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1 #include "cache.h"
2 #include "tag.h"
3 #include "commit.h"
4 #include "tree.h"
5 #include "blob.h"
6 #include "tree-walk.h"
7 #include "refs.h"
8 #include "remote.h"
9
10 static int find_short_object_filename(int len, const char *name, unsigned char *sha1)
11 {
12         struct alternate_object_database *alt;
13         char hex[40];
14         int found = 0;
15         static struct alternate_object_database *fakeent;
16
17         if (!fakeent) {
18                 const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
19                 int objdir_len = strlen(objdir);
20                 int entlen = objdir_len + 43;
21                 fakeent = xmalloc(sizeof(*fakeent) + entlen);
22                 memcpy(fakeent->base, objdir, objdir_len);
23                 fakeent->name = fakeent->base + objdir_len + 1;
24                 fakeent->name[-1] = '/';
25         }
26         fakeent->next = alt_odb_list;
27
28         sprintf(hex, "%.2s", name);
29         for (alt = fakeent; alt && found < 2; alt = alt->next) {
30                 struct dirent *de;
31                 DIR *dir;
32                 sprintf(alt->name, "%.2s/", name);
33                 dir = opendir(alt->base);
34                 if (!dir)
35                         continue;
36                 while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
37                         if (strlen(de->d_name) != 38)
38                                 continue;
39                         if (memcmp(de->d_name, name + 2, len - 2))
40                                 continue;
41                         if (!found) {
42                                 memcpy(hex + 2, de->d_name, 38);
43                                 found++;
44                         }
45                         else if (memcmp(hex + 2, de->d_name, 38)) {
46                                 found = 2;
47                                 break;
48                         }
49                 }
50                 closedir(dir);
51         }
52         if (found == 1)
53                 return get_sha1_hex(hex, sha1) == 0;
54         return found;
55 }
56
57 static int match_sha(unsigned len, const unsigned char *a, const unsigned char *b)
58 {
59         do {
60                 if (*a != *b)
61                         return 0;
62                 a++;
63                 b++;
64                 len -= 2;
65         } while (len > 1);
66         if (len)
67                 if ((*a ^ *b) & 0xf0)
68                         return 0;
69         return 1;
70 }
71
72 static int find_short_packed_object(int len, const unsigned char *match, unsigned char *sha1)
73 {
74         struct packed_git *p;
75         const unsigned char *found_sha1 = NULL;
76         int found = 0;
77
78         prepare_packed_git();
79         for (p = packed_git; p && found < 2; p = p->next) {
80                 uint32_t num, last;
81                 uint32_t first = 0;
82                 open_pack_index(p);
83                 num = p->num_objects;
84                 last = num;
85                 while (first < last) {
86                         uint32_t mid = (first + last) / 2;
87                         const unsigned char *now;
88                         int cmp;
89
90                         now = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, mid);
91                         cmp = hashcmp(match, now);
92                         if (!cmp) {
93                                 first = mid;
94                                 break;
95                         }
96                         if (cmp > 0) {
97                                 first = mid+1;
98                                 continue;
99                         }
100                         last = mid;
101                 }
102                 if (first < num) {
103                         const unsigned char *now, *next;
104                        now = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, first);
105                         if (match_sha(len, match, now)) {
106                                 next = nth_packed_object_sha1(p, first+1);
107                                if (!next|| !match_sha(len, match, next)) {
108                                         /* unique within this pack */
109                                         if (!found) {
110                                                 found_sha1 = now;
111                                                 found++;
112                                         }
113                                         else if (hashcmp(found_sha1, now)) {
114                                                 found = 2;
115                                                 break;
116                                         }
117                                 }
118                                 else {
119                                         /* not even unique within this pack */
120                                         found = 2;
121                                         break;
122                                 }
123                         }
124                 }
125         }
126         if (found == 1)
127                 hashcpy(sha1, found_sha1);
128         return found;
129 }
130
131 #define SHORT_NAME_NOT_FOUND (-1)
132 #define SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS (-2)
133
134 static int find_unique_short_object(int len, char *canonical,
135                                     unsigned char *res, unsigned char *sha1)
136 {
137         int has_unpacked, has_packed;
138         unsigned char unpacked_sha1[20], packed_sha1[20];
139
140         prepare_alt_odb();
141         has_unpacked = find_short_object_filename(len, canonical, unpacked_sha1);
142         has_packed = find_short_packed_object(len, res, packed_sha1);
143         if (!has_unpacked && !has_packed)
144                 return SHORT_NAME_NOT_FOUND;
145         if (1 < has_unpacked || 1 < has_packed)
146                 return SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS;
147         if (has_unpacked != has_packed) {
148                 hashcpy(sha1, (has_packed ? packed_sha1 : unpacked_sha1));
149                 return 0;
150         }
151         /* Both have unique ones -- do they match? */
152         if (hashcmp(packed_sha1, unpacked_sha1))
153                 return SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS;
154         hashcpy(sha1, packed_sha1);
155         return 0;
156 }
157
158 static int get_short_sha1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1,
159                           int quietly)
160 {
161         int i, status;
162         char canonical[40];
163         unsigned char res[20];
164
165         if (len < MINIMUM_ABBREV || len > 40)
166                 return -1;
167         hashclr(res);
168         memset(canonical, 'x', 40);
169         for (i = 0; i < len ;i++) {
170                 unsigned char c = name[i];
171                 unsigned char val;
172                 if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
173                         val = c - '0';
174                 else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
175                         val = c - 'a' + 10;
176                 else if (c >= 'A' && c <='F') {
177                         val = c - 'A' + 10;
178                         c -= 'A' - 'a';
179                 }
180                 else
181                         return -1;
182                 canonical[i] = c;
183                 if (!(i & 1))
184                         val <<= 4;
185                 res[i >> 1] |= val;
186         }
187
188         status = find_unique_short_object(i, canonical, res, sha1);
189         if (!quietly && (status == SHORT_NAME_AMBIGUOUS))
190                 return error("short SHA1 %.*s is ambiguous.", len, canonical);
191         return status;
192 }
193
194 const char *find_unique_abbrev(const unsigned char *sha1, int len)
195 {
196         int status, exists;
197         static char hex[41];
198
199         exists = has_sha1_file(sha1);
200         memcpy(hex, sha1_to_hex(sha1), 40);
201         if (len == 40 || !len)
202                 return hex;
203         while (len < 40) {
204                 unsigned char sha1_ret[20];
205                 status = get_short_sha1(hex, len, sha1_ret, 1);
206                 if (exists
207                     ? !status
208                     : status == SHORT_NAME_NOT_FOUND) {
209                         hex[len] = 0;
210                         return hex;
211                 }
212                 len++;
213         }
214         return hex;
215 }
216
217 static int ambiguous_path(const char *path, int len)
218 {
219         int slash = 1;
220         int cnt;
221
222         for (cnt = 0; cnt < len; cnt++) {
223                 switch (*path++) {
224                 case '\0':
225                         break;
226                 case '/':
227                         if (slash)
228                                 break;
229                         slash = 1;
230                         continue;
231                 case '.':
232                         continue;
233                 default:
234                         slash = 0;
235                         continue;
236                 }
237                 break;
238         }
239         return slash;
240 }
241
242 /*
243  * *string and *len will only be substituted, and *string returned (for
244  * later free()ing) if the string passed in is a magic short-hand form
245  * to name a branch.
246  */
247 static char *substitute_branch_name(const char **string, int *len)
248 {
249         struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
250         int ret = interpret_branch_name(*string, &buf);
251
252         if (ret == *len) {
253                 size_t size;
254                 *string = strbuf_detach(&buf, &size);
255                 *len = size;
256                 return (char *)*string;
257         }
258
259         return NULL;
260 }
261
262 int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref)
263 {
264         char *last_branch = substitute_branch_name(&str, &len);
265         const char **p, *r;
266         int refs_found = 0;
267
268         *ref = NULL;
269         for (p = ref_rev_parse_rules; *p; p++) {
270                 char fullref[PATH_MAX];
271                 unsigned char sha1_from_ref[20];
272                 unsigned char *this_result;
273                 int flag;
274
275                 this_result = refs_found ? sha1_from_ref : sha1;
276                 mksnpath(fullref, sizeof(fullref), *p, len, str);
277                 r = resolve_ref(fullref, this_result, 1, &flag);
278                 if (r) {
279                         if (!refs_found++)
280                                 *ref = xstrdup(r);
281                         if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
282                                 break;
283                 } else if ((flag & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
284                            (len != 4 || strcmp(str, "HEAD")))
285                         warning("ignoring dangling symref %s.", fullref);
286         }
287         free(last_branch);
288         return refs_found;
289 }
290
291 int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **log)
292 {
293         char *last_branch = substitute_branch_name(&str, &len);
294         const char **p;
295         int logs_found = 0;
296
297         *log = NULL;
298         for (p = ref_rev_parse_rules; *p; p++) {
299                 struct stat st;
300                 unsigned char hash[20];
301                 char path[PATH_MAX];
302                 const char *ref, *it;
303
304                 mksnpath(path, sizeof(path), *p, len, str);
305                 ref = resolve_ref(path, hash, 1, NULL);
306                 if (!ref)
307                         continue;
308                 if (!stat(git_path("logs/%s", path), &st) &&
309                     S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
310                         it = path;
311                 else if (strcmp(ref, path) &&
312                          !stat(git_path("logs/%s", ref), &st) &&
313                          S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
314                         it = ref;
315                 else
316                         continue;
317                 if (!logs_found++) {
318                         *log = xstrdup(it);
319                         hashcpy(sha1, hash);
320                 }
321                 if (!warn_ambiguous_refs)
322                         break;
323         }
324         free(last_branch);
325         return logs_found;
326 }
327
328 static inline int upstream_mark(const char *string, int len)
329 {
330         const char *suffix[] = { "@{upstream}", "@{u}" };
331         int i;
332
333         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(suffix); i++) {
334                 int suffix_len = strlen(suffix[i]);
335                 if (suffix_len <= len
336                     && !memcmp(string, suffix[i], suffix_len))
337                         return suffix_len;
338         }
339         return 0;
340 }
341
342 static int get_sha1_1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1);
343
344 static int get_sha1_basic(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
345 {
346         static const char *warning = "warning: refname '%.*s' is ambiguous.\n";
347         char *real_ref = NULL;
348         int refs_found = 0;
349         int at, reflog_len;
350
351         if (len == 40 && !get_sha1_hex(str, sha1))
352                 return 0;
353
354         /* basic@{time or number or -number} format to query ref-log */
355         reflog_len = at = 0;
356         if (len && str[len-1] == '}') {
357                 for (at = len-2; at >= 0; at--) {
358                         if (str[at] == '@' && str[at+1] == '{') {
359                                 if (!upstream_mark(str + at, len - at)) {
360                                         reflog_len = (len-1) - (at+2);
361                                         len = at;
362                                 }
363                                 break;
364                         }
365                 }
366         }
367
368         /* Accept only unambiguous ref paths. */
369         if (len && ambiguous_path(str, len))
370                 return -1;
371
372         if (!len && reflog_len) {
373                 struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
374                 int ret;
375                 /* try the @{-N} syntax for n-th checkout */
376                 ret = interpret_branch_name(str+at, &buf);
377                 if (ret > 0) {
378                         /* substitute this branch name and restart */
379                         return get_sha1_1(buf.buf, buf.len, sha1);
380                 } else if (ret == 0) {
381                         return -1;
382                 }
383                 /* allow "@{...}" to mean the current branch reflog */
384                 refs_found = dwim_ref("HEAD", 4, sha1, &real_ref);
385         } else if (reflog_len)
386                 refs_found = dwim_log(str, len, sha1, &real_ref);
387         else
388                 refs_found = dwim_ref(str, len, sha1, &real_ref);
389
390         if (!refs_found)
391                 return -1;
392
393         if (warn_ambiguous_refs && refs_found > 1)
394                 fprintf(stderr, warning, len, str);
395
396         if (reflog_len) {
397                 int nth, i;
398                 unsigned long at_time;
399                 unsigned long co_time;
400                 int co_tz, co_cnt;
401
402                 /* Is it asking for N-th entry, or approxidate? */
403                 for (i = nth = 0; 0 <= nth && i < reflog_len; i++) {
404                         char ch = str[at+2+i];
405                         if ('0' <= ch && ch <= '9')
406                                 nth = nth * 10 + ch - '0';
407                         else
408                                 nth = -1;
409                 }
410                 if (100000000 <= nth) {
411                         at_time = nth;
412                         nth = -1;
413                 } else if (0 <= nth)
414                         at_time = 0;
415                 else {
416                         char *tmp = xstrndup(str + at + 2, reflog_len);
417                         at_time = approxidate(tmp);
418                         free(tmp);
419                 }
420                 if (read_ref_at(real_ref, at_time, nth, sha1, NULL,
421                                 &co_time, &co_tz, &co_cnt)) {
422                         if (at_time)
423                                 fprintf(stderr,
424                                         "warning: Log for '%.*s' only goes "
425                                         "back to %s.\n", len, str,
426                                         show_date(co_time, co_tz, DATE_RFC2822));
427                         else
428                                 fprintf(stderr,
429                                         "warning: Log for '%.*s' only has "
430                                         "%d entries.\n", len, str, co_cnt);
431                 }
432         }
433
434         free(real_ref);
435         return 0;
436 }
437
438 static int get_parent(const char *name, int len,
439                       unsigned char *result, int idx)
440 {
441         unsigned char sha1[20];
442         int ret = get_sha1_1(name, len, sha1);
443         struct commit *commit;
444         struct commit_list *p;
445
446         if (ret)
447                 return ret;
448         commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
449         if (!commit)
450                 return -1;
451         if (parse_commit(commit))
452                 return -1;
453         if (!idx) {
454                 hashcpy(result, commit->object.sha1);
455                 return 0;
456         }
457         p = commit->parents;
458         while (p) {
459                 if (!--idx) {
460                         hashcpy(result, p->item->object.sha1);
461                         return 0;
462                 }
463                 p = p->next;
464         }
465         return -1;
466 }
467
468 static int get_nth_ancestor(const char *name, int len,
469                             unsigned char *result, int generation)
470 {
471         unsigned char sha1[20];
472         struct commit *commit;
473         int ret;
474
475         ret = get_sha1_1(name, len, sha1);
476         if (ret)
477                 return ret;
478         commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
479         if (!commit)
480                 return -1;
481
482         while (generation--) {
483                 if (parse_commit(commit) || !commit->parents)
484                         return -1;
485                 commit = commit->parents->item;
486         }
487         hashcpy(result, commit->object.sha1);
488         return 0;
489 }
490
491 struct object *peel_to_type(const char *name, int namelen,
492                             struct object *o, enum object_type expected_type)
493 {
494         if (name && !namelen)
495                 namelen = strlen(name);
496         if (!o) {
497                 unsigned char sha1[20];
498                 if (get_sha1_1(name, namelen, sha1))
499                         return NULL;
500                 o = parse_object(sha1);
501         }
502         while (1) {
503                 if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
504                         return NULL;
505                 if (o->type == expected_type)
506                         return o;
507                 if (o->type == OBJ_TAG)
508                         o = ((struct tag*) o)->tagged;
509                 else if (o->type == OBJ_COMMIT)
510                         o = &(((struct commit *) o)->tree->object);
511                 else {
512                         if (name)
513                                 error("%.*s: expected %s type, but the object "
514                                       "dereferences to %s type",
515                                       namelen, name, typename(expected_type),
516                                       typename(o->type));
517                         return NULL;
518                 }
519         }
520 }
521
522 static int peel_onion(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
523 {
524         unsigned char outer[20];
525         const char *sp;
526         unsigned int expected_type = 0;
527         struct object *o;
528
529         /*
530          * "ref^{type}" dereferences ref repeatedly until you cannot
531          * dereference anymore, or you get an object of given type,
532          * whichever comes first.  "ref^{}" means just dereference
533          * tags until you get a non-tag.  "ref^0" is a shorthand for
534          * "ref^{commit}".  "commit^{tree}" could be used to find the
535          * top-level tree of the given commit.
536          */
537         if (len < 4 || name[len-1] != '}')
538                 return -1;
539
540         for (sp = name + len - 1; name <= sp; sp--) {
541                 int ch = *sp;
542                 if (ch == '{' && name < sp && sp[-1] == '^')
543                         break;
544         }
545         if (sp <= name)
546                 return -1;
547
548         sp++; /* beginning of type name, or closing brace for empty */
549         if (!strncmp(commit_type, sp, 6) && sp[6] == '}')
550                 expected_type = OBJ_COMMIT;
551         else if (!strncmp(tree_type, sp, 4) && sp[4] == '}')
552                 expected_type = OBJ_TREE;
553         else if (!strncmp(blob_type, sp, 4) && sp[4] == '}')
554                 expected_type = OBJ_BLOB;
555         else if (sp[0] == '}')
556                 expected_type = OBJ_NONE;
557         else
558                 return -1;
559
560         if (get_sha1_1(name, sp - name - 2, outer))
561                 return -1;
562
563         o = parse_object(outer);
564         if (!o)
565                 return -1;
566         if (!expected_type) {
567                 o = deref_tag(o, name, sp - name - 2);
568                 if (!o || (!o->parsed && !parse_object(o->sha1)))
569                         return -1;
570                 hashcpy(sha1, o->sha1);
571         }
572         else {
573                 /*
574                  * At this point, the syntax look correct, so
575                  * if we do not get the needed object, we should
576                  * barf.
577                  */
578                 o = peel_to_type(name, len, o, expected_type);
579                 if (o) {
580                         hashcpy(sha1, o->sha1);
581                         return 0;
582                 }
583                 return -1;
584         }
585         return 0;
586 }
587
588 static int get_describe_name(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
589 {
590         const char *cp;
591
592         for (cp = name + len - 1; name + 2 <= cp; cp--) {
593                 char ch = *cp;
594                 if (hexval(ch) & ~0377) {
595                         /* We must be looking at g in "SOMETHING-g"
596                          * for it to be describe output.
597                          */
598                         if (ch == 'g' && cp[-1] == '-') {
599                                 cp++;
600                                 len -= cp - name;
601                                 return get_short_sha1(cp, len, sha1, 1);
602                         }
603                 }
604         }
605         return -1;
606 }
607
608 static int get_sha1_1(const char *name, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
609 {
610         int ret, has_suffix;
611         const char *cp;
612
613         /*
614          * "name~3" is "name^^^", "name~" is "name~1", and "name^" is "name^1".
615          */
616         has_suffix = 0;
617         for (cp = name + len - 1; name <= cp; cp--) {
618                 int ch = *cp;
619                 if ('0' <= ch && ch <= '9')
620                         continue;
621                 if (ch == '~' || ch == '^')
622                         has_suffix = ch;
623                 break;
624         }
625
626         if (has_suffix) {
627                 int num = 0;
628                 int len1 = cp - name;
629                 cp++;
630                 while (cp < name + len)
631                         num = num * 10 + *cp++ - '0';
632                 if (!num && len1 == len - 1)
633                         num = 1;
634                 if (has_suffix == '^')
635                         return get_parent(name, len1, sha1, num);
636                 /* else if (has_suffix == '~') -- goes without saying */
637                 return get_nth_ancestor(name, len1, sha1, num);
638         }
639
640         ret = peel_onion(name, len, sha1);
641         if (!ret)
642                 return 0;
643
644         ret = get_sha1_basic(name, len, sha1);
645         if (!ret)
646                 return 0;
647
648         /* It could be describe output that is "SOMETHING-gXXXX" */
649         ret = get_describe_name(name, len, sha1);
650         if (!ret)
651                 return 0;
652
653         return get_short_sha1(name, len, sha1, 0);
654 }
655
656 static int handle_one_ref(const char *path,
657                 const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, void *cb_data)
658 {
659         struct commit_list **list = cb_data;
660         struct object *object = parse_object(sha1);
661         if (!object)
662                 return 0;
663         if (object->type == OBJ_TAG) {
664                 object = deref_tag(object, path, strlen(path));
665                 if (!object)
666                         return 0;
667         }
668         if (object->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
669                 return 0;
670         insert_by_date((struct commit *)object, list);
671         return 0;
672 }
673
674 /*
675  * This interprets names like ':/Initial revision of "git"' by searching
676  * through history and returning the first commit whose message starts
677  * with the given string.
678  *
679  * For future extension, ':/!' is reserved. If you want to match a message
680  * beginning with a '!', you have to repeat the exclamation mark.
681  */
682
683 #define ONELINE_SEEN (1u<<20)
684 static int get_sha1_oneline(const char *prefix, unsigned char *sha1)
685 {
686         struct commit_list *list = NULL, *backup = NULL, *l;
687         int retval = -1;
688         char *temp_commit_buffer = NULL;
689
690         if (prefix[0] == '!') {
691                 if (prefix[1] != '!')
692                         die ("Invalid search pattern: %s", prefix);
693                 prefix++;
694         }
695         for_each_ref(handle_one_ref, &list);
696         for (l = list; l; l = l->next)
697                 commit_list_insert(l->item, &backup);
698         while (list) {
699                 char *p;
700                 struct commit *commit;
701                 enum object_type type;
702                 unsigned long size;
703
704                 commit = pop_most_recent_commit(&list, ONELINE_SEEN);
705                 if (!parse_object(commit->object.sha1))
706                         continue;
707                 free(temp_commit_buffer);
708                 if (commit->buffer)
709                         p = commit->buffer;
710                 else {
711                         p = read_sha1_file(commit->object.sha1, &type, &size);
712                         if (!p)
713                                 continue;
714                         temp_commit_buffer = p;
715                 }
716                 if (!(p = strstr(p, "\n\n")))
717                         continue;
718                 if (!prefixcmp(p + 2, prefix)) {
719                         hashcpy(sha1, commit->object.sha1);
720                         retval = 0;
721                         break;
722                 }
723         }
724         free(temp_commit_buffer);
725         free_commit_list(list);
726         for (l = backup; l; l = l->next)
727                 clear_commit_marks(l->item, ONELINE_SEEN);
728         return retval;
729 }
730
731 struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata {
732         long cnt, alloc;
733         struct strbuf *buf;
734 };
735
736 static int grab_nth_branch_switch(unsigned char *osha1, unsigned char *nsha1,
737                                   const char *email, unsigned long timestamp, int tz,
738                                   const char *message, void *cb_data)
739 {
740         struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata *cb = cb_data;
741         const char *match = NULL, *target = NULL;
742         size_t len;
743         int nth;
744
745         if (!prefixcmp(message, "checkout: moving from ")) {
746                 match = message + strlen("checkout: moving from ");
747                 target = strstr(match, " to ");
748         }
749
750         if (!match || !target)
751                 return 0;
752
753         len = target - match;
754         nth = cb->cnt++ % cb->alloc;
755         strbuf_reset(&cb->buf[nth]);
756         strbuf_add(&cb->buf[nth], match, len);
757         return 0;
758 }
759
760 /*
761  * Parse @{-N} syntax, return the number of characters parsed
762  * if successful; otherwise signal an error with negative value.
763  */
764 static int interpret_nth_prior_checkout(const char *name, struct strbuf *buf)
765 {
766         long nth;
767         int i, retval;
768         struct grab_nth_branch_switch_cbdata cb;
769         const char *brace;
770         char *num_end;
771
772         if (name[0] != '@' || name[1] != '{' || name[2] != '-')
773                 return -1;
774         brace = strchr(name, '}');
775         if (!brace)
776                 return -1;
777         nth = strtol(name+3, &num_end, 10);
778         if (num_end != brace)
779                 return -1;
780         if (nth <= 0)
781                 return -1;
782         cb.alloc = nth;
783         cb.buf = xmalloc(nth * sizeof(struct strbuf));
784         for (i = 0; i < nth; i++)
785                 strbuf_init(&cb.buf[i], 20);
786         cb.cnt = 0;
787         retval = 0;
788         for_each_recent_reflog_ent("HEAD", grab_nth_branch_switch, 40960, &cb);
789         if (cb.cnt < nth) {
790                 cb.cnt = 0;
791                 for_each_reflog_ent("HEAD", grab_nth_branch_switch, &cb);
792         }
793         if (cb.cnt < nth)
794                 goto release_return;
795         i = cb.cnt % nth;
796         strbuf_reset(buf);
797         strbuf_add(buf, cb.buf[i].buf, cb.buf[i].len);
798         retval = brace-name+1;
799
800 release_return:
801         for (i = 0; i < nth; i++)
802                 strbuf_release(&cb.buf[i]);
803         free(cb.buf);
804
805         return retval;
806 }
807
808 /*
809  * This reads short-hand syntax that not only evaluates to a commit
810  * object name, but also can act as if the end user spelled the name
811  * of the branch from the command line.
812  *
813  * - "@{-N}" finds the name of the Nth previous branch we were on, and
814  *   places the name of the branch in the given buf and returns the
815  *   number of characters parsed if successful.
816  *
817  * - "<branch>@{upstream}" finds the name of the other ref that
818  *   <branch> is configured to merge with (missing <branch> defaults
819  *   to the current branch), and places the name of the branch in the
820  *   given buf and returns the number of characters parsed if
821  *   successful.
822  *
823  * If the input is not of the accepted format, it returns a negative
824  * number to signal an error.
825  *
826  * If the input was ok but there are not N branch switches in the
827  * reflog, it returns 0.
828  */
829 int interpret_branch_name(const char *name, struct strbuf *buf)
830 {
831         char *cp;
832         struct branch *upstream;
833         int namelen = strlen(name);
834         int len = interpret_nth_prior_checkout(name, buf);
835         int tmp_len;
836
837         if (!len)
838                 return len; /* syntax Ok, not enough switches */
839         if (0 < len)
840                 return len; /* consumed from the front */
841         cp = strchr(name, '@');
842         if (!cp)
843                 return -1;
844         tmp_len = upstream_mark(cp, namelen - (cp - name));
845         if (!tmp_len)
846                 return -1;
847         len = cp + tmp_len - name;
848         cp = xstrndup(name, cp - name);
849         upstream = branch_get(*cp ? cp : NULL);
850         if (!upstream
851             || !upstream->merge
852             || !upstream->merge[0]->dst)
853                 return error("No upstream branch found for '%s'", cp);
854         free(cp);
855         cp = shorten_unambiguous_ref(upstream->merge[0]->dst, 0);
856         strbuf_reset(buf);
857         strbuf_addstr(buf, cp);
858         free(cp);
859         return len;
860 }
861
862 /*
863  * This is like "get_sha1_basic()", except it allows "sha1 expressions",
864  * notably "xyz^" for "parent of xyz"
865  */
866 int get_sha1(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1)
867 {
868         unsigned unused;
869         return get_sha1_with_mode(name, sha1, &unused);
870 }
871
872 int get_sha1_with_mode(const char *name, unsigned char *sha1, unsigned *mode)
873 {
874         int ret, bracket_depth;
875         int namelen = strlen(name);
876         const char *cp;
877
878         *mode = S_IFINVALID;
879         ret = get_sha1_1(name, namelen, sha1);
880         if (!ret)
881                 return ret;
882         /* sha1:path --> object name of path in ent sha1
883          * :path -> object name of path in index
884          * :[0-3]:path -> object name of path in index at stage
885          */
886         if (name[0] == ':') {
887                 int stage = 0;
888                 struct cache_entry *ce;
889                 int pos;
890                 if (namelen > 2 && name[1] == '/')
891                         return get_sha1_oneline(name + 2, sha1);
892                 if (namelen < 3 ||
893                     name[2] != ':' ||
894                     name[1] < '0' || '3' < name[1])
895                         cp = name + 1;
896                 else {
897                         stage = name[1] - '0';
898                         cp = name + 3;
899                 }
900                 namelen = namelen - (cp - name);
901                 if (!active_cache)
902                         read_cache();
903                 pos = cache_name_pos(cp, namelen);
904                 if (pos < 0)
905                         pos = -pos - 1;
906                 while (pos < active_nr) {
907                         ce = active_cache[pos];
908                         if (ce_namelen(ce) != namelen ||
909                             memcmp(ce->name, cp, namelen))
910                                 break;
911                         if (ce_stage(ce) == stage) {
912                                 hashcpy(sha1, ce->sha1);
913                                 *mode = ce->ce_mode;
914                                 return 0;
915                         }
916                         pos++;
917                 }
918                 return -1;
919         }
920         for (cp = name, bracket_depth = 0; *cp; cp++) {
921                 if (*cp == '{')
922                         bracket_depth++;
923                 else if (bracket_depth && *cp == '}')
924                         bracket_depth--;
925                 else if (!bracket_depth && *cp == ':')
926                         break;
927         }
928         if (*cp == ':') {
929                 unsigned char tree_sha1[20];
930                 if (!get_sha1_1(name, cp-name, tree_sha1))
931                         return get_tree_entry(tree_sha1, cp+1, sha1,
932                                               mode);
933         }
934         return ret;
935 }