Subject: [PATCH 1/2] name-rev: refactor logic to see if a new candidate is a better name

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:50:44 -0700

When we encounter a new ref that could describe the commit we are
looking at, we compare the name that is formed using that ref and
the name we found so far and pick a better one.

Factor the comparison logic out to a separate helper function, while
keeping the current logic the same (i.e. a name that is based on an
older tag is better, and if two tags of the same age can reach the
commit, the one with fewer number of hops to reach the commit is
better).

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/name-rev.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c
index cd89d48b65..f64c71d9bc 100644
--- a/builtin/name-rev.c
+++ b/builtin/name-rev.c
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ static long cutoff = LONG_MAX;
 /* How many generations are maximally preferred over _one_ merge traversal? */
 #define MERGE_TRAVERSAL_WEIGHT 65535
 
+static int is_better_name(struct rev_name *name,
+			  const char *tip_name,
+			  unsigned long taggerdate,
+			  int generation,
+			  int distance)
+{
+	return (name->taggerdate > taggerdate ||
+		(name->taggerdate == taggerdate &&
+		 name->distance > distance));
+}
+
 static void name_rev(struct commit *commit,
 		const char *tip_name, unsigned long taggerdate,
 		int generation, int distance,
@@ -45,9 +56,8 @@ static void name_rev(struct commit *commit,
 		name = xmalloc(sizeof(rev_name));
 		commit->util = name;
 		goto copy_data;
-	} else if (name->taggerdate > taggerdate ||
-			(name->taggerdate == taggerdate &&
-			 name->distance > distance)) {
+	} else if (is_better_name(name, tip_name, taggerdate,
+				  generation, distance)) {
 copy_data:
 		name->tip_name = tip_name;
 		name->taggerdate = taggerdate;
-- 
2.12.0-306-g4a9b9b32d4