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author | Jeff King <peff@peff.net> | 2018-08-02 14:58:21 -0400 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-08-02 12:52:19 -0700 |
commit | 2ec4150713eabc725ba1c43fbe032adb43d5d4cf (patch) | |
tree | 8da54e37098aa507793666245963e79b9ab8bc90 /Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | |
parent | Git 2.16.4 (diff) | |
download | tgif-2ec4150713eabc725ba1c43fbe032adb43d5d4cf.tar.xz |
score_trees(): fix iteration over trees with missing entries
In score_trees(), we walk over two sorted trees to find
which entries are missing or have different content between
the two. So if we have two trees with these entries:
one two
--- ---
a a
b c
c d
we'd expect the loop to:
- compare "a" to "a"
- compare "b" to "c"; because these are sorted lists, we
know that the second tree does not have "b"
- compare "c" to "c"
- compare "d" to end-of-list; we know that the first tree
does not have "d"
And prior to d8febde370 (match-trees: simplify score_trees()
using tree_entry(), 2013-03-24) that worked. But after that
commit, we mistakenly increment the tree pointers for every
loop iteration, even when we've processed the entry for only
one side. As a result, we end up doing this:
- compare "a" to "a"
- compare "b" to "c"; we know that we do not have "b", but
we still increment both tree pointers; at this point
we're out of sync and all further comparisons are wrong
- compare "c" to "d" and mistakenly claim that the second
tree does not have "c"
- exit the loop, mistakenly not realizing that the first
tree does not have "d"
So contrary to the claim in d8febde370, we really do need to
manually use update_tree_entry(), because advancing the tree
pointer depends on the entry comparison.
That means we must stop using tree_entry() to access each
entry, since it auto-advances the pointer. Instead:
- we'll use tree_desc.size directly to know if there's
anything left to look at (which is what tree_entry() was
doing under the hood)
- rather than do an extra struct assignment to "e1" and
"e2", we can just access the "entry" field of tree_desc
directly
That makes us a little more intimate with the tree_desc
code, but that's not uncommon for its callers.
The included test shows off the bug by adding a new entry
"bar.t", which sorts early in the tree and de-syncs the
comparison for "foo.t", which comes after.
Reported-by: George Shammas <georgyo@gmail.com>
Helped-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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