rebase -i: support --ignore-date

Rebase is implemented with two different backends - 'apply' and
'merge' each of which support a different set of options. In
particular the apply backend supports a number of options implemented
by 'git am' that are not implemented in the merge backend. This means
that the available options are different depending on which backend is
used which is confusing. This patch adds support for the --ignore-date
option to the merge backend. This option uses the current time as the
author date rather than reusing the original author date when
rewriting commits. We take care to handle the combination of
--ignore-date and --committer-date-is-author-date in the same way as
the apply backend.

Original-patch-by: Rohit Ashiwal <rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 54 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 78d09f9..4ccb545 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_refs_to_delete, "rebase-merge/refs-to-delete")
  */
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_gpg_sign_opt, "rebase-merge/gpg_sign_opt")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_cdate_is_adate, "rebase-merge/cdate_is_adate")
+static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_ignore_date, "rebase-merge/ignore_date")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_orig_head, "rebase-merge/orig-head")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_verbose, "rebase-merge/verbose")
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(rebase_path_quiet, "rebase-merge/quiet")
@@ -959,7 +960,11 @@ static int run_git_commit(struct repository *r,
 
 	if (opts->committer_date_is_author_date)
 		argv_array_pushf(&cmd.env_array, "GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=%s",
+				 opts->ignore_date ?
+				 "" :
 				 author_date_from_env_array(&cmd.env_array));
+	if (opts->ignore_date)
+		argv_array_push(&cmd.env_array, "GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=");
 
 	argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "commit");
 
@@ -1434,26 +1439,51 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
 		struct ident_split id;
 		struct strbuf date = STRBUF_INIT;
 
-		if (split_ident_line(&id, author, (int)strlen(author)) < 0) {
-			res = error(_("invalid author identity '%s'"), author);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		if (!id.date_begin) {
-			res = error(_("corrupt author: missing date information"));
-			goto out;
+		if (!opts->ignore_date) {
+			if (split_ident_line(&id, author, (int)strlen(author)) < 0) {
+				res = error(_("invalid author identity '%s'"),
+					    author);
+				goto out;
+			}
+			if (!id.date_begin) {
+				res = error(_(
+					"corrupt author: missing date information"));
+				goto out;
+			}
+			strbuf_addf(&date, "@%.*s %.*s",
+				    (int)(id.date_end - id.date_begin),
+				    id.date_begin,
+				    (int)(id.tz_end - id.tz_begin),
+				    id.tz_begin);
+		} else {
+			reset_ident_date();
 		}
-		strbuf_addf(&date, "@%.*s %.*s",
-			    (int)(id.date_end - id.date_begin), id.date_begin,
-			    (int)(id.tz_end - id.tz_begin), id.tz_begin);
 		committer = fmt_ident(opts->committer_name,
 				      opts->committer_email,
-				      WANT_COMMITTER_IDENT, date.buf,
+				      WANT_COMMITTER_IDENT,
+				      opts->ignore_date ? NULL : date.buf,
 				      IDENT_STRICT);
 		strbuf_release(&date);
 	} else {
 		reset_ident_date();
 	}
 
+	if (opts->ignore_date) {
+		struct ident_split id;
+		char *name, *email;
+
+		if (split_ident_line(&id, author, strlen(author)) < 0) {
+			error(_("invalid author identity '%s'"), author);
+			goto out;
+		}
+		name = xmemdupz(id.name_begin, id.name_end - id.name_begin);
+		email = xmemdupz(id.mail_begin, id.mail_end - id.mail_begin);
+		author = fmt_ident(name, email, WANT_AUTHOR_IDENT, NULL,
+				   IDENT_STRICT);
+		free(name);
+		free(email);
+	}
+
 	if (commit_tree_extended(msg->buf, msg->len, &tree, parents, oid,
 				 author, committer, opts->gpg_sign, extra)) {
 		res = error(_("failed to write commit object"));
@@ -2583,6 +2613,11 @@ static int read_populate_opts(struct replay_opts *opts)
 			opts->committer_date_is_author_date = 1;
 		}
 
+		if (file_exists(rebase_path_ignore_date())) {
+			opts->allow_ff = 0;
+			opts->ignore_date = 1;
+		}
+
 		if (file_exists(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec()))
 			opts->reschedule_failed_exec = 1;
 
@@ -2675,6 +2710,8 @@ int write_basic_state(struct replay_opts *opts, const char *head_name,
 		write_file(rebase_path_keep_redundant_commits(), "%s", "");
 	if (opts->committer_date_is_author_date)
 		write_file(rebase_path_cdate_is_adate(), "%s", "");
+	if (opts->ignore_date)
+		write_file(rebase_path_ignore_date(), "%s", "");
 	if (opts->reschedule_failed_exec)
 		write_file(rebase_path_reschedule_failed_exec(), "%s", "");
 
@@ -3597,7 +3634,11 @@ static int do_merge(struct repository *r,
 
 		if (opts->committer_date_is_author_date)
 			argv_array_pushf(&cmd.env_array, "GIT_COMMITTER_DATE=%s",
+					 opts->ignore_date ?
+					 "" :
 					 author_date_from_env_array(&cmd.env_array));
+		if (opts->ignore_date)
+			argv_array_push(&cmd.env_array, "GIT_AUTHOR_DATE=");
 
 		cmd.git_cmd = 1;
 		argv_array_push(&cmd.args, "merge");
@@ -3877,7 +3918,8 @@ static int pick_commits(struct repository *r,
 	if (opts->allow_ff)
 		assert(!(opts->signoff || opts->no_commit ||
 			 opts->record_origin || opts->edit ||
-			 opts->committer_date_is_author_date));
+			 opts->committer_date_is_author_date ||
+			 opts->ignore_date));
 	if (read_and_refresh_cache(r, opts))
 		return -1;