Merge branch 'tc/replay-linearize' into seen

git replay learns --linearize option to drop merge commits and
linearize the replayed history, mimicking git rebase
--no-rebase-merges.

* tc/replay-linearize:
  replay: offer an option to linearize the commit topology
  replay: better explain how pick_regular_commit() picks a base
  replay: add helper to put entry into mapped_commits
seen
Junio C Hamano 2026-07-01 11:10:51 -07:00
commit e01aeeee04
5 changed files with 152 additions and 20 deletions

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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
(EXPERIMENTAL!) 'git replay' ([--contained] --onto=<newbase> | --advance=<branch> | --revert=<branch>)
[--ref=<ref>] [--ref-action=<mode>] <revision-range>
[--ref=<ref>] [--ref-action=<mode>] [--linearize] <revision-range>

DESCRIPTION
-----------
@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ Expanded description list compared to 'replay.refAction'.
+
The default mode can be configured via the `replay.refAction` configuration variable.

--linearize::
In this mode, `git replay` imitates `git rebase --no-rebase-merges`,
i.e. it cherry-picks only non-merge commits, each one on top of the
previous one.
This option is incompatible with `--revert`.

<revision-range>::
Range of commits to replay; see "Specifying Ranges" in
linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]. In `--advance=<branch>` or

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@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int cmd_replay(int argc,
const char *const replay_usage[] = {
N_("(EXPERIMENTAL!) git replay "
"([--contained] --onto=<newbase> | --advance=<branch> | --revert=<branch>)\n"
"[--ref=<ref>] [--ref-action=<mode>] <revision-range>"),
"[--ref=<ref>] [--ref-action=<mode>] [--linearize] <revision-range>"),
NULL
};
struct option replay_options[] = {
@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ int cmd_replay(int argc,
N_("mode"),
N_("control ref update behavior (update|print)"),
PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
OPT_BOOL(0, "linearize", &opts.linearize,
N_("drop merge commits, replaying only non-merge commits")),
OPT_END()
};

@ -132,6 +134,8 @@ int cmd_replay(int argc,
opts.contained, "--contained");
die_for_incompatible_opt2(!!opts.ref, "--ref",
!!opts.contained, "--contained");
die_for_incompatible_opt2(!!opts.revert, "--revert",
opts.linearize, "--linearize");

/* Parse ref action mode from command line or config */
ref_mode = get_ref_action_mode(repo, ref_action);

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@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ static void set_up_replay_mode(struct repository *repo,
strset_clear(&rinfo.positive_refs);
}

static struct commit *mapped_commit(kh_oid_map_t *replayed_commits,
struct commit *commit,
struct commit *fallback)
static struct commit *get_mapped_commit(kh_oid_map_t *replayed_commits,
struct commit *commit,
struct commit *fallback)
{
khint_t pos;
if (!commit)
@ -263,10 +263,25 @@ static struct commit *mapped_commit(kh_oid_map_t *replayed_commits,
return kh_value(replayed_commits, pos);
}

static void put_mapped_commit(kh_oid_map_t *replayed_commits,
struct commit *commit,
struct commit *new_commit)
{
khint_t pos;
int ret;

pos = kh_put_oid_map(replayed_commits, commit->object.oid, &ret);
if (ret == 0)
BUG("Duplicate rewritten commit: %s\n",
oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));

kh_value(replayed_commits, pos) = new_commit;
}

static struct commit *pick_regular_commit(struct repository *repo,
struct commit *pickme,
struct commit *default_base,
kh_oid_map_t *replayed_commits,
struct commit *onto,
struct merge_options *merge_opt,
struct merge_result *result,
enum replay_mode mode,
@ -283,7 +298,7 @@ static struct commit *pick_regular_commit(struct repository *repo,
base_tree = lookup_tree(repo, repo->hash_algo->empty_tree);
}

replayed_base = mapped_commit(replayed_commits, base, onto);
replayed_base = get_mapped_commit(replayed_commits, base, default_base);
replayed_base_tree = repo_get_commit_tree(repo, replayed_base);
pickme_tree = repo_get_commit_tree(repo, pickme);

@ -423,24 +438,44 @@ int replay_revisions(struct rev_info *revs,
replayed_commits = kh_init_oid_map();
while ((commit = get_revision(revs))) {
const struct name_decoration *decoration;
khint_t pos;
int hr;

if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next)
die(_("replaying merge commits is not supported yet!"));
if (commit->parents && commit->parents->next) {
if (!opts->linearize)
die(_("replaying merge commits is not supported yet!"));
/*
* Drop the merge commit: do not pick it, leave
* `last_commit` unchanged, and fall through to the
* rest of the loop. As a result:
* - the merge commit is mapped to `last_commit` in
* `replayed_commits`, this will become the parent for
* the child commits.
* - refs previously pointing to the merge commit are
* rewritten to point to the previous non-merge commit.
*/
} else {
/*
* pick_regular_commit() looks up the parent of `commit` in
* `replayed_commits` to determine the ancestor to replay onto.
* The `default_base` parameter is used when no ancestor is found,
* which happens for the first commit in the revision range.
* When reverting, commits are replayed in reverse order, so the
* lookup never succeeds, and we need to pass `last_commit`.
*/
struct commit *base = onto;
if (mode == REPLAY_MODE_REVERT)
base = last_commit;

last_commit = pick_regular_commit(revs->repo, commit, base,
replayed_commits,
&merge_opt, &result,
mode, opts->empty);
}

last_commit = pick_regular_commit(revs->repo, commit, replayed_commits,
mode == REPLAY_MODE_REVERT ? last_commit : onto,
&merge_opt, &result, mode, opts->empty);
if (!last_commit)
break;

/* Record commit -> last_commit mapping */
pos = kh_put_oid_map(replayed_commits, commit->object.oid, &hr);
if (hr == 0)
BUG("Duplicate rewritten commit: %s\n",
oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
kh_value(replayed_commits, pos) = last_commit;
put_mapped_commit(replayed_commits, commit, last_commit);

/* Update any necessary branches */
if (ref)

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@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ struct replay_revisions_options {
* Defaults to REPLAY_EMPTY_COMMIT_DROP.
*/
enum replay_empty_commit_action empty;

/*
* Whether to linearize the commits (i.e. drop merge commits).
*/
int linearize;
};

/* This struct is used as an out-parameter by `replay_revisions()`. */

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@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
test_merge P O --no-ff &&
git switch main &&

git switch --orphan unrelated &&
test_commit unrelated-root &&

git switch -c conflict B &&
test_commit C.conflict C.t conflict
test_commit C.conflict C.t conflict &&
git branch -D unrelated
'

test_expect_success 'setup bare' '
@ -97,6 +101,12 @@ test_expect_success '--advance and --contained cannot be used together' '
test_grep "cannot be used together" actual
'

test_expect_success '--revert and --linearize cannot be used together' '
test_must_fail git replay --revert=main --linearize \
topic1..topic2 2>actual &&
test_grep "cannot be used together" actual
'

test_expect_success 'cannot advance target ... ordering would be ill-defined' '
echo "fatal: ${SQ}--advance${SQ} cannot be used with multiple revision ranges because the ordering would be ill-defined" >expect &&
test_must_fail git replay --advance=main main topic1 topic2 2>actual &&
@ -565,4 +575,76 @@ test_expect_success '--onto with --ref rejects multiple revision ranges' '
test_grep "cannot be used with multiple revision ranges" err
'

test_expect_success 'replay to rebase merge commit with --linearize' '
git replay --ref-action=print --linearize \
--onto main I..topic-with-merge >result &&

test_line_count = 1 result &&

git log --format=%s $(cut -f 3 -d " " result) >actual &&
test_write_lines O N J M L B A >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual
'

test_expect_success 'replay to rebase merge commit with --linearize down to the root commit' '
git replay --ref-action=print --linearize \
--onto unrelated-root topic-with-merge >result &&

test_line_count = 1 result &&

git log --format=%s $(cut -f 3 -d " " result) >actual &&
test_write_lines O N J I B A unrelated-root >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual
'

test_expect_success 'replay to cherry-pick merge commit with --linearize' '
git replay --ref-action=print --linearize \
--advance main I..topic-with-merge >result &&

test_line_count = 1 result &&

git log --format=%s $(cut -f 3 -d " " result) >actual &&
test_write_lines O N J M L B A >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual &&

printf "update refs/heads/main " >expect &&
printf "%s " $(cut -f 3 -d " " result) >>expect &&
git rev-parse main >>expect &&
test_cmp expect result
'

test_expect_success 'replay --linearize produces the same patches' '
git replay --ref-action=print --linearize \
--onto main I..topic-with-merge >result &&

test_line_count = 1 result &&
tip=$(cut -f 3 -d " " result) &&

# range-diff does not care about the dropped merge,
# so the original commits (I..topic-with-merge)
# and the replayed chain (main..tip) must produce identical patches.
git range-diff I..topic-with-merge main..$tip >out &&
test_file_not_empty out &&
test_grep ! -v "=" out &&

git log --oneline main..$tip >out &&
test_line_count = 3 out
'

test_expect_success 'replay with --linearize to rebase multiple divergent branches' '
git replay --ref-action=print --linearize \
--onto main ^B topic2 topic-with-merge >result &&

test_line_count = 2 result &&
cut -f 3 -d " " result >new-branch-tips &&

git log --format=%s $(head -n 1 new-branch-tips) >actual &&
test_write_lines E D C M L B A >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual &&

git log --format=%s $(tail -n 1 new-branch-tips) >actual &&
test_write_lines O N J I M L B A >expect &&
test_cmp expect actual
'

test_done