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#include "cache.h"
#include "tag.h"
#include "commit.h"

int save_commit_buffer = 1;

struct sort_node
{
	/*
         * the number of children of the associated commit
         * that also occur in the list being sorted.
         */
	unsigned int indegree;

	/*
         * reference to original list item that we will re-use
         * on output.
         */
	struct commit_list * list_item;

};

const char *commit_type = "commit";

struct cmt_fmt_map {
	const char *n;
	size_t cmp_len;
	enum cmit_fmt v;
} cmt_fmts[] = {
	{ "raw",	1,	CMIT_FMT_RAW },
	{ "medium",	1,	CMIT_FMT_MEDIUM },
	{ "short",	1,	CMIT_FMT_SHORT },
	{ "email",	1,	CMIT_FMT_EMAIL },
	{ "full",	5,	CMIT_FMT_FULL },
	{ "fuller",	5,	CMIT_FMT_FULLER },
	{ "oneline",	1,	CMIT_FMT_ONELINE },
};

enum cmit_fmt get_commit_format(const char *arg)
{
	int i;

	if (!arg || !*arg)
		return CMIT_FMT_DEFAULT;
	if (*arg == '=')
		arg++;
	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cmt_fmts); i++) {
		if (!strncmp(arg, cmt_fmts[i].n, cmt_fmts[i].cmp_len))
			return cmt_fmts[i].v;
	}

	die("invalid --pretty format: %s", arg);
}

static struct commit *check_commit(struct object *obj,
				   const unsigned char *sha1,
				   int quiet)
{
	if (obj->type != TYPE_COMMIT) {
		if (!quiet)
			error("Object %s is a %s, not a commit",
			      sha1_to_hex(sha1), typename(obj->type));
		return NULL;
	}
	return (struct commit *) obj;
}

struct commit *lookup_commit_reference_gently(const unsigned char *sha1,
					      int quiet)
{
	struct object *obj = deref_tag(parse_object(sha1), NULL, 0);

	if (!obj)
		return NULL;
	return check_commit(obj, sha1, quiet);
}

struct commit *lookup_commit_reference(const unsigned char *sha1)
{
	return lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1, 0);
}

struct commit *lookup_commit(const unsigned char *sha1)
{
	struct object *obj = lookup_object(sha1);
	if (!obj) {
		struct commit *ret = alloc_commit_node();
		created_object(sha1, &ret->object);
		ret->object.type = TYPE_COMMIT;
		return ret;
	}
	if (!obj->type)
		obj->type = TYPE_COMMIT;
	return check_commit(obj, sha1, 0);
}

static unsigned long parse_commit_date(const char *buf)
{
	unsigned long date;

	if (memcmp(buf, "author", 6))
		return 0;
	while (*buf++ != '\n')
		/* nada */;
	if (memcmp(buf, "committer", 9))
		return 0;
	while (*buf++ != '>')
		/* nada */;
	date = strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
	if (date == ULONG_MAX)
		date = 0;
	return date;
}

static struct commit_graft **commit_graft;
static int commit_graft_alloc, commit_graft_nr;

static int commit_graft_pos(const unsigned char *sha1)
{
	int lo, hi;
	lo = 0;
	hi = commit_graft_nr;
	while (lo < hi) {
		int mi = (lo + hi) / 2;
		struct commit_graft *graft = commit_graft[mi];
		int cmp = memcmp(sha1, graft->sha1, 20);
		if (!cmp)
			return mi;
		if (cmp < 0)
			hi = mi;
		else
			lo = mi + 1;
	}
	return -lo - 1;
}

int register_commit_graft(struct commit_graft *graft, int ignore_dups)
{
	int pos = commit_graft_pos(graft->sha1);
	
	if (0 <= pos) {
		if (ignore_dups)
			free(graft);
		else {
			free(commit_graft[pos]);
			commit_graft[pos] = graft;
		}
		return 1;
	}
	pos = -pos - 1;
	if (commit_graft_alloc <= ++commit_graft_nr) {
		commit_graft_alloc = alloc_nr(commit_graft_alloc);
		commit_graft = xrealloc(commit_graft,
					sizeof(*commit_graft) *
					commit_graft_alloc);
	}
	if (pos < commit_graft_nr)
		memmove(commit_graft + pos + 1,
			commit_graft + pos,
			(commit_graft_nr - pos - 1) *
			sizeof(*commit_graft));
	commit_graft[pos] = graft;
	return 0;
}

struct commit_graft *read_graft_line(char *buf, int len)
{
	/* The format is just "Commit Parent1 Parent2 ...\n" */
	int i;
	struct commit_graft *graft = NULL;

	if (buf[len-1] == '\n')
		buf[--len] = 0;
	if (buf[0] == '#' || buf[0] == '\0')
		return NULL;
	if ((len + 1) % 41) {
	bad_graft_data:
		error("bad graft data: %s", buf);
		free(graft);
		return NULL;
	}
	i = (len + 1) / 41 - 1;
	graft = xmalloc(sizeof(*graft) + 20 * i);
	graft->nr_parent = i;
	if (get_sha1_hex(buf, graft->sha1))
		goto bad_graft_data;
	for (i = 40; i < len; i += 41) {
		if (buf[i] != ' ')
			goto bad_graft_data;
		if (get_sha1_hex(buf + i + 1, graft->parent[i/41]))
			goto bad_graft_data;
	}
	return graft;
}

int read_graft_file(const char *graft_file)
{
	FILE *fp = fopen(graft_file, "r");
	char buf[1024];
	if (!fp)
		return -1;
	while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
		/* The format is just "Commit Parent1 Parent2 ...\n" */
		int len = strlen(buf);
		struct commit_graft *graft = read_graft_line(buf, len);
		if (!graft)
			continue;
		if (register_commit_graft(graft, 1))
			error("duplicate graft data: %s", buf);
	}
	fclose(fp);
	return 0;
}

static void prepare_commit_graft(void)
{
	static int commit_graft_prepared;
	char *graft_file;

	if (commit_graft_prepared)
		return;
	graft_file = get_graft_file();
	read_graft_file(graft_file);
	commit_graft_prepared = 1;
}

static struct commit_graft *lookup_commit_graft(const unsigned char *sha1)
{
	int pos;
	prepare_commit_graft();
	pos = commit_graft_pos(sha1);
	if (pos < 0)
		return NULL;
	return commit_graft[pos];
}

int parse_commit_buffer(struct commit *item, void *buffer, unsigned long size)
{
	char *bufptr = buffer;
	unsigned char parent[20];
	struct commit_list **pptr;
	struct commit_graft *graft;
	unsigned n_refs = 0;

	if (item->object.parsed)
		return 0;
	item->object.parsed = 1;
	if (memcmp(bufptr, "tree ", 5))
		return error("bogus commit object %s", sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
	if (get_sha1_hex(bufptr + 5, parent) < 0)
		return error("bad tree pointer in commit %s",
			     sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
	item->tree = lookup_tree(parent);
	if (item->tree)
		n_refs++;
	bufptr += 46; /* "tree " + "hex sha1" + "\n" */
	pptr = &item->parents;

	graft = lookup_commit_graft(item->object.sha1);
	while (!memcmp(bufptr, "parent ", 7)) {
		struct commit *new_parent;

		if (get_sha1_hex(bufptr + 7, parent) || bufptr[47] != '\n')
			return error("bad parents in commit %s", sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
		bufptr += 48;
		if (graft)
			continue;
		new_parent = lookup_commit(parent);
		if (new_parent) {
			pptr = &commit_list_insert(new_parent, pptr)->next;
			n_refs++;
		}
	}
	if (graft) {
		int i;
		struct commit *new_parent;
		for (i = 0; i < graft->nr_parent; i++) {
			new_parent = lookup_commit(graft->parent[i]);
			if (!new_parent)
				continue;
			pptr = &commit_list_insert(new_parent, pptr)->next;
			n_refs++;
		}
	}
	item->date = parse_commit_date(bufptr);

	if (track_object_refs) {
		unsigned i = 0;
		struct commit_list *p;
		struct object_refs *refs = alloc_object_refs(n_refs);
		if (item->tree)
			refs->ref[i++] = &item->tree->object;
		for (p = item->parents; p; p = p->next)
			refs->ref[i++] = &p->item->object;
		set_object_refs(&item->object, refs);
	}

	return 0;
}

int parse_commit(struct commit *item)
{
	char type[20];
	void *buffer;
	unsigned long size;
	int ret;

	if (item->object.parsed)
		return 0;
	buffer = read_sha1_file(item->object.sha1, type, &size);
	if (!buffer)
		return error("Could not read %s",
			     sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
	if (strcmp(type, commit_type)) {
		free(buffer);
		return error("Object %s not a commit",
			     sha1_to_hex(item->object.sha1));
	}
	ret = parse_commit_buffer(item, buffer, size);
	if (save_commit_buffer && !ret) {
		item->buffer = buffer;
		return 0;
	}
	free(buffer);
	return ret;
}

struct commit_list *commit_list_insert(struct commit *item, struct commit_list **list_p)
{
	struct commit_list *new_list = xmalloc(sizeof(struct commit_list));
	new_list->item = item;
	new_list->next = *list_p;
	*list_p = new_list;
	return new_list;
}

void free_commit_list(struct commit_list *list)
{
	while (list) {
		struct commit_list *temp = list;
		list = temp->next;
		free(temp);
	}
}

struct commit_list * insert_by_date(struct commit *item, struct commit_list **list)
{
	struct commit_list **pp = list;
	struct commit_list *p;
	while ((p = *pp) != NULL) {
		if (p->item->date < item->date) {
			break;
		}
		pp = &p->next;
	}
	return commit_list_insert(item, pp);
}

	
void sort_by_date(struct commit_list **list)
{
	struct commit_list *ret = NULL;
	while (*list) {
		insert_by_date((*list)->item, &ret);
		*list = (*list)->next;
	}
	*list = ret;
}

struct commit *pop_most_recent_commit(struct commit_list **list,
				      unsigned int mark)
{
	struct commit *ret = (*list)->item;
	struct commit_list *parents = ret->parents;
	struct commit_list *old = *list;

	*list = (*list)->next;
	free(old);

	while (parents) {
		struct commit *commit = parents->item;
		parse_commit(commit);
		if (!(commit->object.flags & mark)) {
			commit->object.flags |= mark;
			insert_by_date(commit, list);
		}
		parents = parents->next;
	}
	return ret;
}

void clear_commit_marks(struct commit *commit, unsigned int mark)
{
	struct commit_list *parents;

	parents = commit->parents;
	commit->object.flags &= ~mark;
	while (parents) {
		struct commit *parent = parents->item;
		if (parent && parent->object.parsed &&
		    (parent->object.flags & mark))
			clear_commit_marks(parent, mark);
		parents = parents->next;
	}
}

/*
 * Generic support for pretty-printing the header
 */
static int get_one_line(const char *msg, unsigned long len)
{
	int ret = 0;

	while (len--) {
		char c = *msg++;
		if (!c)
			break;
		ret++;
		if (c == '\n')
			break;
	}
	return ret;
}

static int is_rfc2047_special(char ch)
{
	return ((ch & 0x80) || (ch == '=') || (ch == '?') || (ch == '_'));
}

static int add_rfc2047(char *buf, const char *line, int len)
{
	char *bp = buf;
	int i, needquote;
	static const char q_utf8[] = "=?utf-8?q?";

	for (i = needquote = 0; !needquote && i < len; i++) {
		unsigned ch = line[i];
		if (ch & 0x80)
			needquote++;
		if ((i + 1 < len) &&
		    (ch == '=' && line[i+1] == '?'))
			needquote++;
	}
	if (!needquote)
		return sprintf(buf, "%.*s", len, line);

	memcpy(bp, q_utf8, sizeof(q_utf8)-1);
	bp += sizeof(q_utf8)-1;
	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
		unsigned ch = line[i];
		if (is_rfc2047_special(ch)) {
			sprintf(bp, "=%02X", ch);
			bp += 3;
		}
		else if (ch == ' ')
			*bp++ = '_';
		else
			*bp++ = ch;
	}
	memcpy(bp, "?=", 2);
	bp += 2;
	return bp - buf;
}

static int add_user_info(const char *what, enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const char *line)
{
	char *date;
	int namelen;
	unsigned long time;
	int tz, ret;
	const char *filler = "    ";

	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
		return 0;
	date = strchr(line, '>');
	if (!date)
		return 0;
	namelen = ++date - line;
	time = strtoul(date, &date, 10);
	tz = strtol(date, NULL, 10);

	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) {
		char *name_tail = strchr(line, '<');
		int display_name_length;
		if (!name_tail)
			return 0;
		while (line < name_tail && isspace(name_tail[-1]))
			name_tail--;
		display_name_length = name_tail - line;
		filler = "";
		strcpy(buf, "From: ");
		ret = strlen(buf);
		ret += add_rfc2047(buf + ret, line, display_name_length);
		memcpy(buf + ret, name_tail, namelen - display_name_length);
		ret += namelen - display_name_length;
		buf[ret++] = '\n';
	}
	else {
		ret = sprintf(buf, "%s: %.*s%.*s\n", what,
			      (fmt == CMIT_FMT_FULLER) ? 4 : 0,
			      filler, namelen, line);
	}
	switch (fmt) {
	case CMIT_FMT_MEDIUM:
		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "Date:   %s\n", show_date(time, tz));
		break;
	case CMIT_FMT_EMAIL:
		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "Date: %s\n",
			       show_rfc2822_date(time, tz));
		break;
	case CMIT_FMT_FULLER:
		ret += sprintf(buf + ret, "%sDate: %s\n", what, show_date(time, tz));
		break;
	default:
		/* notin' */
		break;
	}
	return ret;
}

static int is_empty_line(const char *line, int *len_p)
{
	int len = *len_p;
	while (len && isspace(line[len-1]))
		len--;
	*len_p = len;
	return !len;
}

static int add_merge_info(enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const struct commit *commit, int abbrev)
{
	struct commit_list *parent = commit->parents;
	int offset;

	if ((fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) || (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL) ||
	    !parent || !parent->next)
		return 0;

	offset = sprintf(buf, "Merge:");

	while (parent) {
		struct commit *p = parent->item;
		const char *hex = abbrev
			? find_unique_abbrev(p->object.sha1, abbrev)
			: sha1_to_hex(p->object.sha1);
		char *dots = (abbrev && strlen(hex) != 40) ? "..." : "";
		parent = parent->next;

		offset += sprintf(buf + offset, " %s%s", hex, dots);
	}
	buf[offset++] = '\n';
	return offset;
}

unsigned long pretty_print_commit(enum cmit_fmt fmt, const struct commit *commit, unsigned long len, char *buf, unsigned long space, int abbrev, const char *subject, const char *after_subject)
{
	int hdr = 1, body = 0;
	unsigned long offset = 0;
	int indent = 4;
	int parents_shown = 0;
	const char *msg = commit->buffer;
	int plain_non_ascii = 0;

	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE || fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL)
		indent = 0;

	/* After-subject is used to pass in Content-Type: multipart
	 * MIME header; in that case we do not have to do the
	 * plaintext content type even if the commit message has
	 * non 7-bit ASCII character.  Otherwise, check if we need
	 * to say this is not a 7-bit ASCII.
	 */
	if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_EMAIL && !after_subject) {
		int i;
		for (i = 0; !plain_non_ascii && msg[i] && i < len; i++)
			if (msg[i] & 0x80)
				plain_non_ascii = 1;
	}

	for (;;) {
		const char *line = msg;
		int linelen = get_one_line(msg, len);

		if (!linelen)
			break;

		/*
		 * We want some slop for indentation and a possible
		 * final "...". Thus the "+ 20".
		 */
		if (offset + linelen + 20 > space) {
			memcpy(buf + offset, "    ...\n", 8);
			offset += 8;
			break;
		}

		msg += linelen;
		len -= linelen;
		if (hdr) {
			if (linelen == 1) {
				hdr = 0;
				if ((fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) && !subject)
					buf[offset++] = '\n';
				continue;
			}
			if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_RAW) {
				memcpy(buf + offset, line, linelen);
				offset += linelen;
				continue;
			}
			if (!memcmp(line, "parent ", 7)) {
				if (linelen != 48)
					die("bad parent line in commit");
				continue;
			}

			if (!parents_shown) {
				offset += add_merge_info(fmt, buf + offset,
							 commit, abbrev);
				parents_shown = 1;
				continue;
			}
			/*
			 * MEDIUM == DEFAULT shows only author with dates.
			 * FULL shows both authors but not dates.
			 * FULLER shows both authors and dates.
			 */
			if (!memcmp(line, "author ", 7))
				offset += add_user_info("Author", fmt,
							buf + offset,
							line + 7);
			if (!memcmp(line, "committer ", 10) &&
			    (fmt == CMIT_FMT_FULL || fmt == CMIT_FMT_FULLER))
				offset += add_user_info("Commit", fmt,
							buf + offset,
							line + 10);
			continue;
		}

		if (is_empty_line(line, &linelen)) {
			if (!body)
				continue;
			if (subject)
				continue;
			if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_SHORT)
				break;
		} else {
			body = 1;
		}

		if (subject) {
			int slen = strlen(subject);
			memcpy(buf + offset, subject, slen);
			offset += slen;
			offset += add_rfc2047(buf + offset, line, linelen);
		}
		else {
			memset(buf + offset, ' ', indent);
			memcpy(buf + offset + indent, line, linelen);
			offset += linelen + indent;
		}
		buf[offset++] = '\n';
		if (fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
			break;
		if (subject && plain_non_ascii) {
			static const char header[] =
				"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
				"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n";
			memcpy(buf + offset, header, sizeof(header)-1);
			offset += sizeof(header)-1;
		}
		if (after_subject) {
			int slen = strlen(after_subject);
			if (slen > space - offset - 1)
				slen = space - offset - 1;
			memcpy(buf + offset, after_subject, slen);
			offset += slen;
			after_subject = NULL;
		}
		subject = NULL;
	}
	while (offset && isspace(buf[offset-1]))
		offset--;
	/* Make sure there is an EOLN for the non-oneline case */
	if (fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
		buf[offset++] = '\n';
	buf[offset] = '\0';
	return offset;
}

struct commit *pop_commit(struct commit_list **stack)
{
	struct commit_list *top = *stack;
	struct commit *item = top ? top->item : NULL;

	if (top) {
		*stack = top->next;
		free(top);
	}
	return item;
}

int count_parents(struct commit * commit)
{
        int count = 0;
        struct commit_list * parents = commit->parents;
        for (count=0;parents; parents=parents->next,count++)
          ;
        return count;
}

void topo_sort_default_setter(struct commit *c, void *data)
{
	c->util = data;
}

void *topo_sort_default_getter(struct commit *c)
{
	return c->util;
}

/*
 * Performs an in-place topological sort on the list supplied.
 */
void sort_in_topological_order(struct commit_list ** list, int lifo)
{
	sort_in_topological_order_fn(list, lifo, topo_sort_default_setter,
				     topo_sort_default_getter);
}

void sort_in_topological_order_fn(struct commit_list ** list, int lifo,
				  topo_sort_set_fn_t setter,
				  topo_sort_get_fn_t getter)
{
	struct commit_list * next = *list;
	struct commit_list * work = NULL, **insert;
	struct commit_list ** pptr = list;
	struct sort_node * nodes;
	struct sort_node * next_nodes;
	int count = 0;

	/* determine the size of the list */
	while (next) {
		next = next->next;
		count++;
	}
	
	if (!count)
		return;
	/* allocate an array to help sort the list */
	nodes = xcalloc(count, sizeof(*nodes));
	/* link the list to the array */
	next_nodes = nodes;
	next=*list;
	while (next) {
		next_nodes->list_item = next;
		setter(next->item, next_nodes);
		next_nodes++;
		next = next->next;
	}
	/* update the indegree */
	next=*list;
	while (next) {
		struct commit_list * parents = next->item->parents;
		while (parents) {
			struct commit * parent=parents->item;
			struct sort_node * pn = (struct sort_node *) getter(parent);

			if (pn)
				pn->indegree++;
			parents=parents->next;
		}
		next=next->next;
	}
	/* 
         * find the tips
         *
         * tips are nodes not reachable from any other node in the list 
         * 
         * the tips serve as a starting set for the work queue.
         */
	next=*list;
	insert = &work;
	while (next) {
		struct sort_node * node = (struct sort_node *) getter(next->item);

		if (node->indegree == 0) {
			insert = &commit_list_insert(next->item, insert)->next;
		}
		next=next->next;
	}

	/* process the list in topological order */
	if (!lifo)
		sort_by_date(&work);
	while (work) {
		struct commit * work_item = pop_commit(&work);
		struct sort_node * work_node = (struct sort_node *) getter(work_item);
		struct commit_list * parents = work_item->parents;

		while (parents) {
			struct commit * parent=parents->item;
			struct sort_node * pn = (struct sort_node *) getter(parent);

			if (pn) {
				/*
				 * parents are only enqueued for emission 
                                 * when all their children have been emitted thereby
                                 * guaranteeing topological order.
                                 */
				pn->indegree--;
				if (!pn->indegree) {
					if (!lifo)
						insert_by_date(parent, &work);
					else
						commit_list_insert(parent, &work);
				}
			}
			parents=parents->next;
		}
		/*
                 * work_item is a commit all of whose children
                 * have already been emitted. we can emit it now.
                 */
		*pptr = work_node->list_item;
		pptr = &(*pptr)->next;
		*pptr = NULL;
		setter(work_item, NULL);
	}
	free(nodes);
}