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Diffstat (limited to 'xdiff')
| -rw-r--r-- | xdiff/xdiff.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | xdiff/xdiffi.c | 325 |
2 files changed, 326 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/xdiff/xdiff.h b/xdiff/xdiff.h index 7423f77fc8..8db16d4ae6 100644 --- a/xdiff/xdiff.h +++ b/xdiff/xdiff.h @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ extern "C" { #define XDF_IGNORE_BLANK_LINES (1 << 7) #define XDF_COMPACTION_HEURISTIC (1 << 8) +#define XDF_INDENT_HEURISTIC (1 << 9) #define XDL_EMIT_FUNCNAMES (1 << 0) #define XDL_EMIT_FUNCCONTEXT (1 << 2) diff --git a/xdiff/xdiffi.c b/xdiff/xdiffi.c index 44fded6723..67c1cccf08 100644 --- a/xdiff/xdiffi.c +++ b/xdiff/xdiffi.c @@ -414,6 +414,286 @@ static int recs_match(xrecord_t *rec1, xrecord_t *rec2, long flags) } /* + * If a line is indented more than this, get_indent() just returns this value. + * This avoids having to do absurd amounts of work for data that are not + * human-readable text, and also ensures that the output of get_indent fits within + * an int. + */ +#define MAX_INDENT 200 + +/* + * Return the amount of indentation of the specified line, treating TAB as 8 + * columns. Return -1 if line is empty or contains only whitespace. Clamp the + * output value at MAX_INDENT. + */ +static int get_indent(xrecord_t *rec) +{ + long i; + int ret = 0; + + for (i = 0; i < rec->size; i++) { + char c = rec->ptr[i]; + + if (!XDL_ISSPACE(c)) + return ret; + else if (c == ' ') + ret += 1; + else if (c == '\t') + ret += 8 - ret % 8; + /* ignore other whitespace characters */ + + if (ret >= MAX_INDENT) + return MAX_INDENT; + } + + /* The line contains only whitespace. */ + return -1; +} + +/* + * If more than this number of consecutive blank rows are found, just return this + * value. This avoids requiring O(N^2) work for pathological cases, and also + * ensures that the output of score_split fits in an int. + */ +#define MAX_BLANKS 20 + +/* Characteristics measured about a hypothetical split position. */ +struct split_measurement { + /* + * Is the split at the end of the file (aside from any blank lines)? + */ + int end_of_file; + + /* + * How much is the line immediately following the split indented (or -1 if + * the line is blank): + */ + int indent; + + /* + * How many consecutive lines above the split are blank? + */ + int pre_blank; + + /* + * How much is the nearest non-blank line above the split indented (or -1 + * if there is no such line)? + */ + int pre_indent; + + /* + * How many lines after the line following the split are blank? + */ + int post_blank; + + /* + * How much is the nearest non-blank line after the line following the + * split indented (or -1 if there is no such line)? + */ + int post_indent; +}; + +struct split_score { + /* The effective indent of this split (smaller is preferred). */ + int effective_indent; + + /* Penalty for this split (smaller is preferred). */ + int penalty; +}; + +/* + * Fill m with information about a hypothetical split of xdf above line split. + */ +static void measure_split(const xdfile_t *xdf, long split, + struct split_measurement *m) +{ + long i; + + if (split >= xdf->nrec) { + m->end_of_file = 1; + m->indent = -1; + } else { + m->end_of_file = 0; + m->indent = get_indent(xdf->recs[split]); + } + + m->pre_blank = 0; + m->pre_indent = -1; + for (i = split - 1; i >= 0; i--) { + m->pre_indent = get_indent(xdf->recs[i]); + if (m->pre_indent != -1) + break; + m->pre_blank += 1; + if (m->pre_blank == MAX_BLANKS) { + m->pre_indent = 0; + break; + } + } + + m->post_blank = 0; + m->post_indent = -1; + for (i = split + 1; i < xdf->nrec; i++) { + m->post_indent = get_indent(xdf->recs[i]); + if (m->post_indent != -1) + break; + m->post_blank += 1; + if (m->post_blank == MAX_BLANKS) { + m->post_indent = 0; + break; + } + } +} + +/* + * The empirically-determined weight factors used by score_split() below. + * Larger values means that the position is a less favorable place to split. + * + * Note that scores are only ever compared against each other, so multiplying + * all of these weight/penalty values by the same factor wouldn't change the + * heuristic's behavior. Still, we need to set that arbitrary scale *somehow*. + * In practice, these numbers are chosen to be large enough that they can be + * adjusted relative to each other with sufficient precision despite using + * integer math. + */ + +/* Penalty if there are no non-blank lines before the split */ +#define START_OF_FILE_PENALTY 1 + +/* Penalty if there are no non-blank lines after the split */ +#define END_OF_FILE_PENALTY 21 + +/* Multiplier for the number of blank lines around the split */ +#define TOTAL_BLANK_WEIGHT (-30) + +/* Multiplier for the number of blank lines after the split */ +#define POST_BLANK_WEIGHT 6 + +/* + * Penalties applied if the line is indented more than its predecessor + */ +#define RELATIVE_INDENT_PENALTY (-4) +#define RELATIVE_INDENT_WITH_BLANK_PENALTY 10 + +/* + * Penalties applied if the line is indented less than both its predecessor and + * its successor + */ +#define RELATIVE_OUTDENT_PENALTY 24 +#define RELATIVE_OUTDENT_WITH_BLANK_PENALTY 17 + +/* + * Penalties applied if the line is indented less than its predecessor but not + * less than its successor + */ +#define RELATIVE_DEDENT_PENALTY 23 +#define RELATIVE_DEDENT_WITH_BLANK_PENALTY 17 + +/* + * We only consider whether the sum of the effective indents for splits are + * less than (-1), equal to (0), or greater than (+1) each other. The resulting + * value is multiplied by the following weight and combined with the penalty to + * determine the better of two scores. + */ +#define INDENT_WEIGHT 60 + +/* + * Compute a badness score for the hypothetical split whose measurements are + * stored in m. The weight factors were determined empirically using the tools and + * corpus described in + * + * https://github.com/mhagger/diff-slider-tools + * + * Also see that project if you want to improve the weights based on, for example, + * a larger or more diverse corpus. + */ +static void score_add_split(const struct split_measurement *m, struct split_score *s) +{ + /* + * A place to accumulate penalty factors (positive makes this index more + * favored): + */ + int post_blank, total_blank, indent, any_blanks; + + if (m->pre_indent == -1 && m->pre_blank == 0) + s->penalty += START_OF_FILE_PENALTY; + + if (m->end_of_file) + s->penalty += END_OF_FILE_PENALTY; + + /* + * Set post_blank to the number of blank lines following the split, + * including the line immediately after the split: + */ + post_blank = (m->indent == -1) ? 1 + m->post_blank : 0; + total_blank = m->pre_blank + post_blank; + + /* Penalties based on nearby blank lines: */ + s->penalty += TOTAL_BLANK_WEIGHT * total_blank; + s->penalty += POST_BLANK_WEIGHT * post_blank; + + if (m->indent != -1) + indent = m->indent; + else + indent = m->post_indent; + + any_blanks = (total_blank != 0); + + /* Note that the effective indent is -1 at the end of the file: */ + s->effective_indent += indent; + + if (indent == -1) { + /* No additional adjustments needed. */ + } else if (m->pre_indent == -1) { + /* No additional adjustments needed. */ + } else if (indent > m->pre_indent) { + /* + * The line is indented more than its predecessor. + */ + s->penalty += any_blanks ? + RELATIVE_INDENT_WITH_BLANK_PENALTY : + RELATIVE_INDENT_PENALTY; + } else if (indent == m->pre_indent) { + /* + * The line has the same indentation level as its predecessor. + * No additional adjustments needed. + */ + } else { + /* + * The line is indented less than its predecessor. It could be + * the block terminator of the previous block, but it could + * also be the start of a new block (e.g., an "else" block, or + * maybe the previous block didn't have a block terminator). + * Try to distinguish those cases based on what comes next: + */ + if (m->post_indent != -1 && m->post_indent > indent) { + /* + * The following line is indented more. So it is likely + * that this line is the start of a block. + */ + s->penalty += any_blanks ? + RELATIVE_OUTDENT_WITH_BLANK_PENALTY : + RELATIVE_OUTDENT_PENALTY; + } else { + /* + * That was probably the end of a block. + */ + s->penalty += any_blanks ? + RELATIVE_DEDENT_WITH_BLANK_PENALTY : + RELATIVE_DEDENT_PENALTY; + } + } +} + +static int score_cmp(struct split_score *s1, struct split_score *s2) +{ + /* -1 if s1.effective_indent < s2->effective_indent, etc. */ + int cmp_indents = ((s1->effective_indent > s2->effective_indent) - + (s1->effective_indent < s2->effective_indent)); + + return INDENT_WEIGHT * cmp_indents + (s1->penalty - s2->penalty); +} + +/* * Represent a group of changed lines in an xdfile_t (i.e., a contiguous group * of lines that was inserted or deleted from the corresponding version of the * file). We consider there to be such a group at the beginning of the file, at @@ -604,6 +884,14 @@ int xdl_change_compact(xdfile_t *xdf, xdfile_t *xdfo, long flags) { } } while (groupsize != g.end - g.start); + /* + * If the group can be shifted, then we can possibly use this + * freedom to produce a more intuitive diff. + * + * The group is currently shifted as far down as possible, so the + * heuristics below only have to handle upwards shifts. + */ + if (g.end == earliest_end) { /* no shifting was possible */ } else if (end_matching_other != -1) { @@ -633,6 +921,43 @@ int xdl_change_compact(xdfile_t *xdf, xdfile_t *xdfo, long flags) { if (group_previous(xdfo, &go)) xdl_bug("group sync broken sliding to blank line"); } + } else if (flags & XDF_INDENT_HEURISTIC) { + /* + * Indent heuristic: a group of pure add/delete lines + * implies two splits, one between the end of the "before" + * context and the start of the group, and another between + * the end of the group and the beginning of the "after" + * context. Some splits are aesthetically better and some + * are worse. We compute a badness "score" for each split, + * and add the scores for the two splits to define a + * "score" for each position that the group can be shifted + * to. Then we pick the shift with the lowest score. + */ + long shift, best_shift = -1; + struct split_score best_score; + + for (shift = earliest_end; shift <= g.end; shift++) { + struct split_measurement m; + struct split_score score = {0, 0}; + + measure_split(xdf, shift, &m); + score_add_split(&m, &score); + measure_split(xdf, shift - groupsize, &m); + score_add_split(&m, &score); + if (best_shift == -1 || + score_cmp(&score, &best_score) <= 0) { + best_score.effective_indent = score.effective_indent; + best_score.penalty = score.penalty; + best_shift = shift; + } + } + + while (g.end > best_shift) { + if (group_slide_up(xdf, &g, flags)) + xdl_bug("best shift unreached"); + if (group_previous(xdfo, &go)) + xdl_bug("group sync broken sliding to blank line"); + } } next: |