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1 #ifndef MERGE_RECURSIVE_H
2 #define MERGE_RECURSIVE_H
3
4 #include "strbuf.h"
5
6 struct commit;
7 struct commit_list;
8 struct object_id;
9 struct repository;
10 struct tree;
11
12 struct merge_options_internal;
13 struct merge_options {
14 struct repository *repo;
15
16 /* ref names used in console messages and conflict markers */
17 const char *ancestor;
18 const char *branch1;
19 const char *branch2;
20
21 /* rename related options */
22 int detect_renames;
23 enum {
24 MERGE_DIRECTORY_RENAMES_NONE = 0,
25 MERGE_DIRECTORY_RENAMES_CONFLICT = 1,
26 MERGE_DIRECTORY_RENAMES_TRUE = 2
27 } detect_directory_renames;
28 int rename_limit;
29 int rename_score;
30 int show_rename_progress;
31
32 /* xdiff-related options (patience, ignore whitespace, ours/theirs) */
33 long xdl_opts;
34 enum {
35 MERGE_VARIANT_NORMAL = 0,
36 MERGE_VARIANT_OURS,
37 MERGE_VARIANT_THEIRS
38 } recursive_variant;
39
40 /* console output related options */
41 int verbosity;
42 unsigned buffer_output; /* 1: output at end, 2: keep buffered */
43 struct strbuf obuf; /* output buffer; if buffer_output == 2, caller
44 * must handle and call strbuf_release */
45
46 /* miscellaneous control options */
47 const char *subtree_shift;
48 unsigned renormalize : 1;
49
50 /* internal fields used by the implementation */
51 struct merge_options_internal *priv;
52 };
53
54 void init_merge_options(struct merge_options *opt, struct repository *repo);
55
56 /* parse the option in s and update the relevant field of opt */
57 int parse_merge_opt(struct merge_options *opt, const char *s);
58
59 /*
60 * RETURN VALUES: All the merge_* functions below return a value as follows:
61 * > 0 Merge was clean
62 * = 0 Merge had conflicts
63 * < 0 Merge hit an unexpected and unrecoverable problem (e.g. disk
64 * full) and aborted merge part-way through.
65 */
66
67 /*
68 * rename-detecting three-way merge, no recursion.
69 *
70 * Outputs:
71 * - See RETURN VALUES above
72 * - opt->repo->index has the new index
73 * - new index NOT written to disk
74 * - The working tree is updated with results of the merge
75 */
76 int merge_trees(struct merge_options *opt,
77 struct tree *head,
78 struct tree *merge,
79 struct tree *merge_base);
80
81 /*
82 * merge_recursive is like merge_trees() but with recursive ancestor
83 * consolidation.
84 *
85 * NOTE: empirically, about a decade ago it was determined that with more
86 * than two merge bases, optimal behavior was found when the
87 * merge_bases were passed in the order of oldest commit to newest
88 * commit. Also, merge_bases will be consumed (emptied) so make a
89 * copy if you need it.
90 *
91 * Outputs:
92 * - See RETURN VALUES above
93 * - *result is treated as scratch space for temporary recursive merges
94 * - opt->repo->index has the new index
95 * - new index NOT written to disk
96 * - The working tree is updated with results of the merge
97 */
98 int merge_recursive(struct merge_options *opt,
99 struct commit *h1,
100 struct commit *h2,
101 struct commit_list *merge_bases,
102 struct commit **result);
103
104 /*
105 * merge_recursive_generic can operate on trees instead of commits, by
106 * wrapping the trees into virtual commits, and calling merge_recursive().
107 * It also writes out the in-memory index to disk if the merge is successful.
108 *
109 * Outputs:
110 * - See RETURN VALUES above
111 * - *result is treated as scratch space for temporary recursive merges
112 * - opt->repo->index has the new index
113 * - new index also written to $GIT_INDEX_FILE on disk
114 * - The working tree is updated with results of the merge
115 */
116 int merge_recursive_generic(struct merge_options *opt,
117 const struct object_id *head,
118 const struct object_id *merge,
119 int num_merge_bases,
120 const struct object_id **merge_bases,
121 struct commit **result);
122
123 #endif