These new options allow scripts to interact with BASE index
extension. The scripts would store HEAD information when
checking a revision out, and extract and check it when making a
new commit.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 71cef63..5ed7c63 100644
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
@@ -617,6 +617,23 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
verbose = 1;
continue;
}
+ if (!strcmp(path, "--set-base")) {
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
+ if (argc <= ++i)
+ die("git-update-index: --set-base <sha1>");
+ if (get_sha1_hex(argv[i], sha1))
+ die("git-update-index: --set-base: malformed object name '%s'", argv[i]);
+ active_cache_changed = 1;
+ active_cache_base_valid = 1;
+ hashcpy(active_cache_base, sha1);
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(path, "--get-base")) {
+ if (active_cache_base_valid)
+ printf("%s\n",
+ sha1_to_hex(active_cache_base));
+ continue;
+ }
if (!strcmp(path, "-h") || !strcmp(path, "--help"))
usage(update_index_usage);
die("unknown option %s", path);
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index cd5e014..79c4e6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
[--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
[--info-only] [--index-info]
+ [--get-base] [--set-base <base>]
[-z] [--stdin]
[--verbose]
[--] [<file>]\*
@@ -110,6 +111,17 @@ OPTIONS
read list of paths from the standard input. Paths are
separated by LF (i.e. one path per line) by default.
+--get-base::
+ The index can record which commit object its state was
+ initialized from (hence expected to have as the first
+ parent commit for the next commit). This option reads
+ the commit object name and writes it to the standard
+ output.
+
+--set-base <base>::
+ This option records the commit object name in the index,
+ later to be retrieved with the `--get-base` option.
+
--verbose::
Report what is being added and removed from index.
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