Add a function that deletes duplicate entries from a sorted
string_list.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
---
Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt | 9 +++++++++
string-list.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
string-list.h | 7 +++++++
t/t0063-string-list.sh | 17 +++++++++++++++++
test-string-list.c | 10 ++++++++++
5 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
index 300b301..0f8b7ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ member (you need this if you add things later) and you should
set the
. Can sort an unsorted list using `sort_string_list`.
+. Can remove duplicate items from a sorted list using
+ `string_list_remove_duplicates`.
+
. Can remove individual items of an unsorted list using
`unsorted_string_list_delete_item`.
@@ -108,6 +111,12 @@ write `string_list_insert(...)->util = ...;`.
Look up a given string in the string_list, returning the containing
string_list_item. If the string is not found, NULL is returned.
+`string_list_remove_duplicates`::
+
+ Remove all but the first of consecutive entries that have the
+ same string value. If free_util is true, call free() on the
+ util members of any items that have to be deleted.
+
* Functions for unsorted lists only
`string_list_append`::
diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c
index 179fde4..decfa74 100644
--- a/string-list.c
+++ b/string-list.c
@@ -92,6 +92,23 @@ struct string_list_item *string_list_lookup(struct
string_list *list, const char
return list->items + i;
}
+void string_list_remove_duplicates(struct string_list *list, int free_util)
+{
+ if (list->nr > 1) {
+ int src, dst;
+ for (src = dst = 1; src < list->nr; src++) {
+ if (!strcmp(list->items[dst - 1].string,
list->items[src].string)) {
+ if (list->strdup_strings)
+ free(list->items[src].string);
+ if (free_util)
+ free(list->items[src].util);
+ } else
+ list->items[dst++] = list->items[src];
+ }
+ list->nr = dst;
+ }
+}
+
int for_each_string_list(struct string_list *list,
string_list_each_func_t fn, void *cb_data)
{
diff --git a/string-list.h b/string-list.h
index 7d18e62..3a6a6dc 100644
--- a/string-list.h
+++ b/string-list.h
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ struct string_list_item *string_list_insert_at_index(struct
string_list *list,
int insert_at, const char
*string);
struct string_list_item *string_list_lookup(struct string_list *list, const
char *string);
+/*
+ * Remove all but the first of consecutive entries with the same
+ * string value. If free_util is true, call free() on the util
+ * members of any items that have to be deleted.
+ */
+void string_list_remove_duplicates(struct string_list *sorted_list, int
free_util);
+
/* Use these functions only on unsorted lists: */
diff --git a/t/t0063-string-list.sh b/t/t0063-string-list.sh
index a5f05cd..dbfc05e 100755
--- a/t/t0063-string-list.sh
+++ b/t/t0063-string-list.sh
@@ -71,4 +71,21 @@ test_expect_success "test filter_string_list" '
test "x-" = "x$(test-string-list filter x1:x2 y)"
'
+test_expect_success "test remove_duplicates" '
+ test "x-" = "x$(test-string-list remove_duplicates -)" &&
+ test "x" = "x$(test-string-list remove_duplicates "")" &&
+ test a = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a)" &&
+ test a = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:a)" &&
+ test a = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:a:a:a:a)" &&
+ test a:b = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:b)" &&
+ test a:b = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:a:b)" &&
+ test a:b = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:b:b)" &&
+ test a:b:c = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:b:c)" &&
+ test a:b:c = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:a:b:c)" &&
+ test a:b:c = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:b:b:c)" &&
+ test a:b:c = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:b:c:c)" &&
+ test a:b:c = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:a:b:b:c:c)" &&
+ test a:b:c = "$(test-string-list remove_duplicates a:a:a:b:b:b:c:c:c)"
+'
+
test_done
diff --git a/test-string-list.c b/test-string-list.c
index 702276c..2d6eda7 100644
--- a/test-string-list.c
+++ b/test-string-list.c
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
return 0;
}
+ if (argc == 3 && !strcmp(argv[1], "remove_duplicates")) {
+ struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+
+ parse_string_list(&list, argv[2]);
+ string_list_remove_duplicates(&list, 0);
+ write_list_compact(&list);
+ string_list_clear(&list, 0);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown function name: %s\n", argv[0],
argv[1] ? argv[1] : "(there was none)");
return 1;
--
1.7.11.3
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