From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
Cc: Laszlo Ersek <laszlo.ersek@posteo.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blame: reserve mark column only if necessary
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:33:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqzf0397u1.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <92991b5e-0667-4315-89d5-1514a5499297@web.de> ("René Scharfe"'s message of "Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:38:25 +0200")
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:
> `--abbrev=<n>`::
> + Instead of using the default _7_ hexadecimal digits as the
> + abbreviated object name, use at least _<n>_ digits, but ensure
> + the commit object names are unique.
> + If commits marked with caret (boundary), question mark (ignored)
> + or asterisk (unblamable) are shown, extend unmarked object names
> + to align them.
OK.
> +static inline int maybe_putc(int c, FILE *out)
> +{
> + return out ? putc(c, out) : 0;
> +}
> +
> +static size_t print_marks(FILE *out, const struct blame_entry *ent, int opt)
> +{
> + size_t len = 0;
> +
> + if ((ent->suspect->commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING) &&
> + !blank_boundary && !(opt & OUTPUT_ANNOTATE_COMPAT)) {
> + maybe_putc('^', out);
> + len++;
> + }
> + if (mark_unblamable_lines && ent->unblamable) {
> + maybe_putc('*', out);
> + len++;
> + }
> + if (mark_ignored_lines && ent->ignored) {
> + maybe_putc('?', out);
> + len++;
> + }
> + return len;
> +}
Quite straight-forward.
> +static size_t count_marks(const struct blame_entry *ent, int opt)
> +{
> + return print_marks(NULL, ent, opt);
> +}
OK.
> @@ -499,23 +529,10 @@ static void emit_other(struct blame_scoreboard *sb, struct blame_entry *ent,
> if (color)
> fputs(color, stdout);
>
> - if (suspect->commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING) {
> - if (blank_boundary) {
> - memset(hex, ' ', strlen(hex));
> - } else if (!(opt & OUTPUT_ANNOTATE_COMPAT)) {
> - length--;
> - putchar('^');
> - }
> - }
> -
> - if (mark_unblamable_lines && ent->unblamable) {
> - length--;
> - putchar('*');
> - }
> - if (mark_ignored_lines && ent->ignored) {
> - length--;
> - putchar('?');
> - }
> + if ((suspect->commit->object.flags & UNINTERESTING) &&
> + blank_boundary)
> + memset(hex, ' ', strlen(hex));
> + length -= print_marks(stdout, ent, opt);
>
> printf("%.*s", (int)(length < GIT_MAX_HEXSZ ? length : GIT_MAX_HEXSZ), hex);
> if (opt & OUTPUT_ANNOTATE_COMPAT) {
> @@ -647,11 +664,15 @@ static void find_alignment(struct blame_scoreboard *sb, int *option)
> struct blame_entry *e;
> int compute_auto_abbrev = (abbrev < 0);
> int auto_abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
> + size_t max_marks_count = 0;
>
> for (e = sb->ent; e; e = e->next) {
> struct blame_origin *suspect = e->suspect;
> int num;
> + size_t marks_count = count_marks(e, *option);
>
> + if (max_marks_count < marks_count)
> + max_marks_count = marks_count;
> if (compute_auto_abbrev)
> auto_abbrev = update_auto_abbrev(auto_abbrev, suspect);
> if (strcmp(suspect->path, sb->path))
> @@ -685,8 +706,12 @@ static void find_alignment(struct blame_scoreboard *sb, int *option)
> max_score_digits = decimal_width(largest_score);
>
> if (compute_auto_abbrev)
> - /* one more abbrev length is needed for the boundary commit */
> - abbrev = auto_abbrev + 1;
> + abbrev = auto_abbrev;
> + if (abbrev < (int)the_hash_algo->hexsz) {
> + abbrev += max_marks_count;
> + if (abbrev > (int)the_hash_algo->hexsz)
> + abbrev = the_hash_algo->hexsz;
> + }
> }
>
> static void sanity_check_on_fail(struct blame_scoreboard *sb, int baa)
> @@ -1047,10 +1072,7 @@ int cmd_blame(int argc,
> } else if (show_progress < 0)
> show_progress = isatty(2);
>
> - if (0 < abbrev && abbrev < (int)the_hash_algo->hexsz)
> - /* one more abbrev length is needed for the boundary commit */
> - abbrev++;
> - else if (!abbrev)
> + if (!abbrev)
> abbrev = the_hash_algo->hexsz;
OK.
> diff --git a/t/t8002-blame.sh b/t/t8002-blame.sh
> index 7822947f028..bf04b8273ef 100755
> --- a/t/t8002-blame.sh
> +++ b/t/t8002-blame.sh
> @@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ test_expect_success 'set up abbrev tests' '
> '
>
> test_expect_success 'blame --abbrev=<n> works' '
> - # non-boundary commits get +1 for alignment
> - check_abbrev 31 --abbrev=30 HEAD &&
> + check_abbrev 30 --abbrev=30 HEAD &&
> check_abbrev 30 --abbrev=30 ^HEAD
> '
>
> @@ -141,10 +140,8 @@ test_expect_success 'blame --abbrev gets truncated with boundary commit' '
> '
>
> test_expect_success 'blame --abbrev -b truncates the blank boundary' '
> - # Note that `--abbrev=` always gets incremented by 1, which is why we
> - # expect 11 leading spaces and not 10.
> cat >expect <<-EOF &&
> - $(printf "%11s" "") (<author@example.com> 2005-04-07 15:45:13 -0700 1) abbrev
> + $(printf "%10s" "") (<author@example.com> 2005-04-07 15:45:13 -0700 1) abbrev
> EOF
OK.
> git blame -b --abbrev=10 ^HEAD -- abbrev.t >actual &&
> test_cmp expect actual
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-06 20:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-30 11:15 git-blame vs. abbrev Laszlo Ersek
2026-06-30 19:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-30 20:32 ` Laszlo Ersek
2026-06-30 21:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-01 8:43 ` Laszlo Ersek
2026-06-30 21:38 ` René Scharfe
2026-07-01 8:45 ` Laszlo Ersek
2026-07-06 8:38 ` [PATCH] blame: reserve mark column only if necessary René Scharfe
2026-07-06 20:33 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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