Support pathspec magic :(exclude) and its short form :!

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/glossary-content.txt

@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
  - Other consecutive asterisks are considered invalid.
 +
 Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic.
+
+exclude;;
+	After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run
+	through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!`). If it
+	matches, the path is ignored.
 --
 
 [[def_parent]]parent::

builtin/add.c

@@ -540,10 +540,13 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			       PATHSPEC_FROMTOP |
 			       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
 			       PATHSPEC_GLOB |
-			       PATHSPEC_ICASE);
+			       PATHSPEC_ICASE |
+			       PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE);
 
 		for (i = 0; i < pathspec.nr; i++) {
 			const char *path = pathspec.items[i].match;
+			if (pathspec.items[i].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)
+				continue;
 			if (!seen[i] &&
 			    ((pathspec.items[i].magic &
 			      (PATHSPEC_GLOB | PATHSPEC_ICASE)) ||

dir.c

@@ -126,10 +126,13 @@ static size_t common_prefix_len(const struct pathspec *pathspec)
 		       PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH |
 		       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
 		       PATHSPEC_GLOB |
-		       PATHSPEC_ICASE);
+		       PATHSPEC_ICASE |
+		       PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE);
 
 	for (n = 0; n < pathspec->nr; n++) {
 		size_t i = 0, len = 0, item_len;
+		if (pathspec->items[n].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)
+			continue;
 		if (pathspec->items[n].magic & PATHSPEC_ICASE)
 			item_len = pathspec->items[n].prefix;
 		else
@@ -279,9 +282,10 @@ static int match_pathspec_item(const struct pathspec_item *item, int prefix,
  * pathspec did not match any names, which could indicate that the
  * user mistyped the nth pathspec.
  */
-int match_pathspec_depth(const struct pathspec *ps,
-			 const char *name, int namelen,
-			 int prefix, char *seen)
+static int match_pathspec_depth_1(const struct pathspec *ps,
+				  const char *name, int namelen,
+				  int prefix, char *seen,
+				  int exclude)
 {
 	int i, retval = 0;
 
@@ -290,7 +294,8 @@ int match_pathspec_depth(const struct pathspec *ps,
 		       PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH |
 		       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
 		       PATHSPEC_GLOB |
-		       PATHSPEC_ICASE);
+		       PATHSPEC_ICASE |
+		       PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE);
 
 	if (!ps->nr) {
 		if (!ps->recursive ||
@@ -309,8 +314,19 @@ int match_pathspec_depth(const struct pathspec *ps,
 
 	for (i = ps->nr - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		int how;
+
+		if ((!exclude &&   ps->items[i].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE) ||
+		    ( exclude && !(ps->items[i].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)))
+			continue;
+
 		if (seen && seen[i] == MATCHED_EXACTLY)
 			continue;
+		/*
+		 * Make exclude patterns optional and never report
+		 * "pathspec ':(exclude)foo' matches no files"
+		 */
+		if (seen && ps->items[i].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)
+			seen[i] = MATCHED_FNMATCH;
 		how = match_pathspec_item(ps->items+i, prefix, name, namelen);
 		if (ps->recursive &&
 		    (ps->magic & PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH) &&
@@ -334,6 +350,18 @@ int match_pathspec_depth(const struct pathspec *ps,
 	return retval;
 }
 
+int match_pathspec_depth(const struct pathspec *ps,
+			 const char *name, int namelen,
+			 int prefix, char *seen)
+{
+	int positive, negative;
+	positive = match_pathspec_depth_1(ps, name, namelen, prefix, seen, 0);
+	if (!(ps->magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE) || !positive)
+		return positive;
+	negative = match_pathspec_depth_1(ps, name, namelen, prefix, seen, 1);
+	return negative ? 0 : positive;
+}
+
 /*
  * Return the length of the "simple" part of a path match limiter.
  */
@@ -1375,11 +1403,18 @@ int read_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, int len, const stru
 			       PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH |
 			       PATHSPEC_LITERAL |
 			       PATHSPEC_GLOB |
-			       PATHSPEC_ICASE);
+			       PATHSPEC_ICASE |
+			       PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE);
 
 	if (has_symlink_leading_path(path, len))
 		return dir->nr;
 
+	/*
+	 * exclude patterns are treated like positive ones in
+	 * create_simplify. Usually exclude patterns should be a
+	 * subset of positive ones, which has no impacts on
+	 * create_simplify().
+	 */
 	simplify = create_simplify(pathspec ? pathspec->_raw : NULL);
 	if (!len || treat_leading_path(dir, path, len, simplify))
 		read_directory_recursive(dir, path, len, 0, simplify);

pathspec.c

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static struct pathspec_magic {
 	{ PATHSPEC_LITERAL,   0, "literal" },
 	{ PATHSPEC_GLOB,   '\0', "glob" },
 	{ PATHSPEC_ICASE,  '\0', "icase" },
+	{ PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE, '!', "exclude" },
 };
 
 /*
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 {
 	struct pathspec_item *item;
 	const char *entry = argv ? *argv : NULL;
-	int i, n, prefixlen;
+	int i, n, prefixlen, nr_exclude = 0;
 
 	memset(pathspec, 0, sizeof(*pathspec));
 
@@ -412,6 +413,8 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 		if ((flags & PATHSPEC_LITERAL_PATH) &&
 		    !(magic_mask & PATHSPEC_LITERAL))
 			item[i].magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
+		if (item[i].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)
+			nr_exclude++;
 		if (item[i].magic & magic_mask)
 			unsupported_magic(entry,
 					  item[i].magic & magic_mask,
@@ -427,6 +430,10 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 		pathspec->magic |= item[i].magic;
 	}
 
+	if (nr_exclude == n)
+		die(_("There is nothing to exclude from by :(exclude) patterns.\n"
+		      "Perhaps you forgot to add either ':/' or '.' ?"));
+
 
 	if (pathspec->magic & PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH) {
 		if (flags & PATHSPEC_KEEP_ORDER)

pathspec.h

@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 #define PATHSPEC_LITERAL	(1<<2)
 #define PATHSPEC_GLOB		(1<<3)
 #define PATHSPEC_ICASE		(1<<4)
+#define PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE	(1<<5)
 #define PATHSPEC_ALL_MAGIC	  \
 	(PATHSPEC_FROMTOP	| \
 	 PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH	| \
 	 PATHSPEC_LITERAL	| \
 	 PATHSPEC_GLOB		| \
-	 PATHSPEC_ICASE)
+	 PATHSPEC_ICASE		| \
+	 PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)
 
 #define PATHSPEC_ONESTAR 1	/* the pathspec pattern satisfies GFNM_ONESTAR */
 

t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='test case exclude pathspec'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	for p in file sub/file sub/sub/file sub/file2 sub/sub/sub/file sub2/file; do
+		if echo $p | grep /; then
+			mkdir -p `dirname $p`
+		fi &&
+		: >$p &&
+		git add $p &&
+		git commit -m $p
+	done &&
+	git log --oneline --format=%s >actual &&
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+sub2/file
+sub/sub/sub/file
+sub/file2
+sub/sub/file
+sub/file
+file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'exclude only should error out' '
+	test_must_fail git log --oneline --format=%s -- ":(exclude)sub"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 't_e_i() exclude sub' '
+	git log --oneline --format=%s -- . ":(exclude)sub" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+sub2/file
+file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 't_e_i() exclude sub/sub/file' '
+	git log --oneline --format=%s -- . ":(exclude)sub/sub/file" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+sub2/file
+sub/sub/sub/file
+sub/file2
+sub/file
+file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 't_e_i() exclude sub using mnemonic' '
+	git log --oneline --format=%s -- . ":!sub" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+sub2/file
+file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 't_e_i() exclude :(icase)SUB' '
+	git log --oneline --format=%s -- . ":(exclude,icase)SUB" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+sub2/file
+file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 't_e_i() exclude sub2 from sub' '
+	(
+	cd sub &&
+	git log --oneline --format=%s -- :/ ":/!sub2" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+sub/sub/sub/file
+sub/file2
+sub/sub/file
+sub/file
+file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 't_e_i() exclude sub/*file' '
+	git log --oneline --format=%s -- . ":(exclude)sub/*file" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+sub2/file
+sub/file2
+file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 't_e_i() exclude :(glob)sub/*/file' '
+	git log --oneline --format=%s -- . ":(exclude,glob)sub/*/file" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+sub2/file
+sub/sub/sub/file
+sub/file2
+sub/file
+file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'm_p_d() exclude sub' '
+	git ls-files -- . ":(exclude)sub" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+file
+sub2/file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'm_p_d() exclude sub/sub/file' '
+	git ls-files -- . ":(exclude)sub/sub/file" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+file
+sub/file
+sub/file2
+sub/sub/sub/file
+sub2/file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'm_p_d() exclude sub using mnemonic' '
+	git ls-files -- . ":!sub" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+file
+sub2/file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'm_p_d() exclude :(icase)SUB' '
+	git ls-files -- . ":(exclude,icase)SUB" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+file
+sub2/file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'm_p_d() exclude sub2 from sub' '
+	(
+	cd sub &&
+	git ls-files -- :/ ":/!sub2" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+../file
+file
+file2
+sub/file
+sub/sub/file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'm_p_d() exclude sub/*file' '
+	git ls-files -- . ":(exclude)sub/*file" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+file
+sub/file2
+sub2/file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'm_p_d() exclude :(glob)sub/*/file' '
+	git ls-files -- . ":(exclude,glob)sub/*/file" >actual
+	cat <<EOF >expect &&
+file
+sub/file
+sub/file2
+sub/sub/sub/file
+sub2/file
+EOF
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done