From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] name-rev: learn --format=<pretty>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:22:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq8qbvz2dm.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <name-rev_--format.4af@msgid.xyz> (kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com's message of "Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:03:38 +0100")
kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com writes:
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.adoc b/Documentation/git-name-rev.adoc
> index d4f1c4d5945..8f050cd4763 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.adoc
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revs
> SYNOPSIS
> --------
> [verse]
> -'git name-rev' [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>]
> +'git name-rev' [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>] [--format=<pretty>]
> ( --all | --annotate-stdin | <commit-ish>... )
We acquired a new option. Do we need a matching change to
the contents of name_rev_usage[] array?
> +--format=<pretty>::
> +--no-format::
> + Format revisions instead of outputting symbolic names. The
> + default is `--no-format`.
> ++
> +Implies `--name-only`.
If it is implication, would
git name-rev --format=reference --no-name-only
do what is naturally expected?
> @@ -462,6 +472,25 @@ static const char *get_rev_name(const struct object *o, struct strbuf *buf)
> if (o->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
> return get_exact_ref_match(o);
> c = (const struct commit *) o;
> +
> + if (format_ctx) {
> + strbuf_reset(buf);
> +
> + if (format_ctx->want.notes) {
> + struct strbuf notebuf = STRBUF_INIT;
> +
> + format_display_notes(&c->object.oid, ¬ebuf,
> + get_log_output_encoding(),
> + format_ctx->ctx.fmt == CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT);
> + format_ctx->ctx.notes_message = strbuf_detach(¬ebuf, NULL);
> + }
> +
> + pretty_print_commit(&format_ctx->ctx, c, buf);
> + free(format_ctx->ctx.notes_message);
Is free() the expected thing to do here, or FREE_AND_NULL()? Unlike
callers like log-tree.c:show_log() where a context is prepared, used
once, and then discarded, format_pp is initialized in cmd_name_rev()
once and then repeatedly used by show_name() potentially multiple
times, so there may be a risk of getting confused by this leftover
non-NULL pointer that points at an already free'd piece of memory.
Or there may not be---I did not check, but you as the author must
have already checked, hence this question.
> + return buf->buf;
> + }
> +
> n = get_commit_rev_name(c);
> if (!n)
> return NULL;
> @@ -479,6 +508,7 @@ static const char *get_rev_name(const struct object *o, struct strbuf *buf)
>
> static void show_name(const struct object *obj,
> const char *caller_name,
> + struct pretty_format *format_ctx,
> int always, int allow_undefined, int name_only)
> {
> const char *name;
> @@ -487,7 +517,7 @@ static void show_name(const struct object *obj,
>
> if (!name_only)
> printf("%s ", caller_name ? caller_name : oid_to_hex(oid));
> - name = get_rev_name(obj, &buf);
> + name = get_rev_name(obj, format_ctx, &buf);
> if (name)
> printf("%s\n", name);
> else if (allow_undefined)
> @@ -507,7 +537,9 @@ static char const * const name_rev_usage[] = {
> NULL
> };
>
> -static void name_rev_line(char *p, struct name_ref_data *data)
> +static void name_rev_line(char *p,
> + struct name_ref_data *data,
> + struct pretty_format *format_ctx)
> {
> struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> int counter = 0;
> @@ -532,7 +564,7 @@ static void name_rev_line(char *p, struct name_ref_data *data)
> struct object *o =
> lookup_object(the_repository, &oid);
> if (o)
> - name = get_rev_name(o, &buf);
> + name = get_rev_name(o, format_ctx, &buf);
> }
> *(p+1) = c;
>
> @@ -567,6 +599,10 @@ int cmd_name_rev(int argc,
> #endif
> int all = 0, annotate_stdin = 0, allow_undefined = 1, always = 0, peel_tag = 0;
> struct name_ref_data data = { 0, 0, STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP, STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP };
> + const char *format = NULL;
> + struct rev_info format_rev = REV_INFO_INIT;
> + struct pretty_format *format_ctx = NULL;
> + struct pretty_format format_pp = {0};
Hmph, would we want to use the full init_revisions() instead of
static REV_INFO_INIT that initialises a lot more members of the
struct properly, most importantly the "repo" member that points at
the repostiory to be used?
> + if (format) {
> + struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
> + struct userformat_want want = {0};
> +
> + get_commit_format(format, &format_rev);
> + ctx.rev = &format_rev;
> + ctx.fmt = format_rev.commit_format;
> + ctx.abbrev = format_rev.abbrev;
> + ctx.date_mode_explicit = format_rev.date_mode_explicit;
> + ctx.date_mode = format_rev.date_mode;
> + ctx.color = GIT_COLOR_AUTO;
> + format_pp.ctx = ctx;
Why does this code initialize and assign to a on-stack ctx first and
then assign it to format_pp.ctx, instead of working on format_pp.ctx
directly?
> + userformat_find_requirements(format, &want);
> + if (want.notes)
> + load_display_notes(NULL);
> +
> + format_pp.want = want;
> + format_ctx = &format_pp;
> +
> + data.name_only = true;
> + }
> +
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-14 0:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-13 16:03 [PATCH 0/2] name-rev: learn --format=<pretty> kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-03-13 16:03 ` [PATCH 1/2] name-rev: wrap both blocks in braces kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-03-14 0:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-17 22:10 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-13 16:03 ` [PATCH 2/2] name-rev: learn --format=<pretty> kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-03-14 0:22 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-03-17 22:07 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-18 15:36 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-20 13:09 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-03-20 13:09 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] name-rev: wrap both blocks in braces kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-03-20 13:09 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] name-rev: learn --format=<pretty> kristofferhaugsbakk
2026-03-20 15:25 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-03-23 17:34 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
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