Oops. I forgot to actually exit from the script if git-diff-files is non-empty.
Also, looking at it now, I don't think keeping undo information in a stack is the right thing. But keeping more than just one would be good. Oh well, my first shot is never perfect. ;-) Carl On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:23:39AM -0600, Carl Baldwin wrote: > Hello, > > So, one thing that I liked about GNU Arch when I tried it out was the > ability to undo and redo changes in the local working copy. I decided > to try to do this with git. What I have is preliminary. I'm sure it > could use some work. > > So, I started with the assumption that all changes in the working copy > have been updated to the cache. My scripts check this (with > git-diff-files) and abort if this is not the case. > > Undo calls git-write-tree to write the changes to the object store. It > stores that tree's hash and the current HEAD's tree's hash in a file. > Then it reverts the working copy to HEAD. > > Redo grabs these two trees from the file, does git-write-tree to produce > a third tree and merges the three using the old HEAD's tree as the base > of the merge. This way, new commits can happen and the local copy can > be modified since the undo and it should still work assuming no > conflicts emerge. > > Attached are the two scripts. Comments and criticism are welcome. > > Cheers, > Carl > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Carl Baldwin Systems VLSI Laboratory > Hewlett Packard Company > MS 88 work: 970 898-1523 > 3404 E. Harmony Rd. work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fort Collins, CO 80525 home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > #!/bin/sh > > . git-sh-setup-script || die "Not a git archive" > > if [ -n "$(git-diff-files)" ]; then > echo The following files should be updated! > echo > git-diff-files | awk '{print $6}' > fi > > undostack=$GIT_DIR/undostack > > if [ ! -s $undostack ]; then > echo "No undo information in $undostack" > else > # Read the top of the stack > basetree=$(cat $undostack | tail -n 2 | head -n 1) > redotree=$(cat $undostack | tail -n 1) > > # Pop the stack > cat $undostack | head -n -2 > $undostack.tmp > mv $undostack{.tmp,} > > currenttree=$(git-write-tree) > > git-read-tree -u -m $basetree $currenttree $redotree > git-merge-cache git-merge-one-file-script -a > fi > #!/bin/sh > > . git-sh-setup-script || die "Not a git archive" > > if [ -n "$(git-diff-files)" ]; then > echo The following files should be updated! > echo > git-diff-files | awk '{print $6}' > fi > > undostack=$GIT_DIR/undostack > > headtree=$(git-cat-file commit $(cat $GIT_DIR/HEAD) | head -n 1 | sed -e > 's/tree //') > undotree=$(git-write-tree) > > if [ $headtree == $undotree ]; then > echo There are no changes to undo. > else > { > echo $headtree > echo $undotree > } >> $undostack > > echo Saved current state as tree $undotree. > echo Reverting to HEAD, $headtree... > > git-checkout-script -f > fi -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Carl Baldwin Systems VLSI Laboratory Hewlett Packard Company MS 88 work: 970 898-1523 3404 E. Harmony Rd. work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fort Collins, CO 80525 home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html