From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: [PATCH] rebase: mark the C reimplementation as an experimental opt-in feature (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.20.0-rc1)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:10:45 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq36roz7ve.fsf_-_@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq36rq2cp0.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Sun, 25 Nov 2018 10:00:43 +0900")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> * "git rebase" and "git rebase -i" have been reimplemented in C.
>>
>> Here's another regression in the C version (and rc1),...
>> I wasn't trying to stress test rebase. I was just wanting to rebase a
>> history I was about to force-push after cleaning it up, hardly an
>> obscure use-case. So [repeat last transmission in
>> https://public-inbox.org/git/87y39w1wc2.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/ ]
>
> which, to those who are reading from sidelines:
>
> Given that we're still finding regressions bugs in the rebase-in-C
> version should we be considering reverting 5541bd5b8f ("rebase: default
> to using the builtin rebase", 2018-08-08)?
>
> I love the feature, but fear that the current list of known regressions
> serve as a canary for a larger list which we'd discover if we held off
> for another major release (and would re-enable rebase.useBuiltin=true in
> master right after 2.20 is out the door).
>
> I am fine with the proposed flip, but I'll have to see the extent of
> damage this late in the game so that I won't miss anything. In
> addition to the one-liner below, we'd need to update the quoted
> release notes entry, and possibly adjust some tests (even though the
> "reimplementation" ought to be bug-to-bug compatible, it may not be).
So, in a more concrete form, what you want to see is something like
this in -rc2 and later?
-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] rebase: mark the C reimplementation as an experimental opt-in feature
It turns out to be a bit too early to unleash the reimplementation
to the general public. Let's rewrite some documentation and make it
an opt-in feature.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
Documentation/config/rebase.txt | 16 ++++++----------
builtin/rebase.c | 2 +-
t/README | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/rebase.txt b/Documentation/config/rebase.txt
index f079bf6b7e..af12623151 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/rebase.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
rebase.useBuiltin::
- Set to `false` to use the legacy shellscript implementation of
- linkgit:git-rebase[1]. Is `true` by default, which means use
- the built-in rewrite of it in C.
+ Set to `true` to use the experimental reimplementation of
+ linkgit:git-rebase[1] in C. Defaults to `false`.
+
The C rewrite is first included with Git version 2.20. This option
-serves an an escape hatch to re-enable the legacy version in case any
-bugs are found in the rewrite. This option and the shellscript version
-of linkgit:git-rebase[1] will be removed in some future release.
-+
-If you find some reason to set this option to `false` other than
-one-off testing you should report the behavior difference as a bug in
-git.
+allows early adopters to opt into the experimental version to find
+bugs in the rewritten version. This option and the shellscript version
+of linkgit:git-rebase[1] will be removed in some future release once
+the reimplementation becomes more stable.
rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
diff --git a/builtin/rebase.c b/builtin/rebase.c
index 5b3e5baec8..19ad97b177 100644
--- a/builtin/rebase.c
+++ b/builtin/rebase.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int use_builtin_rebase(void)
cp.git_cmd = 1;
if (capture_command(&cp, &out, 6)) {
strbuf_release(&out);
- return 1;
+ return 0;
}
strbuf_trim(&out);
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 28711cc508..7e925e5fea 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ for the index version specified. Can be set to any valid version
GIT_TEST_PRELOAD_INDEX=<boolean> exercises the preload-index code path
by overriding the minimum number of cache entries required per thread.
-GIT_TEST_REBASE_USE_BUILTIN=<boolean>, when false, disables the
-builtin version of git-rebase. See 'rebase.useBuiltin' in
+GIT_TEST_REBASE_USE_BUILTIN=<boolean>, when true, forces the use of
+builtin version of git-rebase in the test. See 'rebase.useBuiltin' in
git-config(1).
GIT_TEST_INDEX_THREADS=<n> enables exercising the multi-threaded loading
--
2.20.0-rc1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-26 6:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-13 12:38 [PATCH 0/1] rebase: understand -C again, refactor Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2018-11-13 12:38 ` [PATCH 1/1] rebase: really just passthru the `git am` options Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2018-11-13 13:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-13 15:05 ` Phillip Wood
2018-11-13 19:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-13 19:58 ` Phillip Wood
2018-11-13 21:50 ` rebase-in-C stability for 2.20 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-14 0:07 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-14 9:01 ` [PATCH 0/2] rebase.useBuiltin doc & test mode Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-14 14:07 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-14 9:01 ` [PATCH 1/2] rebase doc: document rebase.useBuiltin Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-14 9:01 ` [PATCH 2/2] tests: add a special setup where rebase.useBuiltin is off Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-14 0:36 ` rebase-in-C stability for 2.20 Elijah Newren
2018-11-14 3:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-24 20:54 ` [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.20.0-rc1 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-25 1:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-26 6:10 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-11-28 4:31 ` [PATCH] rebase: mark the C reimplementation as an experimental opt-in feature (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.20.0-rc1) Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-28 9:23 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-28 12:21 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-29 4:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-29 14:17 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-29 14:30 ` Ian Jackson
2018-11-29 15:39 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-29 15:50 ` Ian Jackson
2018-11-29 16:14 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-29 16:26 ` Ian Jackson
2018-11-26 22:52 ` [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.20.0-rc1 Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-26 23:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-28 4:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28 9:30 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-14 14:22 ` [PATCH 1/1] rebase: really just passthru the `git am` options Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-14 7:29 ` [PATCH 0/1] rebase: understand -C again, refactor Jeff King
2018-11-14 14:28 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-14 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2018-11-14 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] rebase: really just passthru the `git am` options Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2018-11-14 16:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] rebase: validate -C<n> and --whitespace=<mode> parameters early Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2018-11-14 16:37 ` Phillip Wood
2018-11-14 21:24 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-19 12:38 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-19 21:37 ` Git Test Coverage Report (v2.20.0-rc0) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-20 10:58 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] rebase: validate -C<n> and --whitespace=<mode> parameters early Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-20 11:42 ` [PATCH] rebase: mark a test as failing with rebase.useBuiltin=false Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-20 19:55 ` Johannes Schindelin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-11-19 2:54 Git Test Coverage Report (v2.20.0-rc0) Derrick Stolee
2018-11-19 15:40 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-11-19 16:21 ` Jeff King
2018-11-19 18:44 ` Jeff King
2018-11-19 19:00 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-19 21:06 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-11-20 11:34 ` Jeff King
2018-11-20 12:17 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-11-20 12:40 ` Jeff King
2018-11-19 18:33 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-19 18:51 ` [PATCH] tests: add a special setup where rebase.useBuiltin is off (Re: Git Test Coverage Report (v2.20.0-rc0)) Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-19 21:03 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-19 19:10 ` Git Test Coverage Report (v2.20.0-rc0) Derrick Stolee
2018-11-19 19:39 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-19 19:44 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-11-19 21:31 ` Derrick Stolee
2018-11-20 20:43 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-21 15:20 [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.20.0-rc1 Junio C Hamano
2018-11-22 15:58 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-22 19:27 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-11-22 21:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] format-patch: pre-2.20 range-diff regression fix Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-22 21:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: add a more exhaustive --range-diff test Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-24 4:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-24 11:45 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-22 21:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] format-patch: don't include --stat with --range-diff output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-24 2:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-24 4:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 0/2] format-patch: fix root cause of recent regression Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: add test for --range-diff diff output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-28 20:18 ` [PATCH 2/2] format-patch: allow for independent diff & range-diff options Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-29 2:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-29 10:07 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-29 10:30 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-29 12:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-29 14:35 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-29 15:41 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-29 16:03 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-29 19:03 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-30 2:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-30 4:27 ` [PATCH] format-patch: do not let its diff-options affect --range-diff (was Re: [PATCH 2/2] format-patch: allow for independent diff & range-diff options) Junio C Hamano
2018-11-30 8:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-30 9:24 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-30 12:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-11-30 9:31 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-12-03 13:27 ` Martin Ågren
2018-12-03 20:07 ` [PATCH v2] range-diff: always pass at least minimal diff options Martin Ågren
2018-12-03 21:21 ` [PATCH v3] " Eric Sunshine
2018-12-04 1:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-04 5:40 ` Martin Ågren
2018-11-30 9:58 ` [PATCH 2/2] format-patch: allow for independent diff & range-diff options Eric Sunshine
2018-11-26 7:35 ` [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.20.0-rc1 Junio C Hamano
2018-11-26 15:41 ` Elijah Newren
2018-11-27 0:40 ` Junio C Hamano
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