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+// Package revlist allows to create the revision history of a file, this
+// is, the list of commits in the past that affect the file.
+//
+// The general idea is to traverse the git commit graph backward,
+// flattening the graph into a linear history, and skipping commits that
+// are irrelevant for the particular file.
+//
+// There is no single answer for this operation. The git command
+// "git-revlist" returns different histories depending on its arguments
+// and some internal heuristics.
+//
+// The current implementation tries to get something similar to what you
+// whould get using git-revlist. See the failing tests for some
+// insight about how the current implementation and git-revlist differs.
+//
+// Another way to get the revision history for a file is:
+// git log --follow -p -- file
+package git
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v2/core"
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v2/diff"
+
+	"github.com/sergi/go-diff/diffmatchpatch"
+)
+
+// References returns a References for the file at "path", the commits are
+// sorted in commit order. It stops searching a branch for a file upon reaching
+// the commit were the file was created.
+//
+// Caveats:
+// - Moves and copies are not currently supported.
+// - Cherry-picks are not detected unless there are no commits between them and
+//   therefore can appear repeated in the list.
+//   (see git path-id for hints on how to fix this).
+func (c *Commit) References(path string) ([]*Commit, error) {
+	result := make([]*Commit, 0)
+	seen := make(map[core.Hash]struct{}, 0)
+	if err := walkGraph(&result, &seen, c.r, c, path); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	SortCommits(result)
+
+	// for merges of identical cherry-picks
+	return removeComp(path, result, equivalent)
+}
+
+// Recursive traversal of the commit graph, generating a linear history
+// of the path.
+func walkGraph(result *[]*Commit, seen *map[core.Hash]struct{}, repo *Repository, current *Commit, path string) error {
+	// check and update seen
+	if _, ok := (*seen)[current.Hash]; ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	(*seen)[current.Hash] = struct{}{}
+
+	// if the path is not in the current commit, stop searching.
+	if _, err := current.File(path); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// optimization: don't traverse branches that does not
+	// contain the path.
+	parents := parentsContainingPath(path, current)
+
+	switch len(parents) {
+	// if the path is not found in any of its parents, the path was
+	// created by this commit; we must add it to the revisions list and
+	// stop searching. This includes the case when current is the
+	// initial commit.
+	case 0:
+		*result = append(*result, current)
+		return nil
+	case 1: // only one parent contains the path
+		// if the file contents has change, add the current commit
+		different, err := differentContents(path, current, parents)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(different) == 1 {
+			*result = append(*result, current)
+		}
+		// in any case, walk the parent
+		return walkGraph(result, seen, repo, parents[0], path)
+	default: // more than one parent contains the path
+		// TODO: detect merges that had a conflict, because they must be
+		// included in the result here.
+		for _, p := range parents {
+			err := walkGraph(result, seen, repo, p, path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// TODO: benchmark this making git.Commit.parent public instead of using
+// an iterator
+func parentsContainingPath(path string, c *Commit) []*Commit {
+	var result []*Commit
+	iter := c.Parents()
+	for {
+		parent, err := iter.Next()
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				return result
+			}
+			panic("unreachable")
+		}
+		if _, err := parent.File(path); err == nil {
+			result = append(result, parent)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Returns an slice of the commits in "cs" that has the file "path", but with different
+// contents than what can be found in "c".
+func differentContents(path string, c *Commit, cs []*Commit) ([]*Commit, error) {
+	result := make([]*Commit, 0, len(cs))
+	h, found := blobHash(path, c)
+	if !found {
+		return nil, ErrFileNotFound
+	}
+	for _, cx := range cs {
+		if hx, found := blobHash(path, cx); found && h != hx {
+			result = append(result, cx)
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// blobHash returns the hash of a path in a commit
+func blobHash(path string, commit *Commit) (hash core.Hash, found bool) {
+	file, err := commit.File(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		var empty core.Hash
+		return empty, found
+	}
+	return file.Hash, true
+}
+
+type contentsComparatorFn func(path string, a, b *Commit) (bool, error)
+
+// Returns a new slice of commits, with duplicates removed.  Expects a
+// sorted commit list.  Duplication is defined according to "comp".  It
+// will always keep the first commit of a series of duplicated commits.
+func removeComp(path string, cs []*Commit, comp contentsComparatorFn) ([]*Commit, error) {
+	result := make([]*Commit, 0, len(cs))
+	if len(cs) == 0 {
+		return result, nil
+	}
+	result = append(result, cs[0])
+	for i := 1; i < len(cs); i++ {
+		equals, err := comp(path, cs[i], cs[i-1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if !equals {
+			result = append(result, cs[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// Equivalent commits are commits whose patch is the same.
+func equivalent(path string, a, b *Commit) (bool, error) {
+	numParentsA := a.NumParents()
+	numParentsB := b.NumParents()
+
+	// the first commit is not equivalent to anyone
+	// and "I think" merges can not be equivalent to anything
+	if numParentsA != 1 || numParentsB != 1 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	diffsA, err := patch(a, path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	diffsB, err := patch(b, path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return sameDiffs(diffsA, diffsB), nil
+}
+
+func patch(c *Commit, path string) ([]diffmatchpatch.Diff, error) {
+	// get contents of the file in the commit
+	file, err := c.File(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	content := file.Contents()
+
+	// get contents of the file in the first parent of the commit
+	var contentParent string
+	iter := c.Parents()
+	parent, err := iter.Next()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	file, err = parent.File(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		contentParent = ""
+	} else {
+		contentParent = file.Contents()
+	}
+
+	// compare the contents of parent and child
+	return diff.Do(content, contentParent), nil
+}
+
+func sameDiffs(a, b []diffmatchpatch.Diff) bool {
+	if len(a) != len(b) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range a {
+		if !sameDiff(a[i], b[i]) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func sameDiff(a, b diffmatchpatch.Diff) bool {
+	if a.Type != b.Type {
+		return false
+	}
+	switch a.Type {
+	case 0:
+		return countLines(a.Text) == countLines(b.Text)
+	case 1, -1:
+		return a.Text == b.Text
+	default:
+		panic("unreachable")
+	}
+}