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rebase (interactive-backend): fix handling of commits that become empty

As established in the previous commit and commit b00bf1c9a8
(git-rebase: make --allow-empty-message the default, 2018-06-27), the
behavior for rebase with different backends in various edge or corner
cases is often more happenstance than design.  This commit addresses
another such corner case: commits which "become empty".

A careful reader may note that there are two types of commits which would
become empty due to a rebase:

  * [clean cherry-pick] Commits which are clean cherry-picks of upstream
    commits, as determined by `git log --cherry-mark ...`.  Re-applying
    these commits would result in an empty set of changes and a
    duplicative commit message; i.e. these are commits that have
    "already been applied" upstream.

  * [become empty] Commits which are not empty to start, are not clean
    cherry-picks of upstream commits, but which still become empty after
    being rebased.  This happens e.g. when a commit has changes which
    are a strict subset of the changes in an upstream commit, or when
    the changes of a commit can be found spread across or among several
    upstream commits.

Clearly, in both cases the changes in the commit in question are found
upstream already, but the commit message may not be in the latter case.

When cherry-mark can determine a commit is already upstream, then
because of how cherry-mark works this means the upstream commit message
was about the *exact* same set of changes.  Thus, the commit messages
can be assumed to be fully interchangeable (and are in fact likely to be
completely identical).  As such, the clean cherry-pick case represents a
case when there is no information to be gained by keeping the extra
commit around.  All rebase types have always dropped these commits, and
no one to my knowledge has ever requested that we do otherwise.

For many of the become empty cases (and likely even most), we will also
be able to drop the commit without loss of information -- but this isn't
quite always the case.  Since these commits represent cases that were
not clean cherry-picks, there is no upstream commit message explaining
the same set of changes.  Projects with good commit message hygiene will
likely have the explanation from our commit message contained within or
spread among the relevant upstream commits, but not all projects run
that way.  As such, the commit message of the commit being rebased may
have reasoning that suggests additional changes that should be made to
adapt to the new base, or it may have information that someone wants to
add as a note to another commit, or perhaps someone even wants to create
an empty commit with the commit message as-is.

Junio commented on the "become-empty" types of commits as follows[1]:

    WRT a change that ends up being empty (as opposed to a change that
    is empty from the beginning), I'd think that the current behaviour
    is desireable one.  "am" based rebase is solely to transplant an
    existing history and want to stop much less than "interactive" one
    whose purpose is to polish a series before making it publishable,
    and asking for confirmation ("this has become empty--do you want to
    drop it?") is more appropriate from the workflow point of view.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqfu1fswdh.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/

I would simply add that his arguments for "am"-based rebases actually
apply to all non-explicitly-interactive rebases.  Also, since we are
stating that different cases should have different defaults, it may be
worth providing a flag to allow users to select which behavior they want
for these commits.

Introduce a new command line flag for selecting the desired behavior:
    --empty={drop,keep,ask}
with the definitions:
    drop: drop commits which become empty
    keep: keep commits which become empty
    ask:  provide the user a chance to interact and pick what to do with
          commits which become empty on a case-by-case basis

In line with Junio's suggestion, if the --empty flag is not specified,
pick defaults as follows:
    explicitly interactive: ask
    otherwise: drop

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Elijah Newren 2020-02-15 21:36:25 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent d48e5e21da
commit e98c4269c8
6 changed files with 183 additions and 23 deletions

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@ -258,6 +258,24 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
original branch. The index and working tree are also left
unchanged as a result.
--empty={drop,keep,ask}::
How to handle commits that are not empty to start and are not
clean cherry-picks of any upstream commit, but which become
empty after rebasing (because they contain a subset of already
upstream changes). With drop (the default), commits that
become empty are dropped. With keep, such commits are kept.
With ask (implied by --interactive), the rebase will halt when
an empty commit is applied allowing you to choose whether to
drop it, edit files more, or just commit the empty changes.
Other options, like --exec, will use the default of drop unless
-i/--interactive is explicitly specified.
+
Note that commits which start empty are kept, and commits which are
clean cherry-picks (as determined by `git log --cherry-mark ...`) are
always dropped.
+
See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
--keep-empty::
No-op. Rebasing commits that started empty (had no change
relative to their parent) used to fail and this option would
@ -561,6 +579,7 @@ are incompatible with the following options:
* --interactive
* --exec
* --keep-empty
* --empty=
* --edit-todo
* --root when used in combination with --onto
@ -569,6 +588,7 @@ In addition, the following pairs of options are incompatible:
* --preserve-merges and --interactive
* --preserve-merges and --signoff
* --preserve-merges and --rebase-merges
* --preserve-merges and --empty=
* --keep-base and --onto
* --keep-base and --root
@ -585,9 +605,12 @@ commits that started empty, though these are rare in practice. It
also drops commits that become empty and has no option for controlling
this behavior.
The interactive backend keeps intentionally empty commits.
Unfortunately, it always halts whenever it runs across a commit that
becomes empty, even when the rebase is not explicitly interactive.
The interactive backend keeps intentionally empty commits. Similar to
the am backend, by default the interactive backend drops commits that
become empty unless -i/--interactive is specified (in which case it
stops and asks the user what to do). The interactive backend also has
an --empty={drop,keep,ask} option for changing the behavior of
handling commits that become empty.
Directory rename detection
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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@ -50,8 +50,16 @@ enum rebase_type {
REBASE_PRESERVE_MERGES
};
enum empty_type {
EMPTY_UNSPECIFIED = -1,
EMPTY_DROP,
EMPTY_KEEP,
EMPTY_ASK
};
struct rebase_options {
enum rebase_type type;
enum empty_type empty;
const char *state_dir;
struct commit *upstream;
const char *upstream_name;
@ -91,6 +99,7 @@ struct rebase_options {
#define REBASE_OPTIONS_INIT { \
.type = REBASE_UNSPECIFIED, \
.empty = EMPTY_UNSPECIFIED, \
.flags = REBASE_NO_QUIET, \
.git_am_opts = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT, \
.git_format_patch_opt = STRBUF_INIT \
@ -109,6 +118,8 @@ static struct replay_opts get_replay_opts(const struct rebase_options *opts)
replay.allow_rerere_auto = opts->allow_rerere_autoupdate;
replay.allow_empty = 1;
replay.allow_empty_message = opts->allow_empty_message;
replay.drop_redundant_commits = (opts->empty == EMPTY_DROP);
replay.keep_redundant_commits = (opts->empty == EMPTY_KEEP);
replay.verbose = opts->flags & REBASE_VERBOSE;
replay.reschedule_failed_exec = opts->reschedule_failed_exec;
replay.gpg_sign = xstrdup_or_null(opts->gpg_sign_opt);
@ -444,6 +455,10 @@ static int parse_opt_keep_empty(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
BUG_ON_OPT_ARG(arg);
/*
* If we ever want to remap --keep-empty to --empty=keep, insert:
* opts->empty = unset ? EMPTY_UNSPECIFIED : EMPTY_KEEP;
*/
opts->type = REBASE_INTERACTIVE;
return 0;
}
@ -1350,6 +1365,29 @@ static int parse_opt_interactive(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
return 0;
}
static enum empty_type parse_empty_value(const char *value)
{
if (!strcasecmp(value, "drop"))
return EMPTY_DROP;
else if (!strcasecmp(value, "keep"))
return EMPTY_KEEP;
else if (!strcasecmp(value, "ask"))
return EMPTY_ASK;
die(_("unrecognized empty type '%s'; valid values are \"drop\", \"keep\", and \"ask\"."), value);
}
static int parse_opt_empty(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
{
struct rebase_options *options = opt->value;
enum empty_type value = parse_empty_value(arg);
BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
options->empty = value;
return 0;
}
static void NORETURN error_on_missing_default_upstream(void)
{
struct branch *current_branch = branch_get(NULL);
@ -1494,6 +1532,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
"ignoring them"),
REBASE_PRESERVE_MERGES, PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN),
OPT_RERERE_AUTOUPDATE(&options.allow_rerere_autoupdate),
OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "empty", &options, N_("{drop,keep,ask}"),
N_("how to handle commits that become empty"),
PARSE_OPT_NONEG, parse_opt_empty),
{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'k', "keep-empty", &options, NULL,
N_("(DEPRECATED) keep empty commits"),
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN,
@ -1760,6 +1801,9 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (!(options.flags & REBASE_NO_QUIET))
argv_array_push(&options.git_am_opts, "-q");
if (options.empty != EMPTY_UNSPECIFIED)
imply_interactive(&options, "--empty");
if (gpg_sign) {
free(options.gpg_sign_opt);
options.gpg_sign_opt = xstrfmt("-S%s", gpg_sign);
@ -1843,6 +1887,14 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
break;
}
if (options.empty == EMPTY_UNSPECIFIED) {
if (options.flags & REBASE_INTERACTIVE_EXPLICIT)
options.empty = EMPTY_ASK;
else if (exec.nr > 0)
options.empty = EMPTY_KEEP;
else
options.empty = EMPTY_DROP;
}
if (reschedule_failed_exec > 0 && !is_interactive(&options))
die(_("--reschedule-failed-exec requires "
"--exec or --interactive"));

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@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_strategy, "rebase-merge/strategy")
static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_strategy_opts, "rebase-merge/strategy_opts")
static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_allow_rerere_autoupdate, "rebase-merge/allow_rerere_autoupdate")
static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec, "rebase-merge/reschedule-failed-exec")
static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_drop_redundant_commits, "rebase-merge/drop_redundant_commits")
static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_keep_redundant_commits, "rebase-merge/keep_redundant_commits")
static int git_sequencer_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
{
@ -1483,7 +1485,11 @@ static int is_original_commit_empty(struct commit *commit)
}
/*
* Do we run "git commit" with "--allow-empty"?
* Should empty commits be allowed? Return status:
* <0: Error in is_index_unchanged(r) or is_original_commit_empty(commit)
* 0: Halt on empty commit
* 1: Allow empty commit
* 2: Drop empty commit
*/
static int allow_empty(struct repository *r,
struct replay_opts *opts,
@ -1492,14 +1498,17 @@ static int allow_empty(struct repository *r,
int index_unchanged, originally_empty;
/*
* Three cases:
* Four cases:
*
* (1) we do not allow empty at all and error out.
*
* (2) we allow ones that were initially empty, but
* forbid the ones that become empty;
* (2) we allow ones that were initially empty, and
* just drop the ones that become empty
*
* (3) we allow both.
* (3) we allow ones that were initially empty, but
* halt for the ones that become empty;
*
* (4) we allow both.
*/
if (!opts->allow_empty)
return 0; /* let "git commit" barf as necessary */
@ -1516,10 +1525,12 @@ static int allow_empty(struct repository *r,
originally_empty = is_original_commit_empty(commit);
if (originally_empty < 0)
return originally_empty;
if (!originally_empty)
return 0;
else
if (originally_empty)
return 1;
else if (opts->drop_redundant_commits)
return 2;
else
return 0;
}
static struct {
@ -1730,7 +1741,7 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct repository *r,
char *author = NULL;
struct commit_message msg = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
struct strbuf msgbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
int res, unborn = 0, reword = 0, allow;
int res, unborn = 0, reword = 0, allow, drop_commit;
if (opts->no_commit) {
/*
@ -1935,13 +1946,20 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct repository *r,
goto leave;
}
drop_commit = 0;
allow = allow_empty(r, opts, commit);
if (allow < 0) {
res = allow;
goto leave;
} else if (allow)
} else if (allow == 1) {
flags |= ALLOW_EMPTY;
if (!opts->no_commit) {
} else if (allow == 2) {
drop_commit = 1;
fprintf(stderr,
_("dropping %s %s -- patch contents already upstream\n"),
oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid), msg.subject);
} /* else allow == 0 and there's nothing special to do */
if (!opts->no_commit && !drop_commit) {
if (author || command == TODO_REVERT || (flags & AMEND_MSG))
res = do_commit(r, msg_file, author, opts, flags);
else
@ -2495,6 +2513,12 @@ static int read_populate_opts(struct replay_opts *opts)
if (file_exists(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec()))
opts->reschedule_failed_exec = 1;
if (file_exists(rebase_path_drop_redundant_commits()))
opts->drop_redundant_commits = 1;
if (file_exists(rebase_path_keep_redundant_commits()))
opts->keep_redundant_commits = 1;
read_strategy_opts(opts, &buf);
strbuf_release(&buf);
@ -2574,6 +2598,10 @@ int write_basic_state(struct replay_opts *opts, const char *head_name,
write_file(rebase_path_gpg_sign_opt(), "-S%s\n", opts->gpg_sign);
if (opts->signoff)
write_file(rebase_path_signoff(), "--signoff\n");
if (opts->drop_redundant_commits)
write_file(rebase_path_drop_redundant_commits(), "%s", "");
if (opts->keep_redundant_commits)
write_file(rebase_path_keep_redundant_commits(), "%s", "");
if (opts->reschedule_failed_exec)
write_file(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec(), "%s", "");

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@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct replay_opts {
int allow_rerere_auto;
int allow_empty;
int allow_empty_message;
int drop_redundant_commits;
int keep_redundant_commits;
int verbose;
int quiet;

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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup test repository' '
git commit -m "Five letters ought to be enough for anybody"
'
test_expect_failure 'rebase (am-backend) with a variety of empty commits' '
test_expect_failure 'rebase (am-backend)' '
test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
# rebase (--am) should not drop commits that start empty
@ -45,10 +45,17 @@ test_expect_failure 'rebase (am-backend) with a variety of empty commits' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_failure 'rebase --merge with a variety of empty commits' '
test_when_finished "git rebase --abort" &&
test_expect_success 'rebase --merge --empty=drop' '
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
git rebase --merge --empty=drop upstream &&
test_write_lines D C B A >expect &&
git log --format=%s >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'rebase --merge uses default of --empty=drop' '
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
# rebase --merge should not halt on the commit that becomes empty
git rebase --merge upstream &&
test_write_lines D C B A >expect &&
@ -56,7 +63,56 @@ test_expect_failure 'rebase --merge with a variety of empty commits' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'rebase --interactive with a variety of empty commits' '
test_expect_success 'rebase --merge --empty=keep' '
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
git rebase --merge --empty=keep upstream &&
test_write_lines D C2 C B A >expect &&
git log --format=%s >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'rebase --merge --empty=ask' '
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
test_must_fail git rebase --merge --empty=ask upstream &&
git rebase --skip &&
test_write_lines D C B A >expect &&
git log --format=%s >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'rebase --interactive --empty=drop' '
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
git rebase --interactive --empty=drop upstream &&
test_write_lines D C B A >expect &&
git log --format=%s >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'rebase --interactive --empty=keep' '
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
git rebase --interactive --empty=keep upstream &&
test_write_lines D C2 C B A >expect &&
git log --format=%s >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'rebase --interactive --empty=ask' '
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
test_must_fail git rebase --interactive --empty=ask upstream &&
git rebase --skip &&
test_write_lines D C B A >expect &&
git log --format=%s >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
'
test_expect_success 'rebase --interactive uses default of --empty=ask' '
git checkout -B testing localmods &&
test_must_fail git rebase --interactive upstream &&

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@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ test_expect_failure REBASE_P 'Rebase -Xsubtree --keep-empty --preserve-merges --
verbose test "$(commit_message HEAD)" = "Empty commit"
'
test_expect_success 'Rebase -Xsubtree --onto commit' '
test_expect_success 'Rebase -Xsubtree --empty=ask --onto commit' '
reset_rebase &&
git checkout -b rebase-onto to-rebase &&
test_must_fail git rebase -Xsubtree=files_subtree --onto files-master master &&
test_must_fail git rebase -Xsubtree=files_subtree --empty=ask --onto files-master master &&
: first pick results in no changes &&
git rebase --skip &&
verbose test "$(commit_message HEAD~2)" = "master4" &&
@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ test_expect_success 'Rebase -Xsubtree --onto commit' '
verbose test "$(commit_message HEAD)" = "Empty commit"
'
test_expect_success 'Rebase -Xsubtree --rebase-merges --onto commit' '
test_expect_success 'Rebase -Xsubtree --empty=ask --rebase-merges --onto commit' '
reset_rebase &&
git checkout -b rebase-merges-onto to-rebase &&
test_must_fail git rebase -Xsubtree=files_subtree --rebase-merges --onto files-master --root &&
test_must_fail git rebase -Xsubtree=files_subtree --empty=ask --rebase-merges --onto files-master --root &&
: first pick results in no changes &&
git rebase --skip &&
verbose test "$(commit_message HEAD~2)" = "master4" &&