rust/hg-core/src/copy_tracing.rs
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:32:24 +0100
changeset 46149 294d5aca4ff5
parent 46129 818502d2f5e3
child 46151 c6bc77f7e593
permissions -rw-r--r--
copies: iterate over children directly (instead of parents) Before this change we would gather all parent → child edges and iterate on all parent, gathering copy information for children and aggregating them from there. They are not strict requirement for edges to be processed in that specific order. We could also simply iterate over all "children" revision and aggregate data from both parents at the same time. This patch does that. It make various things simpler: * since both parents are processed at the same time, we no longer need to cache data for merge (see next changeset for details), * we no longer need nested loop to process data, * we no longer need to store partial merge data for a rev from distinct loop interaction to another when processing merges, * we no longer need to build a full parent -> children mapping (we only rely on a simpler "parent -> number of children" map (for memory efficiency), * the data access pattern is now simpler (from lower revisions to higher revisions) and entirely predicable. That predictability open the way to prefetching and parallel processing. So that new iterations order requires simpler code and open the way to interesting optimisation. The effect on performance is quite good. In the worse case, we don't see any significant negative impact. And in the best case, the reduction of roundtrip to Python provide us with a significant speed. Some example below: Repo Case Source-Rev Dest-Rev # of revisions old time new time Difference Factor time per rev --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mozilla-try x00000_revs_x00000_added_0_copies dc8a3ca7010e d16fde900c9c : 34414 revs, 0.962867 s, 0.502584 s, -0.460283 s, × 0.5220, 14 µs/rev mozilla-try x0000_revs_xx000_added_x_copies 156f6e2674f2 4d0f2c178e66 : 8598 revs, 0.110717 s, 0.076323 s, -0.034394 s, × 0.6894, 8 µs/rev # full comparison between the previous changeset and this one Repo Case Source-Rev Dest-Rev # of revisions old time new time Difference Factor time per rev --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mercurial x_revs_x_added_0_copies ad6b123de1c7 39cfcef4f463 : 1 revs, 0.000048 s, 0.000041 s, -0.000007 s, × 0.8542, 41 µs/rev mercurial x_revs_x_added_x_copies 2b1c78674230 0c1d10351869 : 6 revs, 0.000153 s, 0.000102 s, -0.000051 s, × 0.6667, 17 µs/rev mercurial x000_revs_x000_added_x_copies 81f8ff2a9bf2 dd3267698d84 : 1032 revs, 0.004209 s, 0.004254 s, +0.000045 s, × 1.0107, 4 µs/rev pypy x_revs_x_added_0_copies aed021ee8ae8 099ed31b181b : 9 revs, 0.000203 s, 0.000282 s, +0.000079 s, × 1.3892, 31 µs/rev pypy x_revs_x000_added_0_copies 4aa4e1f8e19a 359343b9ac0e : 1 revs, 0.000059 s, 0.000048 s, -0.000011 s, × 0.8136, 48 µs/rev pypy x_revs_x_added_x_copies ac52eb7bbbb0 72e022663155 : 7 revs, 0.000194 s, 0.000211 s, +0.000017 s, × 1.0876, 30 µs/rev pypy x_revs_x00_added_x_copies c3b14617fbd7 ace7255d9a26 : 1 revs, 0.000380 s, 0.000375 s, -0.000005 s, × 0.9868, 375 µs/rev pypy x_revs_x000_added_x000_copies df6f7a526b60 a83dc6a2d56f : 6 revs, 0.010588 s, 0.010574 s, -0.000014 s, × 0.9987, 1762 µs/rev pypy x000_revs_xx00_added_0_copies 89a76aede314 2f22446ff07e : 4785 revs, 0.048961 s, 0.049974 s, +0.001013 s, × 1.0207, 10 µs/rev pypy x000_revs_x000_added_x_copies 8a3b5bfd266e 2c68e87c3efe : 6780 revs, 0.083612 s, 0.084300 s, +0.000688 s, × 1.0082, 12 µs/rev pypy x000_revs_x000_added_x000_copies 89a76aede314 7b3dda341c84 : 5441 revs, 0.058579 s, 0.060128 s, +0.001549 s, × 1.0264, 11 µs/rev pypy x0000_revs_x_added_0_copies d1defd0dc478 c9cb1334cc78 : 43645 revs, 0.736783 s, 0.686542 s, -0.050241 s, × 0.9318, 15 µs/rev pypy x0000_revs_xx000_added_0_copies bf2c629d0071 4ffed77c095c : 2 revs, 0.022050 s, 0.009277 s, -0.012773 s, × 0.4207, 4638 µs/rev pypy x0000_revs_xx000_added_x000_copies 08ea3258278e d9fa043f30c0 : 11316 revs, 0.120800 s, 0.114733 s, -0.006067 s, × 0.9498, 10 µs/rev netbeans x_revs_x_added_0_copies fb0955ffcbcd a01e9239f9e7 : 2 revs, 0.000140 s, 0.000081 s, -0.000059 s, × 0.5786, 40 µs/rev netbeans x_revs_x000_added_0_copies 6f360122949f 20eb231cc7d0 : 2 revs, 0.000114 s, 0.000107 s, -0.000007 s, × 0.9386, 53 µs/rev netbeans x_revs_x_added_x_copies 1ada3faf6fb6 5a39d12eecf4 : 3 revs, 0.000224 s, 0.000173 s, -0.000051 s, × 0.7723, 57 µs/rev netbeans x_revs_x00_added_x_copies 35be93ba1e2c 9eec5e90c05f : 9 revs, 0.000723 s, 0.000698 s, -0.000025 s, × 0.9654, 77 µs/rev netbeans x000_revs_xx00_added_0_copies eac3045b4fdd 51d4ae7f1290 : 1421 revs, 0.009665 s, 0.009248 s, -0.000417 s, × 0.9569, 6 µs/rev netbeans x000_revs_x000_added_x_copies e2063d266acd 6081d72689dc : 1533 revs, 0.014820 s, 0.015446 s, +0.000626 s, × 1.0422, 10 µs/rev netbeans x000_revs_x000_added_x000_copies ff453e9fee32 411350406ec2 : 5750 revs, 0.076049 s, 0.074373 s, -0.001676 s, × 0.9780, 12 µs/rev netbeans x0000_revs_xx000_added_x000_copies 588c2d1ced70 1aad62e59ddd : 66949 revs, 0.683603 s, 0.639870 s, -0.043733 s, × 0.9360, 9 µs/rev mozilla-central x_revs_x_added_0_copies 3697f962bb7b 7015fcdd43a2 : 2 revs, 0.000161 s, 0.000088 s, -0.000073 s, × 0.5466, 44 µs/rev mozilla-central x_revs_x000_added_0_copies dd390860c6c9 40d0c5bed75d : 8 revs, 0.000234 s, 0.000199 s, -0.000035 s, × 0.8504, 24 µs/rev mozilla-central x_revs_x_added_x_copies 8d198483ae3b 14207ffc2b2f : 9 revs, 0.000247 s, 0.000171 s, -0.000076 s, × 0.6923, 19 µs/rev mozilla-central x_revs_x00_added_x_copies 98cbc58cc6bc 446a150332c3 : 7 revs, 0.000630 s, 0.000592 s, -0.000038 s, × 0.9397, 84 µs/rev mozilla-central x_revs_x000_added_x000_copies 3c684b4b8f68 0a5e72d1b479 : 3 revs, 0.003286 s, 0.003151 s, -0.000135 s, × 0.9589, 1050 µs/rev mozilla-central x_revs_x0000_added_x0000_copies effb563bb7e5 c07a39dc4e80 : 6 revs, 0.062441 s, 0.061612 s, -0.000829 s, × 0.9867, 10268 µs/rev mozilla-central x000_revs_xx00_added_0_copies 6100d773079a 04a55431795e : 1593 revs, 0.005423 s, 0.005381 s, -0.000042 s, × 0.9923, 3 µs/rev mozilla-central x000_revs_x000_added_x_copies 9f17a6fc04f9 2d37b966abed : 41 revs, 0.005919 s, 0.003742 s, -0.002177 s, × 0.6322, 91 µs/rev mozilla-central x000_revs_x000_added_x000_copies 7c97034feb78 4407bd0c6330 : 7839 revs, 0.062597 s, 0.061983 s, -0.000614 s, × 0.9902, 7 µs/rev mozilla-central x0000_revs_xx000_added_0_copies 9eec5917337d 67118cc6dcad : 615 revs, 0.043551 s, 0.019861 s, -0.023690 s, × 0.4560, 32 µs/rev mozilla-central x0000_revs_xx000_added_x000_copies f78c615a656c 96a38b690156 : 30263 revs, 0.192475 s, 0.188101 s, -0.004374 s, × 0.9773, 6 µs/rev mozilla-central x00000_revs_x0000_added_x0000_copies 6832ae71433c 4c222a1d9a00 : 153721 revs, 1.955575 s, 1.806696 s, -0.148879 s, × 0.9239, 11 µs/rev mozilla-central x00000_revs_x00000_added_x000_copies 76caed42cf7c 1daa622bbe42 : 204976 revs, 2.886501 s, 2.682987 s, -0.203514 s, × 0.9295, 13 µs/rev mozilla-try x_revs_x_added_0_copies aaf6dde0deb8 9790f499805a : 2 revs, 0.001181 s, 0.000852 s, -0.000329 s, × 0.7214, 426 µs/rev mozilla-try x_revs_x000_added_0_copies d8d0222927b4 5bb8ce8c7450 : 2 revs, 0.001189 s, 0.000859 s, -0.000330 s, × 0.7225, 429 µs/rev mozilla-try x_revs_x_added_x_copies 092fcca11bdb 936255a0384a : 4 revs, 0.000563 s, 0.000150 s, -0.000413 s, × 0.2664, 37 µs/rev mozilla-try x_revs_x00_added_x_copies b53d2fadbdb5 017afae788ec : 2 revs, 0.001548 s, 0.001158 s, -0.000390 s, × 0.7481, 579 µs/rev mozilla-try x_revs_x000_added_x000_copies 20408ad61ce5 6f0ee96e21ad : 1 revs, 0.027782 s, 0.027240 s, -0.000542 s, × 0.9805, 27240 µs/rev mozilla-try x_revs_x0000_added_x0000_copies effb563bb7e5 c07a39dc4e80 : 6 revs, 0.062781 s, 0.062824 s, +0.000043 s, × 1.0007, 10470 µs/rev mozilla-try x000_revs_xx00_added_0_copies 6100d773079a 04a55431795e : 1593 revs, 0.005778 s, 0.005463 s, -0.000315 s, × 0.9455, 3 µs/rev mozilla-try x000_revs_x000_added_x_copies 9f17a6fc04f9 2d37b966abed : 41 revs, 0.006192 s, 0.004238 s, -0.001954 s, × 0.6844, 103 µs/rev mozilla-try x000_revs_x000_added_x000_copies 1346fd0130e4 4c65cbdabc1f : 6657 revs, 0.065391 s, 0.064113 s, -0.001278 s, × 0.9805, 9 µs/rev mozilla-try x0000_revs_x_added_0_copies 63519bfd42ee a36a2a865d92 : 40314 revs, 0.317216 s, 0.294063 s, -0.023153 s, × 0.9270, 7 µs/rev mozilla-try x0000_revs_x_added_x_copies 9fe69ff0762d bcabf2a78927 : 38690 revs, 0.303119 s, 0.281493 s, -0.021626 s, × 0.9287, 7 µs/rev mozilla-try x0000_revs_xx000_added_x_copies 156f6e2674f2 4d0f2c178e66 : 8598 revs, 0.110717 s, 0.076323 s, -0.034394 s, × 0.6894, 8 µs/rev mozilla-try x0000_revs_xx000_added_0_copies 9eec5917337d 67118cc6dcad : 615 revs, 0.045739 s, 0.020390 s, -0.025349 s, × 0.4458, 33 µs/rev mozilla-try x0000_revs_xx000_added_x000_copies 89294cd501d9 7ccb2fc7ccb5 : 97052 revs, 3.098021 s, 3.023879 s, -0.074142 s, × 0.9761, 31 µs/rev mozilla-try x0000_revs_x0000_added_x0000_copies e928c65095ed e951f4ad123a : 52031 revs, 0.771480 s, 0.735549 s, -0.035931 s, × 0.9534, 14 µs/rev mozilla-try x00000_revs_x_added_0_copies 6a320851d377 1ebb79acd503 : 363753 revs, 18.813422 s, 18.568900 s, -0.244522 s, × 0.9870, 51 µs/rev mozilla-try x00000_revs_x00000_added_0_copies dc8a3ca7010e d16fde900c9c : 34414 revs, 0.962867 s, 0.502584 s, -0.460283 s, × 0.5220, 14 µs/rev mozilla-try x00000_revs_x_added_x_copies 5173c4b6f97c 95d83ee7242d : 362229 revs, 18.684923 s, 18.356645 s, -0.328278 s, × 0.9824, 50 µs/rev mozilla-try x00000_revs_x000_added_x_copies 9126823d0e9c ca82787bb23c : 359344 revs, 18.296305 s, 18.250393 s, -0.045912 s, × 0.9975, 50 µs/rev mozilla-try x00000_revs_x0000_added_x0000_copies 8d3fafa80d4b eb884023b810 : 192665 revs, 3.061887 s, 2.792459 s, -0.269428 s, × 0.9120, 14 µs/rev mozilla-try x00000_revs_x00000_added_x0000_copies 1b661134e2ca 1ae03d022d6d : 228985 revs, 103.869641 s, 107.697264 s, +3.827623 s, × 1.0369, 470 µs/rev mozilla-try x00000_revs_x00000_added_x000_copies 9b2a99adc05e 8e29777b48e6 : 382065 revs, 64.262957 s, 63.961040 s, -0.301917 s, × 0.9953, 167 µs/rev Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9422

use crate::utils::hg_path::HgPath;
use crate::utils::hg_path::HgPathBuf;
use crate::Revision;
use crate::NULL_REVISION;

use im_rc::ordmap::DiffItem;
use im_rc::ordmap::OrdMap;

use std::cmp::Ordering;
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::convert::TryInto;

pub type PathCopies = HashMap<HgPathBuf, HgPathBuf>;

type PathToken = HgPathBuf;

#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
struct TimeStampedPathCopy {
    /// revision at which the copy information was added
    rev: Revision,
    /// the copy source, (Set to None in case of deletion of the associated
    /// key)
    path: Option<PathToken>,
}

/// maps CopyDestination to Copy Source (+ a "timestamp" for the operation)
type TimeStampedPathCopies = OrdMap<PathToken, TimeStampedPathCopy>;

/// hold parent 1, parent 2 and relevant files actions.
pub type RevInfo<'a> = (Revision, Revision, ChangedFiles<'a>);

/// represent the files affected by a changesets
///
/// This hold a subset of mercurial.metadata.ChangingFiles as we do not need
/// all the data categories tracked by it.
/// This hold a subset of mercurial.metadata.ChangingFiles as we do not need
/// all the data categories tracked by it.
pub struct ChangedFiles<'a> {
    nb_items: u32,
    index: &'a [u8],
    data: &'a [u8],
}

/// Represent active changes that affect the copy tracing.
enum Action<'a> {
    /// The parent ? children edge is removing a file
    ///
    /// (actually, this could be the edge from the other parent, but it does
    /// not matters)
    Removed(&'a HgPath),
    /// The parent ? children edge introduce copy information between (dest,
    /// source)
    Copied(&'a HgPath, &'a HgPath),
}

/// This express the possible "special" case we can get in a merge
///
/// See mercurial/metadata.py for details on these values.
#[derive(PartialEq)]
enum MergeCase {
    /// Merged: file had history on both side that needed to be merged
    Merged,
    /// Salvaged: file was candidate for deletion, but survived the merge
    Salvaged,
    /// Normal: Not one of the two cases above
    Normal,
}

type FileChange<'a> = (u8, &'a HgPath, &'a HgPath);

const EMPTY: &[u8] = b"";
const COPY_MASK: u8 = 3;
const P1_COPY: u8 = 2;
const P2_COPY: u8 = 3;
const ACTION_MASK: u8 = 28;
const REMOVED: u8 = 12;
const MERGED: u8 = 8;
const SALVAGED: u8 = 16;

impl<'a> ChangedFiles<'a> {
    const INDEX_START: usize = 4;
    const ENTRY_SIZE: u32 = 9;
    const FILENAME_START: u32 = 1;
    const COPY_SOURCE_START: u32 = 5;

    pub fn new(data: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
        assert!(
            data.len() >= 4,
            "data size ({}) is too small to contain the header (4)",
            data.len()
        );
        let nb_items_raw: [u8; 4] = (&data[0..=3])
            .try_into()
            .expect("failed to turn 4 bytes into 4 bytes");
        let nb_items = u32::from_be_bytes(nb_items_raw);

        let index_size = (nb_items * Self::ENTRY_SIZE) as usize;
        let index_end = Self::INDEX_START + index_size;

        assert!(
            data.len() >= index_end,
            "data size ({}) is too small to fit the index_data ({})",
            data.len(),
            index_end
        );

        let ret = ChangedFiles {
            nb_items,
            index: &data[Self::INDEX_START..index_end],
            data: &data[index_end..],
        };
        let max_data = ret.filename_end(nb_items - 1) as usize;
        assert!(
            ret.data.len() >= max_data,
            "data size ({}) is too small to fit all data ({})",
            data.len(),
            index_end + max_data
        );
        ret
    }

    pub fn new_empty() -> Self {
        ChangedFiles {
            nb_items: 0,
            index: EMPTY,
            data: EMPTY,
        }
    }

    /// internal function to return an individual entry at a given index
    fn entry(&'a self, idx: u32) -> FileChange<'a> {
        if idx >= self.nb_items {
            panic!(
                "index for entry is higher that the number of file {} >= {}",
                idx, self.nb_items
            )
        }
        let flags = self.flags(idx);
        let filename = self.filename(idx);
        let copy_idx = self.copy_idx(idx);
        let copy_source = self.filename(copy_idx);
        (flags, filename, copy_source)
    }

    /// internal function to return the filename of the entry at a given index
    fn filename(&self, idx: u32) -> &HgPath {
        let filename_start;
        if idx == 0 {
            filename_start = 0;
        } else {
            filename_start = self.filename_end(idx - 1)
        }
        let filename_end = self.filename_end(idx);
        let filename_start = filename_start as usize;
        let filename_end = filename_end as usize;
        HgPath::new(&self.data[filename_start..filename_end])
    }

    /// internal function to return the flag field of the entry at a given
    /// index
    fn flags(&self, idx: u32) -> u8 {
        let idx = idx as usize;
        self.index[idx * (Self::ENTRY_SIZE as usize)]
    }

    /// internal function to return the end of a filename part at a given index
    fn filename_end(&self, idx: u32) -> u32 {
        let start = (idx * Self::ENTRY_SIZE) + Self::FILENAME_START;
        let end = (idx * Self::ENTRY_SIZE) + Self::COPY_SOURCE_START;
        let start = start as usize;
        let end = end as usize;
        let raw = (&self.index[start..end])
            .try_into()
            .expect("failed to turn 4 bytes into 4 bytes");
        u32::from_be_bytes(raw)
    }

    /// internal function to return index of the copy source of the entry at a
    /// given index
    fn copy_idx(&self, idx: u32) -> u32 {
        let start = (idx * Self::ENTRY_SIZE) + Self::COPY_SOURCE_START;
        let end = (idx + 1) * Self::ENTRY_SIZE;
        let start = start as usize;
        let end = end as usize;
        let raw = (&self.index[start..end])
            .try_into()
            .expect("failed to turn 4 bytes into 4 bytes");
        u32::from_be_bytes(raw)
    }

    /// Return an iterator over all the `Action` in this instance.
    fn iter_actions(&self, parent: Parent) -> ActionsIterator {
        ActionsIterator {
            changes: &self,
            parent: parent,
            current: 0,
        }
    }

    /// return the MergeCase value associated with a filename
    fn get_merge_case(&self, path: &HgPath) -> MergeCase {
        if self.nb_items == 0 {
            return MergeCase::Normal;
        }
        let mut low_part = 0;
        let mut high_part = self.nb_items;

        while low_part < high_part {
            let cursor = (low_part + high_part - 1) / 2;
            let (flags, filename, _source) = self.entry(cursor);
            match path.cmp(filename) {
                Ordering::Less => low_part = cursor + 1,
                Ordering::Greater => high_part = cursor,
                Ordering::Equal => {
                    return match flags & ACTION_MASK {
                        MERGED => MergeCase::Merged,
                        SALVAGED => MergeCase::Salvaged,
                        _ => MergeCase::Normal,
                    };
                }
            }
        }
        MergeCase::Normal
    }
}

/// A struct responsible for answering "is X ancestors of Y" quickly
///
/// The structure will delegate ancestors call to a callback, and cache the
/// result.
#[derive(Debug)]
struct AncestorOracle<'a, A: Fn(Revision, Revision) -> bool> {
    inner: &'a A,
    pairs: HashMap<(Revision, Revision), bool>,
}

impl<'a, A: Fn(Revision, Revision) -> bool> AncestorOracle<'a, A> {
    fn new(func: &'a A) -> Self {
        Self {
            inner: func,
            pairs: HashMap::default(),
        }
    }

    /// returns `true` if `anc` is an ancestors of `desc`, `false` otherwise
    fn is_ancestor(&mut self, anc: Revision, desc: Revision) -> bool {
        if anc > desc {
            false
        } else if anc == desc {
            true
        } else {
            if let Some(b) = self.pairs.get(&(anc, desc)) {
                *b
            } else {
                let b = (self.inner)(anc, desc);
                self.pairs.insert((anc, desc), b);
                b
            }
        }
    }
}

struct ActionsIterator<'a> {
    changes: &'a ChangedFiles<'a>,
    parent: Parent,
    current: u32,
}

impl<'a> Iterator for ActionsIterator<'a> {
    type Item = Action<'a>;

    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Action<'a>> {
        let copy_flag = match self.parent {
            Parent::FirstParent => P1_COPY,
            Parent::SecondParent => P2_COPY,
        };
        while self.current < self.changes.nb_items {
            let (flags, file, source) = self.changes.entry(self.current);
            self.current += 1;
            if (flags & ACTION_MASK) == REMOVED {
                return Some(Action::Removed(file));
            }
            let copy = flags & COPY_MASK;
            if copy == copy_flag {
                return Some(Action::Copied(file, source));
            }
        }
        return None;
    }
}

/// A small struct whose purpose is to ensure lifetime of bytes referenced in
/// ChangedFiles
///
/// It is passed to the RevInfoMaker callback who can assign any necessary
/// content to the `data` attribute. The copy tracing code is responsible for
/// keeping the DataHolder alive at least as long as the ChangedFiles object.
pub struct DataHolder<D> {
    /// RevInfoMaker callback should assign data referenced by the
    /// ChangedFiles struct it return to this attribute. The DataHolder
    /// lifetime will be at least as long as the ChangedFiles one.
    pub data: Option<D>,
}

pub type RevInfoMaker<'a, D> =
    Box<dyn for<'r> Fn(Revision, &'r mut DataHolder<D>) -> RevInfo<'r> + 'a>;

/// enum used to carry information about the parent → child currently processed
#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
enum Parent {
    /// The `p1(x) → x` edge
    FirstParent,
    /// The `p2(x) → x` edge
    SecondParent,
}

/// Same as mercurial.copies._combine_changeset_copies, but in Rust.
///
/// Arguments are:
///
/// revs: all revisions to be considered
/// children: a {parent ? [childrens]} mapping
/// target_rev: the final revision we are combining copies to
/// rev_info(rev): callback to get revision information:
///   * first parent
///   * second parent
///   * ChangedFiles
/// isancestors(low_rev, high_rev): callback to check if a revision is an
///                                 ancestor of another
pub fn combine_changeset_copies<A: Fn(Revision, Revision) -> bool, D>(
    revs: Vec<Revision>,
    mut children_count: HashMap<Revision, usize>,
    target_rev: Revision,
    rev_info: RevInfoMaker<D>,
    is_ancestor: &A,
) -> PathCopies {
    let mut all_copies = HashMap::new();
    let mut oracle = AncestorOracle::new(is_ancestor);

    for rev in revs {
        let mut d: DataHolder<D> = DataHolder { data: None };
        let (p1, p2, changes) = rev_info(rev, &mut d);

        // We will chain the copies information accumulated for the parent with
        // the individual copies information the curent revision.  Creating a
        // new TimeStampedPath for each `rev` → `children` vertex.
        let mut copies: Option<TimeStampedPathCopies> = None;
        if p1 != NULL_REVISION {
            // Retrieve data computed in a previous iteration
            let parent_copies = get_and_clean_parent_copies(
                &mut all_copies,
                &mut children_count,
                p1,
            );
            if let Some(parent_copies) = parent_copies {
                // combine it with data for that revision
                let vertex_copies = add_from_changes(
                    &parent_copies,
                    &changes,
                    Parent::FirstParent,
                    rev,
                );
                // keep that data around for potential later combination
                copies = Some(vertex_copies);
            }
        }
        if p2 != NULL_REVISION {
            // Retrieve data computed in a previous iteration
            let parent_copies = get_and_clean_parent_copies(
                &mut all_copies,
                &mut children_count,
                p2,
            );
            if let Some(parent_copies) = parent_copies {
                // combine it with data for that revision
                let vertex_copies = add_from_changes(
                    &parent_copies,
                    &changes,
                    Parent::SecondParent,
                    rev,
                );

                copies = match copies {
                    None => Some(vertex_copies),
                    // Merge has two parents needs to combines their copy
                    // information.
                    //
                    // If we got data from both parents, We need to combine
                    // them.
                    Some(copies) => Some(merge_copies_dict(
                        vertex_copies,
                        copies,
                        &changes,
                        &mut oracle,
                    )),
                };
            }
        }
        match copies {
            Some(copies) => {
                all_copies.insert(rev, copies);
            }
            _ => {}
        }
    }

    // Drop internal information (like the timestamp) and return the final
    // mapping.
    let tt_result = all_copies
        .remove(&target_rev)
        .expect("target revision was not processed");
    let mut result = PathCopies::default();
    for (dest, tt_source) in tt_result {
        if let Some(path) = tt_source.path {
            result.insert(dest, path);
        }
    }
    result
}

/// fetch previous computed information
///
/// If no other children are expected to need this information, we drop it from
/// the cache.
///
/// If parent is not part of the set we are expected to walk, return None.
fn get_and_clean_parent_copies(
    all_copies: &mut HashMap<Revision, TimeStampedPathCopies>,
    children_count: &mut HashMap<Revision, usize>,
    parent_rev: Revision,
) -> Option<TimeStampedPathCopies> {
    let count = children_count.get_mut(&parent_rev)?;
    *count -= 1;
    if *count == 0 {
        match all_copies.remove(&parent_rev) {
            Some(c) => Some(c),
            None => Some(TimeStampedPathCopies::default()),
        }
    } else {
        match all_copies.get(&parent_rev) {
            Some(c) => Some(c.clone()),
            None => Some(TimeStampedPathCopies::default()),
        }
    }
}

/// Combine ChangedFiles with some existing PathCopies information and return
/// the result
fn add_from_changes(
    base_copies: &TimeStampedPathCopies,
    changes: &ChangedFiles,
    parent: Parent,
    current_rev: Revision,
) -> TimeStampedPathCopies {
    let mut copies = base_copies.clone();
    for action in changes.iter_actions(parent) {
        match action {
            Action::Copied(dest, source) => {
                let entry;
                if let Some(v) = base_copies.get(source) {
                    entry = match &v.path {
                        Some(path) => Some((*(path)).to_owned()),
                        None => Some(source.to_owned()),
                    }
                } else {
                    entry = Some(source.to_owned());
                }
                // Each new entry is introduced by the children, we
                // record this information as we will need it to take
                // the right decision when merging conflicting copy
                // information. See merge_copies_dict for details.
                let ttpc = TimeStampedPathCopy {
                    rev: current_rev,
                    path: entry,
                };
                copies.insert(dest.to_owned(), ttpc);
            }
            Action::Removed(f) => {
                // We must drop copy information for removed file.
                //
                // We need to explicitly record them as dropped to
                // propagate this information when merging two
                // TimeStampedPathCopies object.
                if copies.contains_key(f.as_ref()) {
                    let ttpc = TimeStampedPathCopy {
                        rev: current_rev,
                        path: None,
                    };
                    copies.insert(f.to_owned(), ttpc);
                }
            }
        }
    }
    copies
}

/// merge two copies-mapping together, minor and major
///
/// In case of conflict, value from "major" will be picked, unless in some
/// cases. See inline documentation for details.
fn merge_copies_dict<A: Fn(Revision, Revision) -> bool>(
    mut minor: TimeStampedPathCopies,
    mut major: TimeStampedPathCopies,
    changes: &ChangedFiles,
    oracle: &mut AncestorOracle<A>,
) -> TimeStampedPathCopies {
    // This closure exist as temporary help while multiple developper are
    // actively working on this code. Feel free to re-inline it once this
    // code is more settled.
    let mut cmp_value =
        |dest: &PathToken,
         src_minor: &TimeStampedPathCopy,
         src_major: &TimeStampedPathCopy| {
            compare_value(changes, oracle, dest, src_minor, src_major)
        };
    if minor.is_empty() {
        major
    } else if major.is_empty() {
        minor
    } else if minor.len() * 2 < major.len() {
        // Lets says we are merging two TimeStampedPathCopies instance A and B.
        //
        // If A contains N items, the merge result will never contains more
        // than N values differents than the one in A
        //
        // If B contains M items, with M > N, the merge result will always
        // result in a minimum of M - N value differents than the on in
        // A
        //
        // As a result, if N < (M-N), we know that simply iterating over A will
        // yield less difference than iterating over the difference
        // between A and B.
        //
        // This help performance a lot in case were a tiny
        // TimeStampedPathCopies is merged with a much larger one.
        for (dest, src_minor) in minor {
            let src_major = major.get(&dest);
            match src_major {
                None => major.insert(dest, src_minor),
                Some(src_major) => {
                    match cmp_value(&dest, &src_minor, src_major) {
                        MergePick::Any | MergePick::Major => None,
                        MergePick::Minor => major.insert(dest, src_minor),
                    }
                }
            };
        }
        major
    } else if major.len() * 2 < minor.len() {
        // This use the same rational than the previous block.
        // (Check previous block documentation for details.)
        for (dest, src_major) in major {
            let src_minor = minor.get(&dest);
            match src_minor {
                None => minor.insert(dest, src_major),
                Some(src_minor) => {
                    match cmp_value(&dest, src_minor, &src_major) {
                        MergePick::Any | MergePick::Minor => None,
                        MergePick::Major => minor.insert(dest, src_major),
                    }
                }
            };
        }
        minor
    } else {
        let mut override_minor = Vec::new();
        let mut override_major = Vec::new();

        let mut to_major = |k: &PathToken, v: &TimeStampedPathCopy| {
            override_major.push((k.clone(), v.clone()))
        };
        let mut to_minor = |k: &PathToken, v: &TimeStampedPathCopy| {
            override_minor.push((k.clone(), v.clone()))
        };

        // The diff function leverage detection of the identical subpart if
        // minor and major has some common ancestors. This make it very
        // fast is most case.
        //
        // In case where the two map are vastly different in size, the current
        // approach is still slowish because the iteration will iterate over
        // all the "exclusive" content of the larger on. This situation can be
        // frequent when the subgraph of revision we are processing has a lot
        // of roots. Each roots adding they own fully new map to the mix (and
        // likely a small map, if the path from the root to the "main path" is
        // small.
        //
        // We could do better by detecting such situation and processing them
        // differently.
        for d in minor.diff(&major) {
            match d {
                DiffItem::Add(k, v) => to_minor(k, v),
                DiffItem::Remove(k, v) => to_major(k, v),
                DiffItem::Update { old, new } => {
                    let (dest, src_major) = new;
                    let (_, src_minor) = old;
                    match cmp_value(dest, src_minor, src_major) {
                        MergePick::Major => to_minor(dest, src_major),
                        MergePick::Minor => to_major(dest, src_minor),
                        // If the two entry are identical, no need to do
                        // anything (but diff should not have yield them)
                        MergePick::Any => unreachable!(),
                    }
                }
            };
        }

        let updates;
        let mut result;
        if override_major.is_empty() {
            result = major
        } else if override_minor.is_empty() {
            result = minor
        } else {
            if override_minor.len() < override_major.len() {
                updates = override_minor;
                result = minor;
            } else {
                updates = override_major;
                result = major;
            }
            for (k, v) in updates {
                result.insert(k, v);
            }
        }
        result
    }
}

/// represent the side that should prevail when merging two
/// TimeStampedPathCopies
enum MergePick {
    /// The "major" (p1) side prevails
    Major,
    /// The "minor" (p2) side prevails
    Minor,
    /// Any side could be used (because they are the same)
    Any,
}

/// decide which side prevails in case of conflicting values
#[allow(clippy::if_same_then_else)]
fn compare_value<A: Fn(Revision, Revision) -> bool>(
    changes: &ChangedFiles,
    oracle: &mut AncestorOracle<A>,
    dest: &PathToken,
    src_minor: &TimeStampedPathCopy,
    src_major: &TimeStampedPathCopy,
) -> MergePick {
    if src_major.path == src_minor.path {
        // we have the same value, but from other source;
        if src_major.rev == src_minor.rev {
            // If the two entry are identical, they are both valid
            MergePick::Any
        } else if oracle.is_ancestor(src_major.rev, src_minor.rev) {
            MergePick::Minor
        } else {
            MergePick::Major
        }
    } else if src_major.rev == src_minor.rev {
        // We cannot get copy information for both p1 and p2 in the
        // same rev. So this is the same value.
        unreachable!(
            "conflict information from p1 and p2 in the same revision"
        );
    } else {
        let action = changes.get_merge_case(&dest);
        if src_major.path.is_none() && action == MergeCase::Salvaged {
            // If the file is "deleted" in the major side but was
            // salvaged by the merge, we keep the minor side alive
            MergePick::Minor
        } else if src_minor.path.is_none() && action == MergeCase::Salvaged {
            // If the file is "deleted" in the minor side but was
            // salvaged by the merge, unconditionnaly preserve the
            // major side.
            MergePick::Major
        } else if action == MergeCase::Merged {
            // If the file was actively merged, copy information
            // from each side might conflict.  The major side will
            // win such conflict.
            MergePick::Major
        } else if oracle.is_ancestor(src_major.rev, src_minor.rev) {
            // If the minor side is strictly newer than the major
            // side, it should be kept.
            MergePick::Minor
        } else if src_major.path.is_some() {
            // without any special case, the "major" value win
            // other the "minor" one.
            MergePick::Major
        } else if oracle.is_ancestor(src_minor.rev, src_major.rev) {
            // the "major" rev is a direct ancestors of "minor",
            // any different value should
            // overwrite
            MergePick::Major
        } else {
            // major version is None (so the file was deleted on
            // that branch) and that branch is independant (neither
            // minor nor major is an ancestors of the other one.)
            // We preserve the new
            // information about the new file.
            MergePick::Minor
        }
    }
}