From: Patrick Steinhardt Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 10:48:31 +0000 (+0100) Subject: builtin: add new "history" command X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=86b7873b7413409e05ec6b3b20b887e5cdc3056b;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git builtin: add new "history" command When rewriting history via git-rebase(1) there are a few very common use cases: - The ordering of two commits should be reversed. - A commit should be split up into two commits. - A commit should be dropped from the history completely. - Multiple commits should be squashed into one. - Editing an existing commit that is not the tip of the current branch. While these operations are all doable, it often feels needlessly kludgey to do so by doing an interactive rebase, using the editor to say what one wants, and then perform the actions. Furthermore, some operations like splitting up a commit into two are way more involved than that and require a whole series of commands. Add a new "history" command to plug this gap. This command will have several different subcommands to imperatively rewrite history for common use cases like the above. Some of these subcommands will be implemented in subsequent commits. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 78a45cb5be..24635cf2d6 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ /git-grep /git-hash-object /git-help +/git-history /git-hook /git-http-backend /git-http-fetch diff --git a/Documentation/git-history.adoc b/Documentation/git-history.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..67b8ce2040 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-history.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +git-history(1) +============== + +NAME +---- +git-history - EXPERIMENTAL: Rewrite history of the current branch + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[synopsis] +git history [] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Rewrite history by rearranging or modifying specific commits in the +history. + +THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE. + +This command is related to linkgit:git-rebase[1] in that both commands can be +used to rewrite history. You should use rebases if you want to reapply a range +of commits onto a different base, or interactive rebases if you want to edit a +range of commits. + +Note that this command does not (yet) work with histories that contain +merges. You should use linkgit:git-rebase[1] with the `--rebase-merges` +flag instead. + +COMMANDS +-------- + +Several commands are available to rewrite history in different ways: + +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +include::includes/cmd-config-section-all.adoc[] + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/meson.build b/Documentation/meson.build index f02dbc20cb..fd2e8cc02d 100644 --- a/Documentation/meson.build +++ b/Documentation/meson.build @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ manpages = { 'git-gui.adoc' : 1, 'git-hash-object.adoc' : 1, 'git-help.adoc' : 1, + 'git-history.adoc' : 1, 'git-hook.adoc' : 1, 'git-http-backend.adoc' : 1, 'git-http-fetch.adoc' : 1, diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 809b094595..458841178b 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1408,6 +1408,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/get-tar-commit-id.o BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/grep.o BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/hash-object.o BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/help.o +BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/history.o BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/hook.o BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/index-pack.o BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/init-db.o diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h index 1b35565fbd..93c91d07d4 100644 --- a/builtin.h +++ b/builtin.h @@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struc int cmd_grep(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo); int cmd_hash_object(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo); int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo); +int cmd_history(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo); int cmd_hook(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo); int cmd_index_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo); int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo); diff --git a/builtin/history.c b/builtin/history.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f6fe32610b --- /dev/null +++ b/builtin/history.c @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +#include "builtin.h" +#include "gettext.h" +#include "parse-options.h" + +int cmd_history(int argc, + const char **argv, + const char *prefix, + struct repository *repo UNUSED) +{ + const char * const usage[] = { + N_("git history []"), + NULL, + }; + struct option options[] = { + OPT_END(), + }; + + argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, usage, 0); + if (argc) + usagef("unrecognized argument: %s", argv[0]); + return 0; +} diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt index accd3d0c4b..f9005cf459 100644 --- a/command-list.txt +++ b/command-list.txt @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ git-grep mainporcelain info git-gui mainporcelain git-hash-object plumbingmanipulators git-help ancillaryinterrogators complete +git-history mainporcelain history git-hook purehelpers git-http-backend synchingrepositories git-http-fetch synchelpers diff --git a/git.c b/git.c index c5fad56813..744cb6527e 100644 --- a/git.c +++ b/git.c @@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = { { "grep", cmd_grep, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY }, { "hash-object", cmd_hash_object }, { "help", cmd_help }, + { "history", cmd_history, RUN_SETUP }, { "hook", cmd_hook, RUN_SETUP }, { "index-pack", cmd_index_pack, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY | NO_PARSEOPT }, { "init", cmd_init_db }, diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build index 1878dff2b1..f07a308fb8 100644 --- a/meson.build +++ b/meson.build @@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ builtin_sources = [ 'builtin/grep.c', 'builtin/hash-object.c', 'builtin/help.c', + 'builtin/history.c', 'builtin/hook.c', 'builtin/index-pack.c', 'builtin/init-db.c', diff --git a/t/meson.build b/t/meson.build index 7c994d4643..62f5dca098 100644 --- a/t/meson.build +++ b/t/meson.build @@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ integration_tests = [ 't3436-rebase-more-options.sh', 't3437-rebase-fixup-options.sh', 't3438-rebase-broken-files.sh', + 't3450-history.sh', 't3500-cherry.sh', 't3501-revert-cherry-pick.sh', 't3502-cherry-pick-merge.sh', diff --git a/t/t3450-history.sh b/t/t3450-history.sh new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..417c343d43 --- /dev/null +++ b/t/t3450-history.sh @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +test_description='tests for git-history command' + +. ./test-lib.sh + +test_expect_success 'does nothing without any arguments' ' + git history >out 2>&1 && + test_must_be_empty out +' + +test_expect_success 'raises an error with unknown argument' ' + test_must_fail git history garbage 2>err && + test_grep "unrecognized argument: garbage" err +' + +test_done