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1 #!/bin/sh
3 # Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
6 publish=next
7 basebranch="$1"
8 if test "$#" = 2
9 then
10 topic="refs/heads/$2"
11 else
12 topic=`git symbolic-ref HEAD`
15 case "$basebranch,$topic" in
16 master,refs/heads/??/*)
19 exit 0 ;# we do not interrupt others.
21 esac
23 # Now we are dealing with a topic branch being rebased
24 # on top of master. Is it OK to rebase it?
26 # Is topic fully merged to master?
27 not_in_master=`git-rev-list --pretty=oneline ^master "$topic"`
28 if test -z "$not_in_master"
29 then
30 echo >&2 "$topic is fully merged to master; better remove it."
31 exit 1 ;# we could allow it, but there is no point.
34 # Is topic ever merged to next? If so you should not be rebasing it.
35 only_next_1=`git-rev-list ^master "^$topic" ${publish} | sort`
36 only_next_2=`git-rev-list ^master ${publish} | sort`
37 if test "$only_next_1" = "$only_next_2"
38 then
39 not_in_topic=`git-rev-list "^$topic" master`
40 if test -z "$not_in_topic"
41 then
42 echo >&2 "$topic is already up-to-date with master"
43 exit 1 ;# we could allow it, but there is no point.
44 else
45 exit 0
47 else
48 not_in_next=`git-rev-list --pretty=oneline ^${publish} "$topic"`
49 perl -e '
50 my $topic = $ARGV[0];
51 my $msg = "* $topic has commits already merged to public branch:\n";
52 my (%not_in_next) = map {
53 /^([0-9a-f]+) /;
54 ($1 => 1);
55 } split(/\n/, $ARGV[1]);
56 for my $elem (map {
57 /^([0-9a-f]+) (.*)$/;
58 [$1 => $2];
59 } split(/\n/, $ARGV[2])) {
60 if (!exists $not_in_next{$elem->[0]}) {
61 if ($msg) {
62 print STDERR $msg;
63 undef $msg;
65 print STDERR " $elem->[1]\n";
68 ' "$topic" "$not_in_next" "$not_in_master"
69 exit 1
72 exit 0
74 ################################################################
76 This sample hook safeguards topic branches that have been
77 published from being rewound.
79 The workflow assumed here is:
81 * Once a topic branch forks from "master", "master" is never
82 merged into it again (either directly or indirectly).
84 * Once a topic branch is fully cooked and merged into "master",
85 it is deleted. If you need to build on top of it to correct
86 earlier mistakes, a new topic branch is created by forking at
87 the tip of the "master". This is not strictly necessary, but
88 it makes it easier to keep your history simple.
90 * Whenever you need to test or publish your changes to topic
91 branches, merge them into "next" branch.
93 The script, being an example, hardcodes the publish branch name
94 to be "next", but it is trivial to make it configurable via
95 $GIT_DIR/config mechanism.
97 With this workflow, you would want to know:
99 (1) ... if a topic branch has ever been merged to "next". Young
100 topic branches can have stupid mistakes you would rather
101 clean up before publishing, and things that have not been
102 merged into other branches can be easily rebased without
103 affecting other people. But once it is published, you would
104 not want to rewind it.
106 (2) ... if a topic branch has been fully merged to "master".
107 Then you can delete it. More importantly, you should not
108 build on top of it -- other people may already want to
109 change things related to the topic as patches against your
110 "master", so if you need further changes, it is better to
111 fork the topic (perhaps with the same name) afresh from the
112 tip of "master".
114 Let's look at this example:
116 o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o "next"
117 / / / /
118 / a---a---b A / /
119 / / / /
120 / / c---c---c---c B /
121 / / / \ /
122 / / / b---b C \ /
123 / / / / \ /
124 ---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o---o "master"
127 A, B and C are topic branches.
129 * A has one fix since it was merged up to "next".
131 * B has finished. It has been fully merged up to "master" and "next",
132 and is ready to be deleted.
134 * C has not merged to "next" at all.
136 We would want to allow C to be rebased, refuse A, and encourage
137 B to be deleted.
139 To compute (1):
141 git-rev-list ^master ^topic next
142 git-rev-list ^master next
144 if these match, topic has not merged in next at all.
146 To compute (2):
148 git-rev-list master..topic
150 if this is empty, it is fully merged to "master".