Re: [RFC PATCH 11/35] update: add --merge mode

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jul 05 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-update.txt |  4 ++++
>  builtin/update.c             | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
>  t/t5563-update.sh            | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-update.txt b/Documentation/git-update.txt
> index df778b7ef4..075653c6fd 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-update.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-update.txt
> @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ OPTIONS
>  --ff::
>  	Forces a fast-forward.
>  
> +-m::
> +--merge::
> +	Forces a merge.
> +
>  SEE ALSO
>  --------
>  linkgit:git-fetch[1], linkgit:git-fast-forward[1],
> diff --git a/builtin/update.c b/builtin/update.c
> index 34681fe21a..5946b383f5 100644
> --- a/builtin/update.c
> +++ b/builtin/update.c
> @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
>  #include "dir.h"
>  
>  enum update_mode_type {
> -	UPDATE_MODE_FAST_FORWARD = 0
> +	UPDATE_MODE_FAST_FORWARD = 0,
> +	UPDATE_MODE_MERGE
>  };
>  
>  static enum update_mode_type mode = UPDATE_MODE_FAST_FORWARD;
> @@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ static struct option update_options[] = {
>  	OPT_SET_INT_F('f', "ff", &mode,
>  		N_("incorporate changes by fast-forwarding"),
>  		UPDATE_MODE_FAST_FORWARD, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
> +	OPT_SET_INT_F('m', "merge", &mode,
> +		N_("incorporate changes by merging"),
> +		UPDATE_MODE_MERGE, PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
>  
>  	OPT_END()
>  };
> @@ -50,6 +54,18 @@ static int run_fast_forward(void)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +static int run_merge(void)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	struct strvec args = STRVEC_INIT;
> +
> +	strvec_pushl(&args, "merge", "FETCH_HEAD", NULL);
> +
> +	ret = run_command_v_opt(args.v, RUN_GIT_CMD);
> +	strvec_clear(&args);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  int cmd_update(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  {
>  	if (!getenv("GIT_REFLOG_ACTION"))
> @@ -68,6 +84,8 @@ int cmd_update(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  
>  	if (mode == UPDATE_MODE_FAST_FORWARD)
>  		return run_fast_forward();
> +	if (mode == UPDATE_MODE_MERGE)
> +		return run_merge();
>  
>  	return 1;
>  }
> diff --git a/t/t5563-update.sh b/t/t5563-update.sh
> index 951df41ac4..833a5285da 100755
> --- a/t/t5563-update.sh
> +++ b/t/t5563-update.sh
> @@ -42,4 +42,19 @@ test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward update' '
>  	)
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'git update non-fast-forward with merge' '
> +	test_when_finished "rm -rf test" &&
> +	(
> +	git clone . test &&
> +	cd test &&
> +	git checkout -b other master^ &&
> +	>new &&

We usually indent the subshell...

> +	git add new &&
> +	git commit -m new &&

And if we can use test_commit, less verbose.