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From: "Heba Waly via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 04/21] merge: move doc to ll-merge.h
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:27:47 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <39f25de85f94871e660de152b4d43dbfb97b7caf.1573507684.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.434.v3.git.1573507684.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>

Move the related documentation from Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt
to ll-merge.h as it's easier for the developers to find the usage
information beside the code instead of looking for it in another doc file.

Only the ll-merge related doc is removed from
documentation/technical/api-merge.txt because this information will be
redundant and it'll be hard to keep it up to date and synchronized with
the documentation in ll-merge.h.

Signed-off-by: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt | 72 +-------------------------
 ll-merge.h                            | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt
index 9dc1bed768..487d4d83ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt
@@ -28,77 +28,9 @@ and `diff.c` for examples.
 
 * `struct ll_merge_options`
 
-This describes the set of options the calling program wants to affect
-the operation of a low-level (single file) merge.  Some options:
-
-`virtual_ancestor`::
-	Behave as though this were part of a merge between common
-	ancestors in a recursive merge.
-	If a helper program is specified by the
-	`[merge "<driver>"] recursive` configuration, it will
-	be used (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
-
-`variant`::
-	Resolve local conflicts automatically in favor
-	of one side or the other (as in 'git merge-file'
-	`--ours`/`--theirs`/`--union`).  Can be `0`,
-	`XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_OURS`, `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_THEIRS`, or
-	`XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_UNION`.
-
-`renormalize`::
-	Resmudge and clean the "base", "theirs" and "ours" files
-	before merging.  Use this when the merge is likely to have
-	overlapped with a change in smudge/clean or end-of-line
-	normalization rules.
+Check ll-merge.h for details.
 
 Low-level (single file) merge
 -----------------------------
 
-`ll_merge`::
-
-	Perform a three-way single-file merge in core.  This is
-	a thin wrapper around `xdl_merge` that takes the path and
-	any merge backend specified in `.gitattributes` or
-	`.git/info/attributes` into account.  Returns 0 for a
-	clean merge.
-
-Calling sequence:
-
-* Prepare a `struct ll_merge_options` to record options.
-  If you have no special requests, skip this and pass `NULL`
-  as the `opts` parameter to use the default options.
-
-* Allocate an mmbuffer_t variable for the result.
-
-* Allocate and fill variables with the file's original content
-  and two modified versions (using `read_mmfile`, for example).
-
-* Call `ll_merge()`.
-
-* Read the merged content from `result_buf.ptr` and `result_buf.size`.
-
-* Release buffers when finished.  A simple
-  `free(ancestor.ptr); free(ours.ptr); free(theirs.ptr);
-  free(result_buf.ptr);` will do.
-
-If the modifications do not merge cleanly, `ll_merge` will return a
-nonzero value and `result_buf` will generally include a description of
-the conflict bracketed by markers such as the traditional `<<<<<<<`
-and `>>>>>>>`.
-
-The `ancestor_label`, `our_label`, and `their_label` parameters are
-used to label the different sides of a conflict if the merge driver
-supports this.
-
-Everything else
----------------
-
-Talk about <merge-recursive.h> and merge_file():
-
- - merge_trees() to merge with rename detection
- - merge_recursive() for ancestor consolidation
- - try_merge_command() for other strategies
- - conflict format
- - merge options
-
-(Daniel, Miklos, Stephan, JC)
+Check ll-merge.h for details.
diff --git a/ll-merge.h b/ll-merge.h
index e78973dd55..aceb1b2413 100644
--- a/ll-merge.h
+++ b/ll-merge.h
@@ -7,16 +7,87 @@
 
 #include "xdiff/xdiff.h"
 
+/**
+ *
+ * Calling sequence:
+ * ----------------
+ *
+ * - Prepare a `struct ll_merge_options` to record options.
+ *   If you have no special requests, skip this and pass `NULL`
+ *   as the `opts` parameter to use the default options.
+ *
+ * - Allocate an mmbuffer_t variable for the result.
+ *
+ * - Allocate and fill variables with the file's original content
+ *   and two modified versions (using `read_mmfile`, for example).
+ *
+ * - Call `ll_merge()`.
+ *
+ * - Read the merged content from `result_buf.ptr` and `result_buf.size`.
+ *
+ * - Release buffers when finished.  A simple
+ *   `free(ancestor.ptr); free(ours.ptr); free(theirs.ptr);
+ *   free(result_buf.ptr);` will do.
+ *
+ * If the modifications do not merge cleanly, `ll_merge` will return a
+ * nonzero value and `result_buf` will generally include a description of
+ * the conflict bracketed by markers such as the traditional `<<<<<<<`
+ * and `>>>>>>>`.
+ *
+ * The `ancestor_label`, `our_label`, and `their_label` parameters are
+ * used to label the different sides of a conflict if the merge driver
+ * supports this.
+ */
+
+
 struct index_state;
 
+/**
+ * This describes the set of options the calling program wants to affect
+ * the operation of a low-level (single file) merge.
+ */
 struct ll_merge_options {
+
+	/**
+	 * Behave as though this were part of a merge between common ancestors in
+	 * a recursive merge (merges of binary files may need to be handled
+	 * differently in such cases, for example). If a helper program is
+	 * specified by the `[merge "<driver>"] recursive` configuration, it will
+	 * be used.
+	 */
 	unsigned virtual_ancestor : 1;
-	unsigned variant : 2;	/* favor ours, favor theirs, or union merge */
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve local conflicts automatically in favor of one side or the other
+	 * (as in 'git merge-file' `--ours`/`--theirs`/`--union`).  Can be `0`,
+	 * `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_OURS`, `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_THEIRS`,
+	 * or `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_UNION`.
+	 */
+	unsigned variant : 2;
+
+	/**
+	 * Resmudge and clean the "base", "theirs" and "ours" files before merging.
+	 * Use this when the merge is likely to have overlapped with a change in
+	 * smudge/clean or end-of-line normalization rules.
+	 */
 	unsigned renormalize : 1;
+
+	/**
+	 * Increase the length of conflict markers so that nested conflicts
+	 * can be differentiated.
+	 */
 	unsigned extra_marker_size;
+
+	/* Extra xpparam_t flags as defined in xdiff/xdiff.h. */
 	long xdl_opts;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Perform a three-way single-file merge in core.  This is a thin wrapper
+ * around `xdl_merge` that takes the path and any merge backend specified in
+ * `.gitattributes` or `.git/info/attributes` into account.
+ * Returns 0 for a clean merge.
+ */
 int ll_merge(mmbuffer_t *result_buf,
 	     const char *path,
 	     mmfile_t *ancestor, const char *ancestor_label,
-- 
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2019-10-29 10:00 [PATCH 00/10] [Outreachy] Move doc to header files Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-10-29 10:00 ` [PATCH 01/10] diff: move doc to diff.h and diffcore.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
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2019-10-29 10:00 ` [PATCH 04/10] merge: move doc to ll-merge.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-10-30 22:09   ` Elijah Newren
2019-10-31 19:35     ` Heba Waly
2019-11-02  4:28     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-10-29 10:00 ` [PATCH 05/10] sha1-array: move doc to sha1-array.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-10-29 10:00 ` [PATCH 06/10] remote: move doc to remote.h and refspec.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
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2019-10-29 10:00 ` [PATCH 09/10] revision: move doc to revision.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-10-29 23:57   ` Emily Shaffer
2019-10-29 10:00 ` [PATCH 10/10] pathspec: move doc to pathspec.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06  9:59 ` [PATCH v2 00/20] [Outreachy] Move doc to header files Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06  9:59   ` [PATCH v2 01/20] diff: move doc to diff.h and diffcore.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06  9:59   ` [PATCH v2 02/20] dir: move doc to dir.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-11-07  1:16     ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-11  0:20       ` Heba Waly
2019-11-06  9:59   ` [PATCH v2 03/20] graph: move doc to graph.h and graph.c Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06  9:59   ` [PATCH v2 04/20] merge: move doc to ll-merge.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
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2019-11-07  1:26     ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-10  1:40       ` Heba Waly
2019-11-06  9:59   ` [PATCH v2 11/20] sigchain: move doc to sigchain.h Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2019-11-06 22:03     ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-11  1:04       ` Heba Waly
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2019-11-06 22:04     ` Emily Shaffer
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2019-11-11  2:45     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-11 21:38       ` Heba Waly
2019-11-12  5:57         ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-15  9:55           ` Heba Waly
2019-11-15 11:37             ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-15 23:28               ` Emily Shaffer
2019-11-17 11:34                 ` Heba Waly
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2019-11-12  7:20       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-14 12:22         ` Heba Waly
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