revset: add literal:"string" pattern syntax

The syntax is slightly different from Mercurial. In Mercurial, a pattern must
be quoted like "<kind>:<needle>". In JJ, <kind> is a separate parsing node, and
it must not appear in a quoted string. This allows us to report unknown prefix
as an error.

There's another subtle behavior difference. In Mercurial, branch(unknown) is
an error, whereas our branches(literal:unknown) is resolved to an empty set.
I think erroring out doesn't make sense for JJ since branches() by default
performs substring matching, so its behavior is more like a filter.

The parser abuses DAG range syntax for now. It can be rewritten once we remove
the deprecated x:y range syntax.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 * Revsets gained a new function `mine()` that aliases `author([your_email])`.
 
+* `branches()`/`remote_branches()`/`author()`/`committer()`/`description()`
+  revsets now support literal matching. For example, `branch(literal:main)`
+  selects the branch named "main", but not "maint". `description(literal:"")`
+  selects commits whose description is empty.
+
 ### Fixed bugs
 
 * `jj config set --user` and `jj config edit --user` can now be used outside of any repository.

cli/tests/test_revset_output.rs

@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ fn test_bad_function_call() {
       = Invalid file pattern: Path "../out" is not in the repo
     "###);
 
+    let stderr = test_env.jj_cmd_failure(&repo_path, &["log", "-r", "branches(bad:pattern)"]);
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r###"
+    Error: Failed to parse revset:  --> 1:10
+      |
+    1 | branches(bad:pattern)
+      |          ^---------^
+      |
+      = Invalid arguments to revset function "branches": Invalid string pattern kind "bad"
+    "###);
+
     let stderr = test_env.jj_cmd_failure(&repo_path, &["log", "-r", "root::whatever()"]);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r###"
     Error: Failed to parse revset:  --> 1:7
@@ -303,7 +313,7 @@ fn test_alias() {
     1 | author(x)
       |        ^
       |
-      = Invalid arguments to revset function "author": Expected function argument of type string
+      = Invalid arguments to revset function "author": Expected function argument of string pattern
     "###);
 
     let stderr = test_env.jj_cmd_failure(&repo_path, &["log", "-r", "root & recurse"]);

docs/revsets.md

@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ revsets (expressions) as arguments.
 * `present(x)`: Same as `x`, but evaluated to `none()` if any of the commits
   in `x` doesn't exist (e.g. is an unknown branch name.)
 
+## String patterns
+
+Functions that perform string matching support the following pattern syntax.
+
+* `"substring"`: Matches strings that contain `substring`.
+* `literal:"string"`:  Matches strings exactly equal to `string`.
+
 ## Aliases
 
 New symbols and functions can be defined in the config file, by using any

lib/src/revset.rs

@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ pub const GENERATION_RANGE_EMPTY: Range<u64> = 0..0;
 /// branch name.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub enum StringPattern {
+    /// Matches strings exactly equal to `string`.
+    Literal(String),
     /// Matches strings that contain `substring`.
     Substring(String),
 }
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ impl StringPattern {
     /// Returns true if this pattern matches the `haystack`.
     pub fn matches(&self, haystack: &str) -> bool {
         match self {
+            StringPattern::Literal(literal) => haystack == literal,
             StringPattern::Substring(needle) => haystack.contains(needle),
         }
     }
@@ -1280,8 +1283,51 @@ fn parse_function_argument_to_string_pattern(
     pair: Pair<Rule>,
     state: ParseState,
 ) -> Result<StringPattern, RevsetParseError> {
-    let needle = parse_function_argument_as_literal("string", name, pair, state)?;
-    Ok(StringPattern::Substring(needle))
+    let span = pair.as_span();
+    let make_error = |message| {
+        RevsetParseError::with_span(
+            RevsetParseErrorKind::InvalidFunctionArguments {
+                name: name.to_string(),
+                message,
+            },
+            span,
+        )
+    };
+    let make_type_error = || make_error("Expected function argument of string pattern".to_owned());
+    let expression = parse_expression_rule(pair.into_inner(), state)?;
+    let pattern = match expression.as_ref() {
+        RevsetExpression::CommitRef(RevsetCommitRef::Symbol(symbol)) => {
+            let needle = symbol.to_owned();
+            StringPattern::Substring(needle)
+        }
+        // TODO: Add proper parsed node if we drop support for legacy x:y range
+        RevsetExpression::DagRange {
+            roots,
+            heads,
+            is_legacy: true,
+        } => {
+            // TODO: quoted string shouldn't be allowed as a pattern kind
+            let RevsetExpression::CommitRef(RevsetCommitRef::Symbol(kind)) = roots.as_ref() else {
+                return Err(make_type_error());
+            };
+            let RevsetExpression::CommitRef(RevsetCommitRef::Symbol(needle)) = heads.as_ref()
+            else {
+                return Err(make_type_error());
+            };
+            match kind.as_ref() {
+                "literal" => StringPattern::Literal(needle.clone()),
+                // TODO: maybe add explicit kind for substring match?
+                _ => {
+                    // TODO: error span can be narrowed to the lhs node
+                    return Err(make_error(format!(
+                        r#"Invalid string pattern kind "{kind}""#
+                    )));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        _ => return Err(make_type_error()),
+    };
+    Ok(pattern)
 }
 
 fn parse_function_argument_as_literal<T: FromStr>(
@@ -2621,6 +2667,42 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_string_pattern() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(r#"branches("foo")"#),
+            Ok(RevsetExpression::branches(StringPattern::Substring(
+                "foo".to_owned()
+            )))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(r#"branches(literal:"foo")"#),
+            Ok(RevsetExpression::branches(StringPattern::Literal(
+                "foo".to_owned()
+            )))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(r#"branches("literal:foo")"#),
+            Ok(RevsetExpression::branches(StringPattern::Substring(
+                "literal:foo".to_owned()
+            )))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(r#"branches(bad:"foo")"#),
+            Err(RevsetParseErrorKind::InvalidFunctionArguments {
+                name: "branches".to_owned(),
+                message: r#"Invalid string pattern kind "bad""#.to_owned()
+            })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(r#"branches(literal::"foo")"#),
+            Err(RevsetParseErrorKind::InvalidFunctionArguments {
+                name: "branches".to_owned(),
+                message: "Expected function argument of string pattern".to_owned()
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_revset_alias_formal_parameter() {
         let mut aliases_map = RevsetAliasesMap::new();
@@ -2743,7 +2825,7 @@ mod tests {
             parse("description(visible_heads())"),
             Err(RevsetParseErrorKind::InvalidFunctionArguments {
                 name: "description".to_string(),
-                message: "Expected function argument of type string".to_string()
+                message: "Expected function argument of string pattern".to_string()
             })
         );
         assert_eq!(
@@ -2857,10 +2939,24 @@ mod tests {
         );
 
         // Alias can be substituted to string literal.
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_with_aliases("file(A)", [("A", "a")]).unwrap(),
+            parse("file(a)").unwrap()
+        );
+
+        // Alias can be substituted to string pattern.
         assert_eq!(
             parse_with_aliases("author(A)", [("A", "a")]).unwrap(),
             parse("author(a)").unwrap()
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_with_aliases("author(A)", [("A", "literal:a")]).unwrap(),
+            parse("author(literal:a)").unwrap()
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_with_aliases("author(literal:A)", [("A", "a")]).unwrap(),
+            parse("author(literal:a)").unwrap()
+        );
 
         // Multi-level substitution.
         assert_eq!(

lib/tests/test_revset.rs

@@ -1716,8 +1716,16 @@ fn test_evaluate_expression_branches(use_git: bool) {
         resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, "branches(branch)"),
         vec![commit2.id().clone(), commit1.id().clone()]
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, "branches(literal:branch1)"),
+        vec![commit1.id().clone()]
+    );
     // Can silently resolve to an empty set if there's no matches
     assert_eq!(resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, "branches(branch3)"), vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, "branches(literal:ranch1)"),
+        vec![]
+    );
     // Two branches pointing to the same commit does not result in a duplicate in
     // the revset
     mut_repo.set_local_branch_target("branch3", RefTarget::normal(commit2.id().clone()));
@@ -1788,6 +1796,10 @@ fn test_evaluate_expression_remote_branches(use_git: bool) {
         resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, "remote_branches(branch)"),
         vec![commit2.id().clone(), commit1.id().clone()]
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, "remote_branches(literal:branch1)"),
+        vec![commit1.id().clone()]
+    );
     // Can get branches from matching remotes
     assert_eq!(
         resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, r#"remote_branches("", origin)"#),
@@ -1797,6 +1809,10 @@ fn test_evaluate_expression_remote_branches(use_git: bool) {
         resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, r#"remote_branches("", ri)"#),
         vec![commit2.id().clone(), commit1.id().clone()]
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, r#"remote_branches("", literal:origin)"#),
+        vec![commit1.id().clone()]
+    );
     // Can get branches with matching names from matching remotes
     assert_eq!(
         resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, "remote_branches(branch1, ri)"),
@@ -1806,6 +1822,13 @@ fn test_evaluate_expression_remote_branches(use_git: bool) {
         resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, r#"remote_branches(branch, private)"#),
         vec![commit2.id().clone()]
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        resolve_commit_ids(
+            mut_repo,
+            r#"remote_branches(literal:branch1, literal:origin)"#
+        ),
+        vec![commit1.id().clone()]
+    );
     // Can silently resolve to an empty set if there's no matches
     assert_eq!(
         resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, "remote_branches(branch3)"),
@@ -1819,6 +1842,20 @@ fn test_evaluate_expression_remote_branches(use_git: bool) {
         resolve_commit_ids(mut_repo, r#"remote_branches(branch1, private)"#),
         vec![]
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        resolve_commit_ids(
+            mut_repo,
+            r#"remote_branches(literal:ranch1, literal:origin)"#
+        ),
+        vec![]
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        resolve_commit_ids(
+            mut_repo,
+            r#"remote_branches(literal:branch1, literal:orig)"#
+        ),
+        vec![]
+    );
     // Two branches pointing to the same commit does not result in a duplicate in
     // the revset
     mut_repo.set_remote_branch_target("branch3", "origin", RefTarget::normal(commit2.id().clone()));