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rerere: explain "rerere forget" codepath

Explain the internals of rerere as in-code comments, while
sprinkling "NEEDSWORK" comment to highlight iffy bits and
questionable assumptions.

This covers the codepath that implements "rerere forget".

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Junio C Hamano 2015-06-30 22:42:34 -07:00
parent cc899eca55
commit 963ec00356

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@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ static int handle_cache(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1, const char *outpu
strbuf_init(&io.input, 0);
strbuf_attach(&io.input, result.ptr, result.size, result.size);
/*
* Grab the conflict ID and optionally write the original
* contents with conflict markers out.
*/
hunk_no = handle_path(sha1, (struct rerere_io *)&io, marker_size);
strbuf_release(&io.input);
if (io.io.output)
@ -786,9 +790,15 @@ static int rerere_forget_one_path(const char *path, struct string_list *rr)
int ret;
struct string_list_item *item;
/*
* Recreate the original conflict from the stages in the
* index and compute the conflict ID
*/
ret = handle_cache(path, sha1, NULL);
if (ret < 1)
return error("Could not parse conflict hunks in '%s'", path);
/* Nuke the recorded resolution for the conflict */
hex = xstrdup(sha1_to_hex(sha1));
filename = rerere_path(hex, "postimage");
if (unlink(filename))
@ -796,9 +806,18 @@ static int rerere_forget_one_path(const char *path, struct string_list *rr)
? error("no remembered resolution for %s", path)
: error("cannot unlink %s: %s", filename, strerror(errno)));
/*
* Update the preimage so that the user can resolve the
* conflict in the working tree, run us again to record
* the postimage.
*/
handle_cache(path, sha1, rerere_path(hex, "preimage"));
fprintf(stderr, "Updated preimage for '%s'\n", path);
/*
* And remember that we can record resolution for this
* conflict when the user is done.
*/
item = string_list_insert(rr, path);
free(item->util);
item->util = hex;
@ -817,6 +836,11 @@ int rerere_forget(struct pathspec *pathspec)
fd = setup_rerere(&merge_rr, RERERE_NOAUTOUPDATE);
/*
* The paths may have been resolved (incorrectly);
* recover the original conflicted state and then
* find the conflicted paths.
*/
unmerge_cache(pathspec);
find_conflict(&conflict);
for (i = 0; i < conflict.nr; i++) {