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+/*
+ *  LibXDiff by Davide Libenzi ( File Differential Library )
+ *  Copyright (C) 2003	Davide Libenzi
+ *
+ *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, see
+ *  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ *  Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "xinclude.h"
+
+
+
+
+long xdl_bogosqrt(long n) {
+	long i;
+
+	/*
+	 * Classical integer square root approximation using shifts.
+	 */
+	for (i = 1; n > 0; n >>= 2)
+		i <<= 1;
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+
+int xdl_emit_diffrec(char const *rec, long size, char const *pre, long psize,
+		     xdemitcb_t *ecb) {
+	int i = 2;
+	mmbuffer_t mb[3];
+
+	mb[0].ptr = (char *) pre;
+	mb[0].size = psize;
+	mb[1].ptr = (char *) rec;
+	mb[1].size = size;
+	if (size > 0 && rec[size - 1] != '\n') {
+		mb[2].ptr = (char *) "\n\\ No newline at end of file\n";
+		mb[2].size = strlen(mb[2].ptr);
+		i++;
+	}
+	if (ecb->outf(ecb->priv, mb, i) < 0) {
+
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void *xdl_mmfile_first(mmfile_t *mmf, long *size)
+{
+	*size = mmf->size;
+	return mmf->ptr;
+}
+
+
+long xdl_mmfile_size(mmfile_t *mmf)
+{
+	return mmf->size;
+}
+
+
+int xdl_cha_init(chastore_t *cha, long isize, long icount) {
+
+	cha->head = cha->tail = NULL;
+	cha->isize = isize;
+	cha->nsize = icount * isize;
+	cha->ancur = cha->sncur = NULL;
+	cha->scurr = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+void xdl_cha_free(chastore_t *cha) {
+	chanode_t *cur, *tmp;
+
+	for (cur = cha->head; (tmp = cur) != NULL;) {
+		cur = cur->next;
+		xdl_free(tmp);
+	}
+}
+
+
+void *xdl_cha_alloc(chastore_t *cha) {
+	chanode_t *ancur;
+	void *data;
+
+	if (!(ancur = cha->ancur) || ancur->icurr == cha->nsize) {
+		if (!(ancur = (chanode_t *) xdl_malloc(sizeof(chanode_t) + cha->nsize))) {
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		ancur->icurr = 0;
+		ancur->next = NULL;
+		if (cha->tail)
+			cha->tail->next = ancur;
+		if (!cha->head)
+			cha->head = ancur;
+		cha->tail = ancur;
+		cha->ancur = ancur;
+	}
+
+	data = (char *) ancur + sizeof(chanode_t) + ancur->icurr;
+	ancur->icurr += cha->isize;
+
+	return data;
+}
+
+long xdl_guess_lines(mmfile_t *mf, long sample) {
+	long nl = 0, size, tsize = 0;
+	char const *data, *cur, *top;
+
+	if ((cur = data = xdl_mmfile_first(mf, &size)) != NULL) {
+		for (top = data + size; nl < sample && cur < top; ) {
+			nl++;
+			if (!(cur = memchr(cur, '\n', top - cur)))
+				cur = top;
+			else
+				cur++;
+		}
+		tsize += (long) (cur - data);
+	}
+
+	if (nl && tsize)
+		nl = xdl_mmfile_size(mf) / (tsize / nl);
+
+	return nl + 1;
+}
+
+int xdl_blankline(const char *line, long size, long flags)
+{
+	long i;
+
+	if (!(flags & XDF_WHITESPACE_FLAGS))
+		return (size <= 1);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size && XDL_ISSPACE(line[i]); i++)
+		;
+
+	return (i == size);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Have we eaten everything on the line, except for an optional
+ * CR at the very end?
+ */
+static int ends_with_optional_cr(const char *l, long s, long i)
+{
+	int complete = s && l[s-1] == '\n';
+
+	if (complete)
+		s--;
+	if (s == i)
+		return 1;
+	/* do not ignore CR at the end of an incomplete line */
+	if (complete && s == i + 1 && l[i] == '\r')
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int xdl_recmatch(const char *l1, long s1, const char *l2, long s2, long flags)
+{
+	int i1, i2;
+
+	if (s1 == s2 && !memcmp(l1, l2, s1))
+		return 1;
+	if (!(flags & XDF_WHITESPACE_FLAGS))
+		return 0;
+
+	i1 = 0;
+	i2 = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * -w matches everything that matches with -b, and -b in turn
+	 * matches everything that matches with --ignore-space-at-eol,
+	 * which in turn matches everything that matches with --ignore-cr-at-eol.
+	 *
+	 * Each flavor of ignoring needs different logic to skip whitespaces
+	 * while we have both sides to compare.
+	 */
+	if (flags & XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE) {
+		goto skip_ws;
+		while (i1 < s1 && i2 < s2) {
+			if (l1[i1++] != l2[i2++])
+				return 0;
+		skip_ws:
+			while (i1 < s1 && XDL_ISSPACE(l1[i1]))
+				i1++;
+			while (i2 < s2 && XDL_ISSPACE(l2[i2]))
+				i2++;
+		}
+	} else if (flags & XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE_CHANGE) {
+		while (i1 < s1 && i2 < s2) {
+			if (XDL_ISSPACE(l1[i1]) && XDL_ISSPACE(l2[i2])) {
+				/* Skip matching spaces and try again */
+				while (i1 < s1 && XDL_ISSPACE(l1[i1]))
+					i1++;
+				while (i2 < s2 && XDL_ISSPACE(l2[i2]))
+					i2++;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (l1[i1++] != l2[i2++])
+				return 0;
+		}
+	} else if (flags & XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE_AT_EOL) {
+		while (i1 < s1 && i2 < s2 && l1[i1] == l2[i2]) {
+			i1++;
+			i2++;
+		}
+	} else if (flags & XDF_IGNORE_CR_AT_EOL) {
+		/* Find the first difference and see how the line ends */
+		while (i1 < s1 && i2 < s2 && l1[i1] == l2[i2]) {
+			i1++;
+			i2++;
+		}
+		return (ends_with_optional_cr(l1, s1, i1) &&
+			ends_with_optional_cr(l2, s2, i2));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * After running out of one side, the remaining side must have
+	 * nothing but whitespace for the lines to match.  Note that
+	 * ignore-whitespace-at-eol case may break out of the loop
+	 * while there still are characters remaining on both lines.
+	 */
+	if (i1 < s1) {
+		while (i1 < s1 && XDL_ISSPACE(l1[i1]))
+			i1++;
+		if (s1 != i1)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	if (i2 < s2) {
+		while (i2 < s2 && XDL_ISSPACE(l2[i2]))
+			i2++;
+		return (s2 == i2);
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static unsigned long xdl_hash_record_with_whitespace(char const **data,
+		char const *top, long flags) {
+	unsigned long ha = 5381;
+	char const *ptr = *data;
+	int cr_at_eol_only = (flags & XDF_WHITESPACE_FLAGS) == XDF_IGNORE_CR_AT_EOL;
+
+	for (; ptr < top && *ptr != '\n'; ptr++) {
+		if (cr_at_eol_only) {
+			/* do not ignore CR at the end of an incomplete line */
+			if (*ptr == '\r' &&
+			    (ptr + 1 < top && ptr[1] == '\n'))
+				continue;
+		}
+		else if (XDL_ISSPACE(*ptr)) {
+			const char *ptr2 = ptr;
+			int at_eol;
+			while (ptr + 1 < top && XDL_ISSPACE(ptr[1])
+					&& ptr[1] != '\n')
+				ptr++;
+			at_eol = (top <= ptr + 1 || ptr[1] == '\n');
+			if (flags & XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE)
+				; /* already handled */
+			else if (flags & XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE_CHANGE
+				 && !at_eol) {
+				ha += (ha << 5);
+				ha ^= (unsigned long) ' ';
+			}
+			else if (flags & XDF_IGNORE_WHITESPACE_AT_EOL
+				 && !at_eol) {
+				while (ptr2 != ptr + 1) {
+					ha += (ha << 5);
+					ha ^= (unsigned long) *ptr2;
+					ptr2++;
+				}
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+		ha += (ha << 5);
+		ha ^= (unsigned long) *ptr;
+	}
+	*data = ptr < top ? ptr + 1: ptr;
+
+	return ha;
+}
+
+unsigned long xdl_hash_record(char const **data, char const *top, long flags) {
+	unsigned long ha = 5381;
+	char const *ptr = *data;
+
+	if (flags & XDF_WHITESPACE_FLAGS)
+		return xdl_hash_record_with_whitespace(data, top, flags);
+
+	for (; ptr < top && *ptr != '\n'; ptr++) {
+		ha += (ha << 5);
+		ha ^= (unsigned long) *ptr;
+	}
+	*data = ptr < top ? ptr + 1: ptr;
+
+	return ha;
+}
+
+unsigned int xdl_hashbits(unsigned int size) {
+	unsigned int val = 1, bits = 0;
+
+	for (; val < size && bits < CHAR_BIT * sizeof(unsigned int); val <<= 1, bits++);
+	return bits ? bits: 1;
+}
+
+
+int xdl_num_out(char *out, long val) {
+	char *ptr, *str = out;
+	char buf[32];
+
+	ptr = buf + sizeof(buf) - 1;
+	*ptr = '\0';
+	if (val < 0) {
+		*--ptr = '-';
+		val = -val;
+	}
+	for (; val && ptr > buf; val /= 10)
+		*--ptr = "0123456789"[val % 10];
+	if (*ptr)
+		for (; *ptr; ptr++, str++)
+			*str = *ptr;
+	else
+		*str++ = '0';
+	*str = '\0';
+
+	return str - out;
+}
+
+int xdl_emit_hunk_hdr(long s1, long c1, long s2, long c2,
+		      const char *func, long funclen, xdemitcb_t *ecb) {
+	int nb = 0;
+	mmbuffer_t mb;
+	char buf[128];
+
+	memcpy(buf, "@@ -", 4);
+	nb += 4;
+
+	nb += xdl_num_out(buf + nb, c1 ? s1: s1 - 1);
+
+	if (c1 != 1) {
+		memcpy(buf + nb, ",", 1);
+		nb += 1;
+
+		nb += xdl_num_out(buf + nb, c1);
+	}
+
+	memcpy(buf + nb, " +", 2);
+	nb += 2;
+
+	nb += xdl_num_out(buf + nb, c2 ? s2: s2 - 1);
+
+	if (c2 != 1) {
+		memcpy(buf + nb, ",", 1);
+		nb += 1;
+
+		nb += xdl_num_out(buf + nb, c2);
+	}
+
+	memcpy(buf + nb, " @@", 3);
+	nb += 3;
+	if (func && funclen) {
+		buf[nb++] = ' ';
+		if (funclen > (long)sizeof(buf) - nb - 1)
+			funclen = sizeof(buf) - nb - 1;
+		memcpy(buf + nb, func, funclen);
+		nb += funclen;
+	}
+	buf[nb++] = '\n';
+
+	mb.ptr = buf;
+	mb.size = nb;
+	if (ecb->outf(ecb->priv, &mb, 1) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int xdl_fall_back_diff(xdfenv_t *diff_env, xpparam_t const *xpp,
+		int line1, int count1, int line2, int count2)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This probably does not work outside Git, since
+	 * we have a very simple mmfile structure.
+	 *
+	 * Note: ideally, we would reuse the prepared environment, but
+	 * the libxdiff interface does not (yet) allow for diffing only
+	 * ranges of lines instead of the whole files.
+	 */
+	mmfile_t subfile1, subfile2;
+	xdfenv_t env;
+
+	subfile1.ptr = (char *)diff_env->xdf1.recs[line1 - 1]->ptr;
+	subfile1.size = diff_env->xdf1.recs[line1 + count1 - 2]->ptr +
+		diff_env->xdf1.recs[line1 + count1 - 2]->size - subfile1.ptr;
+	subfile2.ptr = (char *)diff_env->xdf2.recs[line2 - 1]->ptr;
+	subfile2.size = diff_env->xdf2.recs[line2 + count2 - 2]->ptr +
+		diff_env->xdf2.recs[line2 + count2 - 2]->size - subfile2.ptr;
+	if (xdl_do_diff(&subfile1, &subfile2, xpp, &env) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	memcpy(diff_env->xdf1.rchg + line1 - 1, env.xdf1.rchg, count1);
+	memcpy(diff_env->xdf2.rchg + line2 - 1, env.xdf2.rchg, count2);
+
+	xdl_free_env(&env);
+
+	return 0;
+}