7 #define UNINTERESTING 4
9 static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list)
12 struct commit *commit = list->item;
14 if (commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)
22 * A pathological example of how this thing works.
24 * Suppose we had this commit graph, where chronologically
25 * the timestamp on the commit are A <= B <= C <= D <= E <= F
26 * and we are trying to figure out the merge base for E and F
37 * First we push E and F to list to be processed. E gets bit 1
38 * and F gets bit 2. The list becomes:
40 * list=F(2) E(1), result=empty
42 * Then we pop F, the newest commit, from the list. Its flag is 2.
43 * We scan its parents, mark them reachable from the side that F is
44 * reachable from, and push them to the list:
46 * list=E(1) D(2) A(2), result=empty
48 * Next pop E and do the same.
50 * list=D(2) B(1) A(2), result=empty
52 * Next pop D and do the same.
54 * list=C(2) B(1) A(2), result=empty
56 * Next pop C and do the same.
58 * list=B(1) A(2), result=empty
60 * Now it is B's turn. We mark its parent, C, reachable from B's side,
61 * and push it to the list:
63 * list=C(3) A(2), result=empty
65 * Now pop C and notice it has flags==3. It is placed on the result list,
66 * and the list now contains:
68 * list=A(2), result=C(3)
70 * We pop A and do the same.
72 * list=B(3), result=C(3)
74 * Next, we pop B and something very interesting happens. It has flags==3
75 * so it is also placed on the result list, and its parents are marked
76 * uninteresting, retroactively, and placed back on the list:
78 * list=C(7), result=C(7) B(3)
80 * Now, list does not have any interesting commit. So we find the newest
81 * commit from the result list that is not marked uninteresting. Which is
85 static struct commit *common_ancestor(struct commit *rev1, struct commit *rev2)
87 struct commit_list *list = NULL;
88 struct commit_list *result = NULL;
96 rev1->object.flags |= 1;
97 rev2->object.flags |= 2;
98 insert_by_date(rev1, &list);
99 insert_by_date(rev2, &list);
101 while (interesting(list)) {
102 struct commit *commit = list->item;
103 struct commit_list *tmp = list, *parents;
104 int flags = commit->object.flags & 7;
109 insert_by_date(commit, &result);
111 /* Mark children of a found merge uninteresting */
112 flags |= UNINTERESTING;
114 parents = commit->parents;
116 struct commit *p = parents->item;
117 parents = parents->next;
118 if ((p->object.flags & flags) == flags)
121 p->object.flags |= flags;
122 insert_by_date(p, &list);
125 return interesting(result);
128 int main(int argc, char **argv)
130 struct commit *rev1, *rev2, *ret;
131 unsigned char rev1key[20], rev2key[20];
134 get_sha1(argv[1], rev1key) ||
135 get_sha1(argv[2], rev2key)) {
136 usage("git-merge-base <commit-id> <commit-id>");
138 rev1 = lookup_commit_reference(rev1key);
139 rev2 = lookup_commit_reference(rev2key);
142 ret = common_ancestor(rev1, rev2);
145 printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(ret->object.sha1));