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NAME

       Arch::RevisionBunches - manage bunches of related revisions

SYNOPSIS

           use Arch::RevisionBunches;
           use Arch::Tree;

           my $rb = Arch::RevisionBunches->new;
           my $tree = Arch::Tree->new(".", own_logs => 1);
           $rb->add_revision_descs($tree->get_history_revision_descs);
           $rb->rebunch(25);  # the default is 50
           foreach my $bunch ($rb->get) {
               print "$bunch->{version}\n";
               print "    $_->{name}\t$_->{summary}\n"
                   foreach @{$bunch->{revision_descs}};
           }
           foreach my $bunch ($rb->reverse_revision_descs->rebunch(30)) {
               print $bunch->{name1};
               print " .. $bunch->{name2}" if $bunch->{name2};
               print " ($bunch->{daysago1}";
               print " .. $bunch->{daysago2}" if $bunch->{name2};
               print " days ago)\n";
           }

DESCRIPTION

       This class helps front-ends to group revisions. Such grouping is essential when, for
       example, the version to be shown contains thousands of revisions.  The front-end may
       decide to show expandable bunches of 100 revisions each.

       There is a support for revision descriptions (summary, date, creator, email, and in some
       cases associated the file name and/or the associated version).  There is a constraint by
       convention, one bunch may only contain revisions of the same version, and the ones
       associated with the same file if applicable.  It is possible to define an order of
       versions. It is possible to recreate bunches (rebunch) using a different number of
       revisions. The constraint defines the actual number of revisions in different bunches, it
       is not guaranteed to be the same.

METHODS

       The following methods are available:

       new, init, add_revision_descs, versions, rebunch, get, clear, reverse_revision_descs,
       versions, filepaths.

       new [%args]
           Construct Arch::RevisionBunches object.

           The %args are passed to init method.

       init [%args]
           The %args keys may be bunch_size (to use as the default bunch size instead of 50),
           max_sumlen (maximal summary length to keep including trailing ellipsis, must be
           greater than 5), version (if set, then all revisions are assumed to be of one version,
           otherwise multiple versions are assumed), final_revision and final_filepath (the final
           revision and filepath for which the revision bunches are constructed). These last two
           %args keys are not really used yet.

       add_revision_descs [%constant_fields]
           Add revision descriptions that is arrayref of hashes. See other classes that return
           such revision descriptions. If the %constant_fields is given, then add these to all
           revision descriptions (rarely needed).

           Return the object, this enables chaining of get or rebunch method call.

       rebunch [bunch_size]
           Group newly added revisions if no bunch_size is specified. Otherwise regroup all
           revisions using a given bunch_size. The default bunch size may be specified in the
           constructor.

           Return the same get does.

       get Return bunches that is arrayref in scalar context, array in list context.

           Each bunch is hashref with keys:

               revision_descs
               name1 daysago1 time1 tz1
               name2 daysago2 time2 tz2
               size
               num_creators
               num_other_creators
               main_creator
               main_email
               creator
               name
               date
               summary

           and optionally "version", "is_missing" and "filepath" if applicable.

           This method implicitly calls rebunch with no parameter if new revision descriptions
           were added that are not bunched yet.

       clear
           Clear all bunches and their revision descriptions.

       reverse_revision_descs
           Effectivelly empty all revision descriptions (both old and new) and readd them in the
           reverse order.

           Return the object, this enables chaining of get or rebunch method call.

       versions
           Return distinct versions participated in all bunches. Return empty arrayref if not
           applicable, i.e. if version is given in the constructor.

       filepaths
           Return distinct filepaths participated in all bunches. Return empty arrayref if not
           applicable, i.e. if revision descriptions have no filepath.

BUGS

       Waiting for your reports.

AUTHORS

       Mikhael Goikhman (migo@homemail.com--Perl-GPL/arch-perl--devel).

SEE ALSO

       For more information, see Arch::Tree, Arch::Log, Arch::Session, Arch::Library.