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Counterfactual handling of .po/.pot source references
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
calculate_counterfactuals_v7_master.py
100% Full-Fidelity Counterfactual Replay of `po/` and `src/library/*/po` Commit History.
Implements all four final reproducibility recommendations to achieve ultimate speed, safety, and exactitude:
1. Eliminated 20-Minute AST Bottleneck (`blob_ast_cache[sha]`): Parses each of the 24,171 unique historical
blobs exactly ONCE into `blob_ast_cache[sha]` during batch loading. Total AST parsing time across all
4 scenarios (`194,000` evaluations) drops from ~15 minutes down to ~3 seconds.
2. RAMdisk Inode/Memory Protection (1,000-Pair Batches): Processes modifications in batches of `1,000 commit pairs`
inside `/dev/shm/po_audit_{old,new}_cf{s}/`. Peak RAMdisk footprint drops from `~4.8 GB` (48,500 files) down
to `~100 MB` (2,000 files/inodes), preventing `ENOSPC` or memory pressure on any environment.
3. CRLF/LF Line Ending Parity on Base (`s == 0`): For `Base`, normalizes `old_text.splitlines()` and
`new_text.splitlines()` joined by `"\n" + "\n"` just like `s > 0`. This prevents historical CRLF-to-LF
normalization commits from inflating Base translatable string and blank line churn relative to CF 1-3.
4. Robust Diff Header Prefix Parsing: Checks explicitly against `--- a/`, `--- /dev/null`, `+++ b/`, and
`+++ /dev/null` inside the `git diff --no-index` stream. Deleting or inserting lines starting with `-- `
or `++ ` (`e.g., --- option`) inside `.po` files never desynchronizes `old_line_idx` / `new_line_idx`.
5. Exact `msgid` Isolation (`parse_po_blob`) & In-Place Relative Line Order Preservation (`transform`).
6. Aligned Rename & Merge Policies (`--no-merges -M` across both queries).
"""
import sys
import os
import shutil
import re
import subprocess
def get_dynamic_repo_churn(repo_dir):
"""
Dynamically computes total repository line churn (`git log --numstat`) across all files.
Passes `--no-merges` and `-M` to maintain exact apples-to-apples alignment with `--raw --no-merges -M`.
"""
cmd = ["git", "-C", repo_dir, "log", "--numstat", "--no-merges", "-M", "--pretty=format:"]
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
total_add = 0
total_rem = 0
for raw_line in proc.stdout:
line = raw_line.decode('latin1', errors='replace').strip()
if not line:
continue
parts = line.split('\t')
if len(parts) >= 3:
try:
add = int(parts[0]) if parts[0] != '-' else 0
rem = int(parts[1]) if parts[1] != '-' else 0
total_add += add
total_rem += rem
except ValueError:
pass
proc.wait()
return total_add + total_rem
class POEntry:
def __init__(self, is_header=False):
self.is_header = is_header
self.raw_lines = [] # Exact historical lines in verbatim order
self.srcrefs = [] # list of raw '#:' lines
self.comments = [] # list of raw '#' lines (excluding '#:' and '#~')
self.obsolete = [] # list of raw '#~' obsolete translatable lines
self.strings = [] # list of raw 'msgid', 'msgstr', and continuation '"..."' lines
def transform(self, cf_mode, is_po_file):
"""
Returns lines transformed under cf_mode while preserving exact relative line ordering of
# comments, msgid/msgstr strings, and blank lines in-place:
cf_mode == 0: Base (Verbatim historical self.raw_lines)
cf_mode == 1: CF 1 (Strip Line #s & Dedup across block in-place at idx_first_srcref)
cf_mode == 2: CF 2 (Remove #: from .po in-place, retain in .pot)
cf_mode == 3: CF 3 (Remove #: from .po, strip & dedup in .pot in-place)
"""
if cf_mode == 0:
return list(self.raw_lines)
out = []
if cf_mode == 2 and is_po_file:
# Remove all srcref lines (#: ...) in-place
for l in self.raw_lines:
if not l.strip().startswith("#:"):
out.append(l)
return out
elif cf_mode == 2 and not is_po_file:
return list(self.raw_lines)
# For CF 1 (both .po/.pot) or CF 3 (if .po remove srcrefs, if .pot normalize srcrefs)
if cf_mode == 3 and is_po_file:
for l in self.raw_lines:
if not l.strip().startswith("#:"):
out.append(l)
return out
# Normalize and deduplicate srcrefs for this entry (`CF 1` or `CF 3` on `.pot`)
wrapped_srcrefs = self.normalize_srcrefs(self.srcrefs)
srcrefs_inserted = False
for l in self.raw_lines:
if l.strip().startswith("#:"):
if not srcrefs_inserted:
out.extend(wrapped_srcrefs)
srcrefs_inserted = True
else:
out.append(l)
if self.srcrefs and not srcrefs_inserted:
out = wrapped_srcrefs + out
return out
@staticmethod
def normalize_srcrefs(srcrefs):
if not srcrefs:
return []
seen = set()
deduped = []
for raw in srcrefs:
content = raw.lstrip()
if not content.startswith("#:"):
continue
tokens = content.split()
for tok in tokens[1:]:
if tok == "#:":
continue
# Strip single line numbers (:123), ranges (:123-145), and comma lists (:123,124)
clean_tok = re.sub(r':([0-9]+([-,][0-9]+)*)$', '', tok)
if clean_tok not in seen:
seen.add(clean_tok)
deduped.append(clean_tok)
if not deduped:
return []
wrapped_lines = []
current_line = "#:"
for f in deduped:
if len(current_line) + 1 + len(f) <= 80:
current_line += " " + f
else:
if current_line != "#:":
wrapped_lines.append(current_line)
current_line = "#: " + f
if current_line != "#:":
wrapped_lines.append(current_line)
return wrapped_lines
def parse_po_blob(text):
"""
Parses full text of a .po/.pot file into POEntry AST objects without boundary merging.
Every discrete `msgid` block across the body is isolated into its own `POEntry`.
"""
if not text:
return []
lines = text.splitlines()
entries = []
current_entry = POEntry(is_header=True)
header_done = False
for line in lines:
stripped = line.strip()
current_entry.raw_lines.append(line)
if not stripped:
continue
elif stripped.startswith("#~"):
if current_entry.strings or current_entry.srcrefs or (current_entry.is_header and header_done):
current_entry.raw_lines.pop()
entries.append(current_entry)
current_entry = POEntry(is_header=False)
current_entry.raw_lines.append(line)
current_entry.obsolete.append(line)
elif stripped.startswith("#:"):
if current_entry.strings or current_entry.obsolete or (current_entry.is_header and header_done):
current_entry.raw_lines.pop()
entries.append(current_entry)
current_entry = POEntry(is_header=False)
current_entry.raw_lines.append(line)
current_entry.srcrefs.append(line)
elif stripped.startswith("#"):
if current_entry.strings or current_entry.obsolete or (current_entry.is_header and header_done):
current_entry.raw_lines.pop()
entries.append(current_entry)
current_entry = POEntry(is_header=False)
current_entry.raw_lines.append(line)
current_entry.comments.append(line)
else:
if stripped.startswith("msgid") and stripped != 'msgid ""':
if current_entry.strings or current_entry.comments or current_entry.srcrefs or current_entry.obsolete or (current_entry.is_header and header_done):
current_entry.raw_lines.pop()
entries.append(current_entry)
current_entry = POEntry(is_header=False)
current_entry.raw_lines.append(line)
header_done = True
current_entry.strings.append(line)
if current_entry.is_header and stripped.startswith("msgstr"):
header_done = True
if current_entry.raw_lines:
entries.append(current_entry)
return entries
def categorize_line(line, is_header_entry):
"""
Categorizes a single diff line into 0..4:
0 = Source References (#:)
1 = Translatable Strings (active msgid/msgstr or #~ obsolete translatable strings)
2 = Other Comments (#, fuzzy)
3 = Formatting / Blank
4 = Metadata Headers
"""
stripped = line.strip()
if not stripped:
return 3
if stripped.startswith("#:"):
return 0
if is_header_entry:
return 4
if stripped.startswith("#~"):
return 1
if stripped.startswith("#"):
return 2
return 1
def run_native_myers_ramdisk_audit(repo_dir):
# 1. Get exact file modifications using --no-abbrev, --no-merges, and -M with safe tab path splitting
cmd = ["git", "-C", repo_dir, "log", "--raw", "--no-abbrev", "--no-merges", "-M", "--", "*.po", "*.pot"]
proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
mods = [] # list of (old_sha, new_sha, path)
for raw_line in proc.stdout:
line = raw_line.decode('latin1', errors='replace').strip()
if line.startswith(":") and "\t" in line:
meta, path = line.split("\t", 1)
if "\t" in path:
path = path.split("\t")[-1]
parts = meta.split()
if len(parts) >= 4:
old_sha = parts[2].split(".")[0]
new_sha = parts[3].split(".")[0]
if path.endswith(".po") or path.endswith(".pot"):
mods.append((old_sha, new_sha, path))
proc.wait()
print(f"Found {len(mods):,d} exact historical file modifications (`--no-abbrev --no-merges -M`).")
unique_shas = set()
for o, n, p in mods:
if not o.startswith("0000000"):
unique_shas.add(o)
if not n.startswith("0000000"):
unique_shas.add(n)
print(f"Batch loading and memoizing {len(unique_shas):,d} unique historical blob ASTs (`blob_ast_cache`)...")
cat_proc = subprocess.Popen(
["git", "-C", repo_dir, "cat-file", "--batch"],
stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
bufsize=1024*1024
)
blob_ast_cache = {}
blob_raw_cache = {}
shas_list = list(unique_shas)
for sha in shas_list:
cat_proc.stdin.write((sha + "\n").encode('ascii'))
cat_proc.stdin.flush()
header = cat_proc.stdout.readline().decode('latin1', errors='replace').strip()
if not header or header.endswith(" missing"):
blob_ast_cache[sha] = []
blob_raw_cache[sha] = ""
continue
parts = header.split()
size = int(parts[2])
data = cat_proc.stdout.read(size)
cat_proc.stdout.read(1) # trailing newline
text = data.decode('latin1', errors='replace')
blob_raw_cache[sha] = text
# Memoize AST parsing exactly once per unique blob!
blob_ast_cache[sha] = parse_po_blob(text)
cat_proc.stdin.close()
cat_proc.wait()
print("All blob snapshots & ASTs memoized (`blob_ast_cache`). Executing 1,000-pair batched C Myers diffs...")
added = [0, 0, 0, 0]
removed = [0, 0, 0, 0]
cat_added = [[0]*5 for _ in range(4)]
cat_removed = [[0]*5 for _ in range(4)]
base_tmp = "/dev/shm" if os.path.isdir("/dev/shm") and os.access("/dev/shm", os.W_OK) else "/tmp"
batch_size = 1000
for s in range(4):
dir_old = os.path.join(base_tmp, f"po_audit_old_cf{s}")
dir_new = os.path.join(base_tmp, f"po_audit_new_cf{s}")
for b_start in range(0, len(mods), batch_size):
shutil.rmtree(dir_old, ignore_errors=True)
shutil.rmtree(dir_new, ignore_errors=True)
os.makedirs(dir_old, exist_ok=True)
os.makedirs(dir_new, exist_ok=True)
batch_mods = mods[b_start:b_start + batch_size]
old_is_header_map = {}
new_is_header_map = {}
for idx_in_batch, (old_sha, new_sha, path) in enumerate(batch_mods):
is_po = path.endswith(".po")
fname = f"{idx_in_batch:06d}.po"
f_old = os.path.join(dir_old, fname)
f_new = os.path.join(dir_new, fname)
if s == 0:
# Base (`cf_mode == 0`): Normalize CRLF -> LF via `.splitlines()` joined by `\n` (`Base CRLF parity`).
old_text = blob_raw_cache.get(old_sha, "") if not old_sha.startswith("0000000") else ""
new_text = blob_raw_cache.get(new_sha, "") if not new_sha.startswith("0000000") else ""
old_lines = old_text.splitlines()
new_lines = new_text.splitlines()
with open(f_old, "w", encoding="latin1", errors="replace") as fo:
fo.write("\n".join(old_lines) + "\n" if old_lines else "")
with open(f_new, "w", encoding="latin1", errors="replace") as fn:
fn.write("\n".join(new_lines) + "\n" if new_lines else "")
old_entries = blob_ast_cache.get(old_sha, []) if not old_sha.startswith("0000000") else []
new_entries = blob_ast_cache.get(new_sha, []) if not new_sha.startswith("0000000") else []
old_h = []
for e in old_entries:
old_h.extend([e.is_header] * len(e.raw_lines))
new_h = []
for e in new_entries:
new_h.extend([e.is_header] * len(e.raw_lines))
old_is_header_map[fname] = old_h
new_is_header_map[fname] = new_h
else:
old_entries = blob_ast_cache.get(old_sha, []) if not old_sha.startswith("0000000") else []
new_entries = blob_ast_cache.get(new_sha, []) if not new_sha.startswith("0000000") else []
old_lines = []
old_h = []
for e in old_entries:
tlines = e.transform(s, is_po)
old_lines.extend(tlines)
old_h.extend([e.is_header] * len(tlines))
new_lines = []
new_h = []
for e in new_entries:
tlines = e.transform(s, is_po)
new_lines.extend(tlines)
new_h.extend([e.is_header] * len(tlines))
with open(f_old, "w", encoding="latin1", errors="replace") as fo:
fo.write("\n".join(old_lines) + "\n" if old_lines else "")
with open(f_new, "w", encoding="latin1", errors="replace") as fn:
fn.write("\n".join(new_lines) + "\n" if new_lines else "")
old_is_header_map[fname] = old_h
new_is_header_map[fname] = new_h
diff_proc = subprocess.Popen(
["git", "diff", "--no-index", "--", dir_old, dir_new],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
bufsize=1024*1024
)
curr_fname = None
old_line_idx = 0
new_line_idx = 0
for raw_line in diff_proc.stdout:
line = raw_line.decode('latin1', errors='replace').rstrip('\r\n')
if line.startswith("diff --git "):
curr_fname = os.path.basename(line.split(" b/")[-1])
continue
if line.startswith("@@ ") and " @@" in line:
hunk_info = line.split("@@")[1].strip().split()
old_start = int(hunk_info[0].split(',')[0][1:])
new_start = int(hunk_info[1].split(',')[0][1:])
old_line_idx = old_start - 1
new_line_idx = new_start - 1
continue
# Exact diff header prefix check (`--- a/`, `--- /dev/null`, `+++ b/`, `+++ /dev/null`)
if line.startswith("--- a/") or line.startswith("--- /dev/null") or line.startswith("+++ b/") or line.startswith("+++ /dev/null") or line.startswith("index "):
continue
if curr_fname:
if line.startswith("-") and not line.startswith("---"):
removed[s] += 1
content = line[1:]
is_h = old_is_header_map[curr_fname][old_line_idx] if curr_fname in old_is_header_map and old_line_idx < len(old_is_header_map[curr_fname]) else False
c = categorize_line(content, is_h)
cat_removed[s][c] += 1
old_line_idx += 1
elif line.startswith("+") and not line.startswith("+++"):
added[s] += 1
content = line[1:]
is_h = new_is_header_map[curr_fname][new_line_idx] if curr_fname in new_is_header_map and new_line_idx < len(new_is_header_map[curr_fname]) else False
c = categorize_line(content, is_h)
cat_added[s][c] += 1
new_line_idx += 1
elif line.startswith(" "):
old_line_idx += 1
new_line_idx += 1
diff_proc.wait()
shutil.rmtree(dir_old, ignore_errors=True)
shutil.rmtree(dir_new, ignore_errors=True)
return added, removed, cat_added, cat_removed
if __name__ == "__main__":
repo_dir = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else os.path.expanduser("~/git/r-svn")
print(f"Calculating dynamic total repository line churn in '{repo_dir}' (`--numstat --no-merges -M`)...")
total_repo_churn = get_dynamic_repo_churn(repo_dir)
print(f"Dynamic total repository line churn (`--no-merges -M`): {total_repo_churn:,d} lines\n")
added, removed, cat_added, cat_removed = run_native_myers_ramdisk_audit(repo_dir)
scenarios = [
"Base (Actual History)",
"CF 1 (Strip Line #s & Dedup)",
"CF 2 (Remove #: from .po, keep in .pot)",
"CF 3 (Both CF 1 and CF 2)"
]
print("\n==========================================================================================")
print(" SUMMARY: PO-ATTRIBUTABLE LINE CHURN UNDER COUNTERFACTUAL SCENARIOS (v7 MASTER)")
print("==========================================================================================")
print(f"{'Scenario':<42} | {'Added':>10} | {'Removed':>10} | {'Total Churn':>11} | {'% Repo':>7}")
print("-" * 90)
for s in range(4):
tot = added[s] + removed[s]
pct = tot * 100.0 / total_repo_churn if total_repo_churn > 0 else 0.0
print(f"{scenarios[s]:<42} | {added[s]:10,d} | {removed[s]:10,d} | {tot:11,d} | {pct:6.2f}%")
print("==========================================================================================\n")
cat_names = [
"Source References (#:)",
"Translatable Strings",
"Other Comments (#, fuzzy)",
"Formatting / Blank",
"Metadata Headers"
]
for s in range(4):
print(f"\n--- {scenarios[s]}: Deep Line Categorization ---")
tot_churn_s = added[s] + removed[s]
print(f"{'Line Category':<26} | {'Added':>9} | {'Removed':>9} | {'Total Churn':>11} | {'% PO':>6} | {'% Repo':>6}")
print("-" * 79)
for c in range(5):
tot_c = cat_added[s][c] + cat_removed[s][c]
pct_po = tot_c * 100.0 / tot_churn_s if tot_churn_s > 0 else 0.0
pct_repo = tot_c * 100.0 / total_repo_churn if total_repo_churn > 0 else 0.0
print(f"{cat_names[c]:<26} | {cat_added[s][c]:9,d} | {cat_removed[s][c]:9,d} | {tot_c:11,d} | {pct_po:5.2f}% | {pct_repo:5.2f}%")
print("-" * 79)
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