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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rerere.txt | 56 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | git-rerere.perl | 25 |
2 files changed, 57 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt index 22494b2b2e..116dca4c06 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt @@ -26,6 +26,38 @@ results and applying the previously recorded hand resolution. You need to create `$GIT_DIR/rr-cache` directory to enable this command. + +COMMANDS +-------- + +Normally, git-rerere is run without arguments or user-intervention. +However, it has several commands that allow it to interact with +its working state. + +'clear':: + +This resets the metadata used by rerere if a merge resolution is to be +is aborted. Calling gitlink:git-am[1] --skip or gitlink:git-rebase[1] +[--skip|--abort] will automatcally invoke this command. + +'diff':: + +This displays diffs for the current state of the resolution. It is +useful for tracking what has changed while the user is resolving +conflicts. Additional arguments are passed directly to the system +diff(1) command installed in PATH. + +'status':: + +Like diff, but this only prints the filenames that will be tracked +for resolutions. + +'gc':: + +This command is used to prune records of conflicted merge that +occurred long time ago. + + DISCUSSION ---------- @@ -166,30 +198,6 @@ would conflict the same way the test merge you resolved earlier. `git-rerere` is run by `git rebase` to help you resolve this conflict. -COMMANDS --------- - -Normally, git-rerere is run without arguments or user-intervention. -However, it has several commands that allow it to interact with -its working state. - -'clear':: - -This resets the metadata used by rerere if a merge resolution is to be -is aborted. Calling gitlink:git-am[1] --skip or gitlink:git-rebase[1] -[--skip|--abort] will automatcally invoke this command. - -'diff':: - -This displays diffs for the current state of the resolution. It is -useful for tracking what has changed while the user is resolving -conflicts. Additional arguments are passed directly to the system -diff(1) command installed in PATH. - -'status':: - -Like diff, but this only prints the filenames that will be tracked -for resolutions. Author ------ diff --git a/git-rerere.perl b/git-rerere.perl index b2550bb2ef..61eef575da 100755 --- a/git-rerere.perl +++ b/git-rerere.perl @@ -169,6 +169,28 @@ sub merge { return 0; } +sub garbage_collect_rerere { + # We should allow specifying these from the command line and + # that is why the caller gives @ARGV to us, but I am lazy. + + my $cutoff_noresolve = 15; # two weeks + my $cutoff_resolve = 60; # two months + my @to_remove; + while (<$rr_dir/*/preimage>) { + my ($dir) = /^(.*)\/preimage$/; + my $cutoff = ((-f "$dir/postimage") + ? $cutoff_resolve + : $cutoff_noresolve); + my $age = -M "$_"; + if ($cutoff <= $age) { + push @to_remove, $dir; + } + } + if (@to_remove) { + rmtree(\@to_remove); + } +} + -d "$rr_dir" || exit(0); read_rr(); @@ -198,6 +220,9 @@ if (@ARGV) { "$rr_dir/$name/preimage", $path); } } + elsif ($arg eq 'gc') { + garbage_collect_rerere(@ARGV); + } else { die "$0 unknown command: $arg\n"; } |