Subject: Re: [PATCH] fast-import: add ignore non-existent files option.

From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:38:03 -0700

Felipe Contreras <[email-masked]> wrote:
> This is useful for SCMs that don't have proper changesets in each
> revision (monotone).
 
> +--tolerant::
> +	Avoid fatal exceptions when actions are executed in non-existent
> +	files.  For example removing a file that is not there.
> +

Yea.  But I'm not sure --tolerant is the best name.  --ignore-errors
or --treat-errors-as-warnings sounds better to me.
  
> diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
> index 7089e6f..01be3fa 100644
> --- a/fast-import.c
> +++ b/fast-import.c
> @@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ static struct recent_command *rc_free;
>  static unsigned int cmd_save = 100;
>  static uintmax_t next_mark;
>  static struct strbuf new_data = STRBUF_INIT;
> +static int tolerant;
>  
>  static void write_branch_report(FILE *rpt, struct branch *b)
>  {
> @@ -1993,8 +1994,15 @@ static void file_change_cr(struct branch *b, int rename)
>  		tree_content_remove(&b->branch_tree, s, &leaf);
>  	else
>  		tree_content_get(&b->branch_tree, s, &leaf);
> -	if (!leaf.versions[1].mode)
> -		die("Path %s not in branch", s);
> +	if (!leaf.versions[1].mode) {
> +		if (tolerant) {
> +			if (leaf.tree)
> +				release_tree_content_recursive(leaf.tree);
> +			warning("Path %s not in branch", s);
> +			return;
> +		} else
> +			die("Path %s not in branch", s);
> +	}
>  	tree_content_set(&b->branch_tree, d,
>  		leaf.versions[1].sha1,
>  		leaf.versions[1].mode,
> @@ -2447,6 +2455,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
>  			show_stats = 0;
>  		else if (!strcmp(a, "--stats"))
>  			show_stats = 1;
> +		else if (!strcmp(a, "--tolerant"))
> +			tolerant = 1;
>  		else
>  			die("unknown option %s", a);
>  	}

-- 
Shawn.