git-strip-merge

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# git-strip-merge - a git-merge that delete files on branch before merging
#
#    Copyright (C) 2012 Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) <linux@rodrigosilva.com>
#
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# Answer for "How to setup a git driver to ignore a folder on merge?"
# See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3111515

#Defaults:
msgcommit="remove files from '<branch>' before merge"
msgmerge="Merge stripped branch '<branch>'"
verbose=0
quiet=(--quiet)

usage() {
	cat <<- USAGE
	Usage: $myname [git-merge options] [-M <commitmsg>] <branch> FILE...
	USAGE
	if [[ "$1" ]] ; then
		cat >&2 <<- USAGE
		Try '$myname --help' for more information.
		USAGE
		exit 1
	fi
	cat <<-USAGE

	git-merge that delete files on "foreign" <branch> before merging

	Useful for ignoring a folder in <branch> before merging it with
	current branch. Works by deleting FILE(S) in a detached commit based
	on <branch>, and then performing the merge of this new commit in the
	current branch. Note that <branch> is not changed by this procedure.
	Also note that <branch> may actually be any reference, like a tag,
	or a remote branch, or even a commit SHA.

	For more information, see <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3111515>

	Options:
	  -h, --help
	     show this page.

	  -v, --verbose
	     do not use -q to suppress normal output of internal steps from git
	     checkout, rm, commit. By default, only git merge output is shown.
	     Errors, however, are never suppressed

	  -M <message>, --msgcommit=<message>
	     message for the removal commit in <branch>. Not to be confused
	     with the message of the merge commit, which is set by -m. Default
	     message is: "$msgcommit"

	  -m <message>, --message=<message>
	     message for the merge commit. Since we are not merging <branch>
	     directly, but rather a detached commit based on it, we forge a
	     message similar to git's default for a branch merge. Otherwise
	     git would use in message the full and ugly SHA1 of our commit.
	     Default message is: "$msgmerge"

	  For both commit messages, the token "<branch>" is replaced for the
	  actual <branch> name.

	Additional options are passed unchecked to git merge.

	All options must precede <branch> and FILE(s), except -h and --help
	that may appear	anywhere on the command line.

	Example:
	  $myname design "photoshop/*"

	Copyright (C) 2012 Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) <linux@rodrigosilva.com>
	License: GPLv3 or later. See <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
	USAGE
	exit 0
}

# Helper functions
myname="${0##*/}"
argerr()  { printf "%s: %s\n" "${0##*/}" "${1:-error}" >&2 ; usage 1 ; }
invalid() { argerr "invalid option: $1" ; }
missing() { argerr "missing ${2:+$2 }operand${1:+ from $1}." ; }

# Option handling
files=()
mergeopts=()
for arg in "$@"; do case "$arg" in -h|--help) usage ;; esac; done
while (( $# )); do
	case "$1" in
	-v|--verbose  ) verbose=1            ;;
	-M            ) shift ; msgcommit=$1 ;;
	-m            ) shift ; msgmerge=$1  ;;
	--msgcommit=* ) msgcommit=${1#*=}    ;;
	--message=*   ) msgmerge=${1#*=}     ;;
	-*            ) mergeopts+=( "$1" )  ;;
	*             ) branch="$1"
	                shift ; break        ;;
	esac
	shift
done
files+=( "$@" )

# Argument handling

msgcommit=${msgcommit//<branch>/$branch}
msgmerge=${msgmerge//<branch>/$branch}

[[ "$msgcommit" ]]  || missing "msgcommit" "MSG"
[[ "$branch"   ]]   || missing ""          "<branch>"
(( ${#files[@]} ))  || missing ""          "FILE"

((verbose)) && quiet=()

# Here the fun begins...
gitsha()    { git rev-parse "$1" ; }
gitbranch() {
	git symbolic-ref "$1" 2> /dev/null | sed 's/refs\/heads\///' ||
	gitsha "$1"
}

original=$(gitbranch HEAD)
branchsha=$(gitsha "$branch")

trap 'git checkout --quiet "$original"' EXIT

git checkout "$branchsha"  "${quiet[@]}" &&
git rm -rf "${files[@]}"   "${quiet[@]}" &&
git commit -m "$msgcommit" "${quiet[@]}" &&
newsha=$(gitsha HEAD)                    &&
git checkout "$original"   "${quiet[@]}" &&
git merge -m "$msgmerge" "${mergeopts[@]}" "$newsha"