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fix(github): expand pull request context from the merge base #23638

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31 changes: 31 additions & 0 deletions packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubPullRequestApi.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ const checkContextsPage = (
});

const pullRequestRefs = encodeJson({ base: { sha: "a1b2c3d" }, head: { sha: "b1c2d3e" } });
const pullRequestMergeBase = encodeJson({ merge_base_commit: { sha: "c1d2e3f" } });

const crossRepositoryDetail = (headRefOid = "abc123") =>
coreResponse({
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2670,6 +2671,34 @@ layer("GitHubPullRequestApi.layer", (it) => {
}),
);

it.effect("expands a pull request file from its merge base, not the moved base tip", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
const answers: Record<string, string> = {
"repos/acme/web/pulls/7": pullRequestRefs,
"repos/acme/web/compare/a1b2c3d...b1c2d3e?per_page=1&page=2": pullRequestMergeBase,
"repos/acme/web/contents/src/a.ts?ref=a1b2c3d": "base tip\n",
"repos/acme/web/contents/src/a.ts?ref=c1d2e3f": "merge base\n",
"repos/acme/web/contents/src/a.ts?ref=b1c2d3e": "head\n",
};
mockedExecute.mockImplementation((call) =>
Effect.succeed(output(call.kind === "rest" ? (answers[call.path] ?? "") : "")),
);
const cli = yield* GitHubPullRequestApi.GitHubPullRequestApi;

const contents = yield* cli.getPullRequestDiffFileContents({
cwd: "/w",
repository: "acme/web",
host: "github.com",
number: 7,
changeType: "change",
oldPath: "src/a.ts",
newPath: "src/a.ts",
});

expect(contents).toEqual({ oldContents: "merge base\n", newContents: "head\n" });
}),
);

it.effect("reports unusable diff revisions as a structured error", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
mockedExecute.mockReturnValueOnce(Effect.succeed(output("not-a-sha\tstill-not-a-sha\n")));
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2699,6 +2728,7 @@ layer("GitHubPullRequestApi.layer", (it) => {
it.effect("reports undecodable diff file contents as binary", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
mockedExecute.mockReturnValueOnce(Effect.succeed(output(pullRequestRefs)));
mockedExecute.mockReturnValueOnce(Effect.succeed(output(pullRequestMergeBase)));
mockedExecute.mockReturnValueOnce(Effect.succeed(output("binary�contents", false, true)));
const cli = yield* GitHubPullRequestApi.GitHubPullRequestApi;

Expand All @@ -2725,6 +2755,7 @@ layer("GitHubPullRequestApi.layer", (it) => {
it.effect("returns valid text containing a literal replacement character", () =>
Effect.gen(function* () {
mockedExecute.mockReturnValueOnce(Effect.succeed(output(pullRequestRefs)));
mockedExecute.mockReturnValueOnce(Effect.succeed(output(pullRequestMergeBase)));
mockedExecute.mockReturnValueOnce(Effect.succeed(output("before�after")));
const cli = yield* GitHubPullRequestApi.GitHubPullRequestApi;

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32 changes: 31 additions & 1 deletion packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubPullRequestApi.ts
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Expand Up @@ -890,6 +890,13 @@ const decodeRevisionRefs = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(
),
);

/** Where a pull request's head forked off its base, the commit its patch is computed from. */
const decodeMergeBase = Schema.decodeUnknownOption(
Schema.fromJsonString(
Schema.Struct({ merge_base_commit: Schema.Struct({ sha: Schema.String }) }),
),
);

const GRAPHQL_MERGE_METHODS = {
merge: "MERGE",
squash: "SQUASH",
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1337,6 +1344,29 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
...(input.commit === undefined ? {} : { commit: input.commit }),
});
}
// A pull request's patch runs from the merge base, and the base branch may have moved on
// since, so its old side is read there. Page 2 of a compare leaves out the file list; a
// failed read falls back to the base branch tip.
const oldRef =
input.commit === undefined && input.changeType !== "new"
? yield* api
.rest({
host: input.host,
operation: "getPullRequestDiffFileContents",
path: `repos/${owner}/${name}/compare/${baseRef}...${headRef}?per_page=1&page=2`,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Do not assume the current comparison uses the pull request’s merge base.

When the base branch changes, GitHub can calculate the pull-request patch and a current base-to-head comparison from different merge bases. This request can therefore select an old revision that does not match the patch. For example, after a merge commit makes the PR head an ancestor of the base tip, the comparison can select the head itself; file expansion then reads the new contents as the old contents. Select the revision that corresponds to the pull-request patch, and cover this case with a service test. (docs.github.com)

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Review comment at
@packages/source-control-github/src/server/GitHubPullRequestApi.ts at line 1356:
Update the compare request using owner, name, baseRef, and headRef so it selects
the revision corresponding to the pull-request patch rather than relying on the
current base-to-head comparison’s merge base. Add a service test for the case
where a merge commit makes the PR head an ancestor of the base tip, verifying
file expansion uses the correct old contents.

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timeout: DIFF_TIMEOUT,
})
.pipe(
Effect.map((response) =>
decodeMergeBase(response.body).pipe(
Option.map((compare) => compare.merge_base_commit.sha),
Option.filter(isCommitSha),
Option.getOrElse(() => baseRef ?? ""),
),
),
Effect.orElseSucceed(() => baseRef ?? ""),
)
: (baseRef ?? "");

const readFile = (revision: string, filePath: string) =>
api
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1367,7 +1397,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {

const [oldContents, newContents] = yield* Effect.all(
[
input.changeType === "new" ? Effect.succeed("") : readFile(baseRef ?? "", input.oldPath),
input.changeType === "new" ? Effect.succeed("") : readFile(oldRef, input.oldPath),
input.changeType === "deleted" ? Effect.succeed("") : readFile(headRef, input.newPath),
],
{ concurrency: 2 },
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