Merge branch 'nh/empty-rebase'

"git rebase" learned to optionally keep commits that do not introduce
any change in the original history.

By Neil Horman
* nh/empty-rebase:
  git-rebase: add keep_empty flag
  git-cherry-pick: Add test to validate new options
  git-cherry-pick: Add keep-redundant-commits option
  git-cherry-pick: add allow-empty option

Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt

@@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 	cherry-pick'ed commit, then a fast forward to this commit will
 	be performed.
 
+--allow-empty::
+	By default, cherry-picking an empty commit will fail,
+	indicating that an explicit invocation of `git commit
+	--allow-empty` is required. This option overrides that
+	behavior, allowing empty commits to be preserved automatically
+	in a cherry-pick. Note that when "--ff" is in effect, empty
+	commits that meet the "fast-forward" requirement will be kept
+	even without this option.  Note also, that use of this option only
+	keeps commits that were initially empty (i.e. the commit recorded the
+	same tree as its parent).  Commits which are made empty due to a
+	previous commit are dropped.  To force the inclusion of those commits
+	use `--keep-redundant-commits`.
+
+--keep-redundant-commits::
+	If a commit being cherry picked duplicates a commit already in the
+	current history, it will become empty.  By default these
+	redundant commits are ignored.  This option overrides that behavior and
+	creates an empty commit object.  Implies `--allow-empty`.
+
 --strategy=<strategy>::
 	Use the given merge strategy.  Should only be used once.
 	See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1]

Documentation/git-rebase.txt

@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD.
 	will be reset to where it was when the rebase operation was
 	started.
 
+--keep-empty::
+	Keep the commits that do not change anything from its
+	parents in the result.
+
 --skip::
 	Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch.
 

builtin/revert.c

@@ -115,12 +115,16 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv, struct replay_opts *opts)
 		OPT_END(),
 		OPT_END(),
 		OPT_END(),
+		OPT_END(),
+		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
 	if (opts->action == REPLAY_PICK) {
 		struct option cp_extra[] = {
 			OPT_BOOLEAN('x', NULL, &opts->record_origin, "append commit name"),
 			OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ff", &opts->allow_ff, "allow fast-forward"),
+			OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "allow-empty", &opts->allow_empty, "preserve initially empty commits"),
+			OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "keep-redundant-commits", &opts->keep_redundant_commits, "keep redundant, empty commits"),
 			OPT_END(),
 		};
 		if (parse_options_concat(options, ARRAY_SIZE(options), cp_extra))
@@ -138,6 +142,10 @@ static void parse_args(int argc, const char **argv, struct replay_opts *opts)
 				"--abort", rollback,
 				NULL);
 
+	/* implies allow_empty */
+	if (opts->keep_redundant_commits)
+		opts->allow_empty = 1;
+
 	/* Set the subcommand */
 	if (remove_state)
 		opts->subcommand = REPLAY_REMOVE_STATE;

git-rebase--am.sh

@@ -20,11 +20,20 @@ esac
 
 test -n "$rebase_root" && root_flag=--root
 
-git format-patch -k --stdout --full-index --ignore-if-in-upstream \
-	--src-prefix=a/ --dst-prefix=b/ \
-	--no-renames $root_flag "$revisions" |
-git am $git_am_opt --rebasing --resolvemsg="$resolvemsg" &&
-move_to_original_branch
+if test -n "$keep_empty"
+then
+	# we have to do this the hard way.  git format-patch completely squashes
+	# empty commits and even if it didn't the format doesn't really lend
+	# itself well to recording empty patches.  fortunately, cherry-pick
+	# makes this easy
+	git cherry-pick --allow-empty "$revisions"
+else
+	git format-patch -k --stdout --full-index --ignore-if-in-upstream \
+		--src-prefix=a/ --dst-prefix=b/ \
+		--no-renames $root_flag "$revisions" |
+	git am $git_am_opt --rebasing --resolvemsg="$resolvemsg"
+fi && move_to_original_branch
+
 ret=$?
 test 0 != $ret -a -d "$state_dir" && write_basic_state
 exit $ret

git-rebase--interactive.sh

@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ has_action () {
 	sane_grep '^[^#]' "$1" >/dev/null
 }
 
+is_empty_commit() {
+	tree=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "$1"^{tree} 2>/dev/null ||
+		die "$1: not a commit that can be picked")
+	ptree=$(git rev-parse -q --verify "$1"^^{tree} 2>/dev/null ||
+		ptree=4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904)
+	test "$tree" = "$ptree"
+}
+
 # Run command with GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, and
 # GIT_AUTHOR_DATE exported from the current environment.
 do_with_author () {
@@ -191,12 +199,19 @@ git_sequence_editor () {
 
 pick_one () {
 	ff=--ff
+
 	case "$1" in -n) sha1=$2; ff= ;; *) sha1=$1 ;; esac
 	case "$force_rebase" in '') ;; ?*) ff= ;; esac
 	output git rev-parse --verify $sha1 || die "Invalid commit name: $sha1"
+
+	if is_empty_commit "$sha1"
+	then
+		empty_args="--allow-empty"
+	fi
+
 	test -d "$rewritten" &&
 		pick_one_preserving_merges "$@" && return
-	output git cherry-pick $ff "$@"
+	output git cherry-pick $empty_args $ff "$@"
 }
 
 pick_one_preserving_merges () {
@@ -780,9 +795,17 @@ git rev-list $merges_option --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit \
 	sed -n "s/^>//p" |
 while read -r shortsha1 rest
 do
+
+	if test -z "$keep_empty" && is_empty_commit $shortsha1
+	then
+		comment_out="# "
+	else
+		comment_out=
+	fi
+
 	if test t != "$preserve_merges"
 	then
-		printf '%s\n' "pick $shortsha1 $rest" >> "$todo"
+		printf '%s\n' "${comment_out}pick $shortsha1 $rest" >>"$todo"
 	else
 		sha1=$(git rev-parse $shortsha1)
 		if test -z "$rebase_root"
@@ -801,7 +824,7 @@ do
 		if test f = "$preserve"
 		then
 			touch "$rewritten"/$sha1
-			printf '%s\n' "pick $shortsha1 $rest" >> "$todo"
+			printf '%s\n' "${comment_out}pick $shortsha1 $rest" >>"$todo"
 		fi
 	fi
 done
@@ -853,6 +876,12 @@ cat >> "$todo" << EOF
 #
 EOF
 
+if test -z "$keep_empty"
+then
+	echo "# Note that empty commits are commented out" >>"$todo"
+fi
+
+
 has_action "$todo" ||
 	die_abort "Nothing to do"
 

git-rebase.sh

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ s,strategy=!       use the given merge strategy
 no-ff!             cherry-pick all commits, even if unchanged
 m,merge!           use merging strategies to rebase
 i,interactive!     let the user edit the list of commits to rebase
+k,keep-empty	   preserve empty commits during rebase
 f,force-rebase!    force rebase even if branch is up to date
 X,strategy-option=! pass the argument through to the merge strategy
 stat!              display a diffstat of what changed upstream
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ state_dir=
 action=
 preserve_merges=
 autosquash=
+keep_empty=
 test "$(git config --bool rebase.autosquash)" = "true" && autosquash=t
 
 read_basic_state () {
@@ -220,6 +222,9 @@ do
 	-i)
 		interactive_rebase=explicit
 		;;
+	-k)
+		keep_empty=yes
+		;;
 	-p)
 		preserve_merges=t
 		test -z "$interactive_rebase" && interactive_rebase=implied

sequencer.c

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "rerere.h"
 #include "merge-recursive.h"
 #include "refs.h"
+#include "argv-array.h"
 
 #define GIT_REFLOG_ACTION "GIT_REFLOG_ACTION"
 
@@ -251,6 +252,30 @@ static int do_recursive_merge(struct commit *base, struct commit *next,
 	return !clean;
 }
 
+static int is_index_unchanged(void)
+{
+	unsigned char head_sha1[20];
+	struct commit *head_commit;
+
+	if (!resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", head_sha1, 1, NULL))
+		return error(_("Could not resolve HEAD commit\n"));
+
+	head_commit = lookup_commit(head_sha1);
+	if (!head_commit || parse_commit(head_commit))
+		return error(_("could not parse commit %s\n"),
+			     sha1_to_hex(head_commit->object.sha1));
+
+	if (!active_cache_tree)
+		active_cache_tree = cache_tree();
+
+	if (!cache_tree_fully_valid(active_cache_tree))
+		if (cache_tree_update(active_cache_tree, active_cache,
+				  active_nr, 0))
+			return error(_("Unable to update cache tree\n"));
+
+	return !hashcmp(active_cache_tree->sha1, head_commit->tree->object.sha1);
+}
+
 /*
  * If we are cherry-pick, and if the merge did not result in
  * hand-editing, we will hit this commit and inherit the original
@@ -260,21 +285,46 @@ static int do_recursive_merge(struct commit *base, struct commit *next,
  */
 static int run_git_commit(const char *defmsg, struct replay_opts *opts)
 {
-	/* 6 is max possible length of our args array including NULL */
-	const char *args[6];
-	int i = 0;
+	struct argv_array array;
+	int rc;
+
+	argv_array_init(&array);
+	argv_array_push(&array, "commit");
+	argv_array_push(&array, "-n");
 
-	args[i++] = "commit";
-	args[i++] = "-n";
 	if (opts->signoff)
-		args[i++] = "-s";
+		argv_array_push(&array, "-s");
 	if (!opts->edit) {
-		args[i++] = "-F";
-		args[i++] = defmsg;
+		argv_array_push(&array, "-F");
+		argv_array_push(&array, defmsg);
+	}
+
+	if (opts->allow_empty)
+		argv_array_push(&array, "--allow-empty");
+
+	rc = run_command_v_opt(array.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+	argv_array_clear(&array);
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int is_original_commit_empty(struct commit *commit)
+{
+	const unsigned char *ptree_sha1;
+
+	if (parse_commit(commit))
+		return error(_("Could not parse commit %s\n"),
+			     sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
+	if (commit->parents) {
+		struct commit *parent = commit->parents->item;
+		if (parse_commit(parent))
+			return error(_("Could not parse parent commit %s\n"),
+				sha1_to_hex(parent->object.sha1));
+		ptree_sha1 = parent->tree->object.sha1;
+	} else {
+		ptree_sha1 = EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BIN; /* commit is root */
 	}
-	args[i] = NULL;
 
-	return run_command_v_opt(args, RUN_GIT_CMD);
+	return !hashcmp(ptree_sha1, commit->tree->object.sha1);
 }
 
 static int do_pick_commit(struct commit *commit, struct replay_opts *opts)
@@ -286,6 +336,8 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct commit *commit, struct replay_opts *opts)
 	char *defmsg = NULL;
 	struct strbuf msgbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int res;
+	int empty_commit;
+	int index_unchanged;
 
 	if (opts->no_commit) {
 		/*
@@ -411,6 +463,10 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct commit *commit, struct replay_opts *opts)
 		free_commit_list(remotes);
 	}
 
+	empty_commit = is_original_commit_empty(commit);
+	if (empty_commit < 0)
+		return empty_commit;
+
 	/*
 	 * If the merge was clean or if it failed due to conflict, we write
 	 * CHERRY_PICK_HEAD for the subsequent invocation of commit to use.
@@ -431,6 +487,25 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct commit *commit, struct replay_opts *opts)
 		print_advice(res == 1, opts);
 		rerere(opts->allow_rerere_auto);
 	} else {
+		index_unchanged = is_index_unchanged();
+		/*
+		 * If index_unchanged is less than 0, that indicates we either
+		 * couldn't parse HEAD or the index, so error out here.
+		 */
+		if (index_unchanged < 0)
+			return index_unchanged;
+
+		if (!empty_commit && !opts->keep_redundant_commits && index_unchanged)
+			/*
+			 * The head tree and the index match
+			 * meaning the commit is empty.  Since it wasn't created
+			 * empty (based on the previous test), we can conclude
+			 * the commit has been made redundant.  Since we don't
+			 * want to keep redundant commits, we can just return
+			 * here, skipping this commit
+			 */
+			return 0;
+
 		if (!opts->no_commit)
 			res = run_git_commit(defmsg, opts);
 	}

sequencer.h

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ struct replay_opts {
 	int signoff;
 	int allow_ff;
 	int allow_rerere_auto;
+	int allow_empty;
+	int keep_redundant_commits;
 
 	int mainline;
 

t/t3505-cherry-pick-empty.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	echo third >> file1 &&
 	git add file1 &&
 	test_tick &&
-	git commit --allow-empty-message -m ""
+	git commit --allow-empty-message -m "" &&
+
+	git checkout master &&
+	git checkout -b empty-branch2 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m "empty"
 
 '
 
@@ -48,4 +53,22 @@ test_expect_success 'index lockfile was removed' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cherry pick an empty non-ff commit without --allow-empty' '
+	git checkout master &&
+	echo fourth >>file2 &&
+	git add file2 &&
+	git commit -m "fourth" &&
+	test_must_fail git cherry-pick empty-branch2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry pick an empty non-ff commit with --allow-empty' '
+	git checkout master &&
+	git cherry-pick --allow-empty empty-branch2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'cherry pick with --keep-redundant-commits' '
+	git checkout master &&
+	git cherry-pick --keep-redundant-commits HEAD^
+'
+
 test_done