 commit_list_insert(c, &list);
142 while (list) {
143 struct commit *c = list->item;
144 struct commit_list *parents;
146 tmp = list;
147 list = list->next;
148 free(tmp);
150 /* Anything taken out of the list is uninteresting, so
151 * mark all its parents uninteresting. We do not
152 * parse new ones (we already parsed all the relevant
153 * ones).
155 parents = c->parents;
156 while (parents) {
157 struct commit *p = parents->item;
158 parents = parents->next;
159 if (!(p->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)) {
160 p->object.flags |= UNINTERESTING;
161 commit_list_insert(p, &list);
167 static int merge_base(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2)
169 struct commit_list *list = NULL;
170 struct commit_list *result = NULL;
171 struct commit_list *tmp = NULL;
173 if (rev1 == rev2) {
174 printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(rev1->object.sha1));
175 return 0;
178 parse_commit(rev1);
179 parse_commit(rev2);
181 rev1->object.flags |= 1;
182 rev2->object.flags |= 2;
183 insert_by_date(rev1, &list);
184 insert_by_date(rev2, &list);
186 while (interesting(list)) {
187 struct commit *commit = list->item;
188 struct commit_list *parents;
189 int flags = commit->object.flags & 7;
191 tmp = list;
192 list = list->next;
193 free(tmp);
194 if (flags == 3) {
195 insert_by_date(commit, &result);
197 /* Mark parents of a found merge uninteresting */
198 flags |= UNINTERESTING;
200 parents = commit->parents;
201 while (parents) {
202 struct commit *p = parents->item;
203 parents = parents->next;
204 if ((p->object.flags & flags) == flags)
205 continue;
206 parse_commit(p);
207 p->object.flags |= flags;
208 insert_by_date(p, &list);
212 if (!result)
213 return 1;
215 if (result->next && list)
216 mark_reachable_commits(result, list);
218 while (result) {
219 struct commit *commit = result->item;
220 result = result->next;
221 if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
222 continue;
223 printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
224 if (!show_all)
225 return 0;
226 commit->object.flags |= UNINTERESTING;
228 return 0;
231 static const char merge_base_usage[] =
232 "git-merge-base [--all] <commit-id> <commit-id>";
234 int main(int argc, char **argv)
236 struct commit *rev1, *rev2;
237 unsigned char rev1key[20], rev2key[20];
239 setup_git_directory();
241 while (1 < argc && argv[1][0] == '-') {
242 char *arg = argv[1];
243 if (!strcmp(arg, "-a") || !strcmp(arg, "--all"))
244 show_all = 1;
245 else
246 usage(merge_base_usage);
247 argc--; argv++;
249 if (argc != 3 ||
250 get_sha1(argv[1], rev1key) ||
251 get_sha1(argv[2], rev2key))
252 usage(merge_base_usage);
253 rev1 = lookup_commit_reference(rev1key);
254 rev2 = lookup_commit_reference(rev2key);
255 if (!rev1 || !rev2)
256 return 1;
257 return merge_base(rev1, rev2);