rebase -i: generate the script via rebase--helper

This is substantially faster, improving the speedup relative to the
shell script version of the interactive rebase from 2x to 3x on Windows.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Author: dscho

builtin/rebase--helper.c

@@ -11,15 +11,19 @@ static const char * const builtin_rebase_helper_usage[] = {
 int cmd_rebase__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	struct replay_opts opts = REPLAY_OPTS_INIT;
+	int keep_empty = 0;
 	enum {
-		CONTINUE = 1, ABORT
+		CONTINUE = 1, ABORT, MAKE_SCRIPT
 	} command = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "ff", &opts.allow_ff, N_("allow fast-forward")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "keep-empty", &keep_empty, N_("keep empty commits")),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "continue", &command, N_("continue rebase"),
 				CONTINUE),
 		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "abort", &command, N_("abort rebase"),
 				ABORT),
+		OPT_CMDMODE(0, "make-script", &command,
+			N_("make rebase script"), MAKE_SCRIPT),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -36,5 +40,7 @@ int cmd_rebase__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		return sequencer_continue(&opts);
 	if (command == ABORT && argc == 1)
 		return sequencer_remove_state(&opts);
+	if (command == MAKE_SCRIPT && argc > 1)
+		return sequencer_make_script(keep_empty, stdout, argc, argv);
 	usage_with_options(builtin_rebase_helper_usage, options);
 }

git-rebase--interactive.sh

@@ -1188,26 +1188,27 @@ else
 	revisions=$onto...$orig_head
 	shortrevisions=$shorthead
 fi
-format=$(git config --get rebase.instructionFormat)
-# the 'rev-list .. | sed' requires %m to parse; the instruction requires %H to parse
-git rev-list $merges_option --format="%m%H ${format:-%s}" \
-	--reverse --left-right --topo-order \
-	$revisions ${restrict_revision+^$restrict_revision} | \
-	sed -n "s/^>//p" |
-while read -r sha1 rest
-do
-
-	if test -z "$keep_empty" && is_empty_commit $sha1 && ! is_merge_commit $sha1
-	then
-		comment_out="$comment_char "
-	else
-		comment_out=
-	fi
+if test t != "$preserve_merges"
+then
+	git rebase--helper --make-script ${keep_empty:+--keep-empty} \
+		$revisions ${restrict_revision+^$restrict_revision} > "$todo"
+else
+	format=$(git config --get rebase.instructionFormat)
+	# the 'rev-list .. | sed' requires %m to parse; the instruction requires %H to parse
+	git rev-list $merges_option --format="%m%H ${format:-%s}" \
+		--reverse --left-right --topo-order \
+		$revisions ${restrict_revision+^$restrict_revision} | \
+		sed -n "s/^>//p" |
+	while read -r sha1 rest
+	do
+
+		if test -z "$keep_empty" && is_empty_commit $sha1 && ! is_merge_commit $sha1
+		then
+			comment_out="$comment_char "
+		else
+			comment_out=
+		fi
 
-	if test t != "$preserve_merges"
-	then
-		printf '%s\n' "${comment_out}pick $sha1 $rest" >>"$todo"
-	else
 		if test -z "$rebase_root"
 		then
 			preserve=t
@@ -1226,8 +1227,8 @@ do
 			touch "$rewritten"/$sha1
 			printf '%s\n' "${comment_out}pick $sha1 $rest" >>"$todo"
 		fi
-	fi
-done
+	done
+fi
 
 # Watch for commits that been dropped by --cherry-pick
 if test t = "$preserve_merges"

sequencer.c

@@ -2161,3 +2161,47 @@ void append_signoff(struct strbuf *msgbuf, int ignore_footer, unsigned flag)
 
 	strbuf_release(&sob);
 }
+
+int sequencer_make_script(int keep_empty, FILE *out,
+		int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	char *format = "%s";
+	struct pretty_print_context pp = {0};
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct rev_info revs;
+	struct commit *commit;
+
+	init_revisions(&revs, NULL);
+	revs.verbose_header = 1;
+	revs.max_parents = 1;
+	revs.cherry_pick = 1;
+	revs.limited = 1;
+	revs.reverse = 1;
+	revs.right_only = 1;
+	revs.sort_order = REV_SORT_IN_GRAPH_ORDER;
+	revs.topo_order = 1;
+
+	revs.pretty_given = 1;
+	git_config_get_string("rebase.instructionFormat", &format);
+	get_commit_format(format, &revs);
+	pp.fmt = revs.commit_format;
+	pp.output_encoding = get_log_output_encoding();
+
+	if (setup_revisions(argc, argv, &revs, NULL) > 1)
+		return error("make_script: unhandled options");
+
+	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs) < 0)
+		return error("make_script: error preparing revisions");
+
+	while ((commit = get_revision(&revs))) {
+		strbuf_reset(&buf);
+		if (!keep_empty && is_original_commit_empty(commit))
+			strbuf_addf(&buf, "%c ", comment_line_char);
+		strbuf_addf(&buf, "pick %s ", oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
+		pretty_print_commit(&pp, commit, &buf);
+		strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
+		fputs(buf.buf, out);
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+	return 0;
+}

sequencer.h

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ int sequencer_remove_state(struct replay_opts *opts);
 
 int sequencer_commit(const char *defmsg, struct replay_opts *opts,
 			  int allow_empty, int edit, int amend);
+int sequencer_make_script(int keep_empty, FILE *out,
+		int argc, const char **argv);
 
 extern const char sign_off_header[];