review/api.py @ 206a678a3459 initial-docs

docs/cli: more cli documentation
author Steve Losh <steve@stevelosh.com>
date Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:21:16 -0400
parents 5c200ed49875
children 9a08affdfc35
from __future__ import with_statement

"""The API for interacting with code review data."""

import datetime, operator, os
import files, messages
from mercurial import cmdutil, error, hg, patch, util
from mercurial.node import hex
from mercurial import ui as _ui

try:
    from os.path import relpath
except ImportError: # python < 2.6
    from os.path import curdir, abspath, sep, commonprefix, pardir, join
    def relpath(path, start=curdir):
        """Return a relative version of a path"""

        if not path:
            raise ValueError("no path specified")

        start_list = abspath(start).split(sep)
        path_list = abspath(path).split(sep)

        # Work out how much of the filepath is shared by start and path.
        i = len(commonprefix([start_list, path_list]))

        rel_list = [pardir] * (len(start_list)-i) + path_list[i:]
        if not rel_list:
            return curdir
        return join(*rel_list)


try:
    import json
except ImportError:
    import simplejson as json


DEFAULT_DATASTORE_DIRNAME = os.path.join('.hg', 'review')

class PreexistingDatastore(Exception):
    """Raised when trying to initialize a datastore when one seems to exist."""
    def __init__(self, committed):
        super(PreexistingDatastore, self).__init__()
        self.committed = committed

class UninitializedDatastore(Exception):
    """Raised when trying to access a datastore that does not exist.

    The committed attribute will be True if someone else has already
    initialized code review for the target (i.e. the .hgreview file is present
    in the target repository), or False otherwise.

    """
    def __init__(self, committed):
        super(UninitializedDatastore, self).__init__()
        self.committed = committed


class DatastoreRequiresRemotePath(Exception):
    """Raised when initializing a fresh datastore without a remote path."""
    pass

class RelativeRemotePath(Exception):
    """Raised when trying to use a relative remote path (for now)."""
    pass


class SignoffExists(Exception):
    """Raised when trying to signoff twice."""
    pass

class FileNotInChangeset(Exception):
    """Raised when trying to add a comment on a file not in the changeset."""
    def __init__(self, filename):
        super(FileNotInChangeset, self).__init__()
        self.filename = filename


class AmbiguousIdentifier(Exception):
    """Raised when trying to specify an item with an identifier which matches more than one item."""
    pass

class UnknownIdentifier(Exception):
    """Raised when trying to specify an item with an identifier which does not match any items."""
    pass

class WrongEditItemType(Exception):
    """Raised when calling edit_comment with a signoff, or vice versa."""
    pass


def _split_path_dammit(p):
    """Take a file path (from the current platform) and split it.  Really.

    os.path doesn't seem to have an easy way to say "Split this path into a
    list of pieces."

    >>> _split_path_dammit('')
    []
    >>> _split_path_dammit('one')
    ['one']
    >>> _split_path_dammit('one/two/three')
    ['one', 'two', 'three']
    >>> _split_path_dammit('one/two/three/')
    ['one', 'two', 'three']
    >>> _split_path_dammit('one/two/three.py')
    ['one', 'two', 'three.py']

    """
    def _spd(p):
        p, i = os.path.split(p)
        while i or p:
            yield i
            p, i = os.path.split(p)

    return filter(None, list(_spd(p)))[::-1]

def _parse_hgrf(hgrf):
    """Parse the .hgreview file and return the data inside.

    The .hgreview file will be pulled from the tip revision of the given
    repository.  If it is not committed it will not be found!

    """
    data = {}
    hgrd = hgrf.data().split('\n')
    lines = [line for line in hgrd if line.strip()]
    for line in lines:
        label, _, path = [i.strip() for i in line.partition('=')]
        if label == 'remote':
            data['rpath'] = path

    return data

def _commitfunc(ui, repo, message, match, opts):
    """A function used by the guts of Mercurial.

    Mercurial needs a "commit function" parameter when using cmdutil.commit.
    This is a simple function for *only* that purpose.

    """
    return repo.commit(message, opts.get('user'), opts.get('date'), match)

def _parse_data(data):
    """Parse the data (string) of a stored _ReviewObject and return a dict."""
    result = {}
    for k, v in json.loads(data).iteritems():
        result[k.encode('UTF-8')] = v

    if u'filename' in result:
        result['filename'] = result['filename'].encode('UTF-8')
    result['node'] = result['node'].encode('UTF-8')
    result['style'] = result['style'].encode('UTF-8')

    return result

def _datetime_from_hgdate(hgdate):
    """Return a datetime.datetime for the given Mecurial-style date tuple.

    It will have NO timezone information -- the date and time are what a clock
    next to the current computer would have read at the instant represented
    by the Mercurial-style date!

    """
    offset = abs(hgdate[1] - util.makedate()[1])
    later = offset < 0
    offset = datetime.timedelta(seconds=offset)

    conversion_format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
    bare = util.datestr(hgdate, format=conversion_format)
    bare_datetime = datetime.datetime.strptime(bare, conversion_format)
    if later:
        return bare_datetime + offset
    else:
        return bare_datetime - offset

def _flatten_filter(i):
    return filter(None, reduce(operator.add, i, []))

def sanitize_path(p, repo=None):
    """Sanitize a (platform-specific) path.

    If no repository is given, the path's separators will be replaced with
    forward slashes (the form Mercurial uses internally).

    If a repository is given, the result will be relative to the root of the
    repository.  This is useful for turning relative paths into normalized
    paths that can be used to look up files from a changectx.

    This function is idempotent.  If you sanitize a path multiple times
    against the same repository the result will not change.

    """
    if repo:
        p = relpath(os.path.realpath(p), start=repo.root)
    return '/'.join(_split_path_dammit(p))


class ReviewDatastore(object):
    """The code review data for a particular repository."""
    def __init__(self, ui, repo, lpath=None, rpath=None, create=False):
        """Initialize a ReviewDatastore for a Mercurial repository.

        To get a ReviewDatastore for a repository that has already been
        initialized for code reviewing:

            review_data = ReviewDatastore(ui, repo)

        To set up a repository to support code review (which will either create
        a new repo if this has not been done by someone, or clone down the data
        repo if it has):

            review_data = ReviewDatastore(ui, repo, create=True)

        If you want to specify your own path to the code review repository for
        this repo, pass the FULL path to the repository as the lpath parameter.

        Error handling is a bit tricky at the moment.  I need to refactor
        and/or document this.

        """
        self.ui = ui
        self.target = repo
        self.lpath = lpath or os.path.join(self.target.root, DEFAULT_DATASTORE_DIRNAME)

        hgrd = None
        for head in (repo[h] for h in repo.heads()):
            if '.hgreview' in head:
                hgrd = _parse_hgrf(head['.hgreview'])
                break

        if not create:
            if not hgrd:
                raise UninitializedDatastore(False)

            self.rpath = hgrd['rpath']

            try:
                self.repo = hg.repository(_ui.ui(), self.lpath)
            except error.RepoError:
                raise UninitializedDatastore(True)
            return

        if hgrd:
            self.rpath = hgrd['rpath']

            if self.rpath.startswith('.'):
                raise RelativeRemotePath

            try:
                hg.repository(ui, self.lpath)
            except error.RepoError:
                hg.clone(hg.remoteui(self.ui, {}), self.rpath, self.lpath)
            else:
                raise PreexistingDatastore(True)
        elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.target.root, '.hgreview')):
            raise PreexistingDatastore(False)
        else:
            if not rpath:
                raise DatastoreRequiresRemotePath
            elif rpath.startswith('.'):
                raise RelativeRemotePath
            else:
                self.rpath = rpath

            with open(os.path.join(self.target.root, '.hgreview'), 'w') as hgrf:
                hgrf.write('remote = %s\n' % self.rpath)

            self.target[None].add(['.hgreview'])
            self.repo = hg.repository(ui, self.lpath, create)

    def __getitem__(self, rev):
        """Return a ReviewChangeset for the given revision."""
        node = hex(self.target[str(rev)].node())
        return ReviewChangeset(self.ui, self.repo, self.target, node)


    def reviewed_changesets(self):
        """Return a list of all the ReviewChangesets in the data store."""
        hashes = []
        for fname in os.listdir(self.repo.root):
            if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(self.repo.root, fname)):
                try:
                    self.target[fname]
                    hashes.append(self[fname])
                except error.RepoLookupError:
                    pass
        return hashes


    def get_items(self, identifier):
        """Return the comments and signoffs which match the given identifier.

        WARNING: This is going to be slow. Send patches.

        """
        rcsets = self.reviewed_changesets()
        comments = _flatten_filter(rcset.comments for rcset in rcsets)
        signoffs = _flatten_filter(rcset.signoffs for rcset in rcsets)
        return [i for i in comments + signoffs if i.identifier.startswith(identifier)]

    def remove_item(self, identifier):
        """Remove a comment or signoff from this changeset."""
        items = self.get_items(identifier)
        if len(items) == 0:
            raise UnknownIdentifier
        elif len(items) > 1:
            raise AmbiguousIdentifier
        else:
            items[0]._delete(self.ui, self.repo)

    def edit_comment(self, identifier, message=None, filename=None, lines=None, style=None):
        olds = self.get_items(identifier)

        if len(olds) == 0:
            raise UnknownIdentifier
        elif len(olds) > 1:
            raise AmbiguousIdentifier

        old = olds[0]
        if old.itemtype != 'comment':
            raise WrongEditItemType()

        filename = filename if filename is not None else old.filename
        if filename and filename not in self.target[old.node].files():
            raise FileNotInChangeset(filename)

        old.hgdate = util.makedate()
        old.filename = filename
        old.lines = lines if lines is not None else old.lines
        old.message = message if message is not None else old.message
        old.style = style if style is not None else old.style
        old._rename(self.ui, self.repo, old.identifier)

    def edit_signoff(self, identifier, message=None, opinion=None, style=None):
        olds = self.get_items(identifier)

        if len(olds) == 0:
            raise UnknownIdentifier
        elif len(olds) > 1:
            raise AmbiguousIdentifier

        old = olds[0]
        if old.itemtype != 'signoff':
            raise WrongEditItemType()

        old.hgdate = util.makedate()
        old.opinion = opinion if opinion is not None else old.opinion
        old.message = message if message is not None else old.message
        old.style = style if style is not None else old.style
        old._rename(self.ui, self.repo, old.identifier)

class ReviewChangeset(object):
    """The review data about one changeset in the target repository.

    Individual changesets can be retrieved from a ReviewDatastore.

    Each ReviewChangeset stores a list of ReviewComment objects and a list
    of ReviewSignoff objects:

        rcset = rd['tip']
        rcset.comments
        rcset.signoffs

    Comments and signoffs should be added to a changeset by using the
    add_comment and add_signoff methods:

        rcset = rd['tip']
        rcset.add_comment(...)
        rcset.add_signoff(...)

    Diffs for files modified in a changeset can be retrived with the diffs
    and full_diffs methods.  See the docs of those methods for more info.

    """
    def __init__(self, ui, repo, target, node):
        """Initialize a ReviewChangeset.

        You shouldn't need to create these directly -- use a ReviewDatastore
        object to get them:

            review_data = ReviewDatastore(ui, repo)
            tip_review_data = review_data['tip']

        """
        self.repo = repo
        self.target = target
        self.ui = ui
        self.node = node

        if '%s/.exists' % self.node in self.repo['tip']:
            _match = lambda p: lambda fn: fn.startswith(p)

            relevant = filter(_match(node), self.repo['tip'])
            commentfns = filter(_match('%s/comments' % node), relevant)
            signofffns = filter(_match('%s/signoffs' % node), relevant)

            self.comments = []
            for fn in commentfns:
                data = _parse_data(self.repo['tip'][fn].data())
                data['hgdate'] = util.parsedate(data['hgdate'])
                data['identifier'] = _split_path_dammit(fn)[-1]
                self.comments.append(ReviewComment(**data))
            self.comments.sort(key=operator.attrgetter('local_datetime'))

            self.signoffs = []
            for fn in signofffns:
                data = _parse_data(self.repo['tip'][fn].data())
                data['hgdate'] = util.parsedate(data['hgdate'])
                data['identifier'] = _split_path_dammit(fn)[-1]
                self.signoffs.append(ReviewSignoff(**data))
            self.signoffs.sort(key=operator.attrgetter('local_datetime'))
        else:
            self.comments = []
            self.signoffs = []

            path = os.path.join(self.repo.root, self.node)
            os.mkdir(path)
            with open(os.path.join(path, '.exists'), 'w') as e:
                pass

            cmdutil.commit(ui, self.repo, _commitfunc,
                [os.path.join(path, '.exists')],
                { 'message': 'Initialize review data for changeset %s' % self.node,
                  'addremove': True, })

    def signoffs_for_user(self, username):
        return filter(lambda s: s.author == username, self.signoffs)

    def signoffs_for_current_user(self):
        return self.signoffs_for_user(self.ui.username())


    def add_signoff(self, message, opinion='', style=''):
        """Add (and commit) a signoff for the given revision.

        The opinion argument should be 'yes', 'no', or ''.

        If a signoff from the user already exists a SignoffExists exception
        will be raised.

        """
        existing = self.signoffs_for_current_user()

        if existing:
            raise SignoffExists

        signoff = ReviewSignoff(self.ui.username(), util.makedate(),
                                self.node, opinion, message, style)
        signoff._commit(self.ui, self.repo)

    def add_comment(self, message, filename='', lines=[], style=''):
        """Add (and commit) a comment for the given file and lines.

        The filename should be normalized to the format Mercurial expects,
        that is: relative to the root of the repository and using forward
        slashes as the separator.  Paths can be converted with the
        sanitize_path function in this module.

        If the comment is on one or more lines, a filename *must* be given.

        Line numbers should be passed as a list, even if there is only one.
        See the full_diffs function for how to refer to line numbers.

        """
        if filename and filename not in self.target[self.node].files():
            raise FileNotInChangeset(filename)

        comment = ReviewComment(self.ui.username(), util.makedate(),
            self.node, filename, lines, message, style)
        comment._commit(self.ui, self.repo)


    def full_diffs(self, filenames=None, opts={}):
        """Return full diffs of the given files (or all files).

        If the filenames argument is not used, diffs for every file in the
        changeset will be returned.

        The diffs are returned as a dictionary in the form:

            { 'filename': 'string of the diff' }

        All headers are stripped, so the an entire diff looks like this:

             unchanged line
             unchanged line
            -removed line
            -removed line
            +added line
             unchanged line
            -removed line
            -removed line
             unchanged line
             unchanged line

        When adding a comment, the line number given should be the line
        number from this diff (starting at 0).  To comment on the first two
        removed lines in the above example you would pass [2, 3].

        """

        target_files = self.target[self.node].files()
        if not filenames:
            filenames = target_files
        else:
            filenames = filter(lambda f: self.has_diff(f), filenames)

        opts['unified'] = '100000'
        node2 = self.node
        node1 = self.target[node2].parents()[0].node()

        diffs = {}
        for filename in filenames:
            m = cmdutil.matchfiles(self.target, [filename])
            d = patch.diff(self.target, node1, node2, match=m,
                opts=patch.diffopts(self.ui, opts))

            # patch.diff will give us back a generator with two items
            # the first is the diff --git header, which we don't care about
            d.next()

            # the second is the diff's contents, which is what we want,
            # minus the header
            diffs[filename] = '\n'.join(d.next().splitlines()[3:])

        return diffs

    def diffs(self, filenames=None, context=5):
        """Return a mapping of diff lines for the given files (or all).

        If the filenames argument is not used, diffs for every file in the
        changeset will be returned.

        The diffs are returned in a dictionary of the form:

        {
            'filename': {
                # the line number of the last line of the FULL diff
                'max': 90,

                # A sorted list of tuples of (line_number, line_content)
                'content': [
                    (10, ' context line'),
                    (11, ' context line'),
                    (12, '-removed line'),
                    (13, '+added line'),
                    (14, ' context line'),
                    (15, ' context line'),
                    (39, ' context line'),
                    (40, ' context line'),
                    (41, '-removed line'),
                    (42, '+added line'),
                    (43, ' context line'),
                    (44, ' context line'),
                ],
            },
        }

        There's a lot of structure there, but it will provide everything you
        need to display contextualized diffs.
        """

        ds = self.full_diffs(filenames, {})

        def _filter_diff(d):
            for n, line in enumerate(d):
                start = n - context if n > context else 0
                end = n + context + 1
                if any(filter(lambda l: l[0] in '+-', d[start:end])):
                    yield (n, line)

        for filename, content in ds.iteritems():
            content = content.splitlines()
            ds[filename] = {
                'max': len(content) - 1,
                'content': list(_filter_diff(content)),
            }

        return ds

    def annotated_diff(self, filename, context=5):
        """Return a generator that yields annotated lines of a diff.

        The first item yielded will be a simple integer of the last line
        number of the diff.  This is ugly but useful when creating monospaced
        line-number-prefixed output.

        Each line yielded will be of the form:

        {
            # If 'skipped' is not None, this line is a "skip" line, which
            # represents a group of lines that were skipped due to context.
            'skipped': 23,

            # The line number of this line, or None for skip lines.
            'number': 585,

            # The actual content of this line, or None for skip lines.
            'content': '+added line',

            # Any comments that apply to this line.
            # If the line is a skip line, this will be any comments that apply
            # to any line in the skipped group.
            'comments': [ReviewComment(), ReviewComment()],
        }
        """

        diffs = self.diffs([filename], context).values()
        if not diffs:
            return

        diff = diffs[0]
        max_line, content = diff['max'], diff['content']
        line_level_comments = self.line_level_comments(filename)
        previous_n = -1

        if content:
            yield content[-1][0]
        else:
            yield 0

        for n, line in content:
            if n - 1 > previous_n:
                yield {
                    'skipped': (n - previous_n) - (previous_n == -1 and 1 or 0),
                    'number': None, 'content': None,
                    'comments': filter(
                        lambda c: max(c.lines) in range(previous_n + 1, n),
                        line_level_comments
                    ),
                }

            yield {
                'skipped': None,
                'number': n, 'content': line,
                'comments': filter(
                    lambda c: max(c.lines) == n, line_level_comments
                )
            }

            previous_n = n

        if previous_n < max_line:
            yield {
                'skipped': max_line - previous_n,
                'number': None, 'content': None,
                'comments': filter(
                    lambda c: max(c.lines) in range(previous_n + 1, max_line),
                    line_level_comments
                ),
            }

    def has_diff(self, filename):
        """Return whether the given filename has a diff in this revision."""
        return filename in self.files()

    def files(self):
        """Return the list of files in the revision for this ReviewChangeset."""
        return self.target[self.node].files()


    def review_level_comments(self):
        """Comments on this changeset which aren't on a particular file."""
        return filter(lambda c: not c.filename, self.comments)

    def file_level_comments(self, filename=None):
        """Comments on this changeset that are on a file, but not a line.

        If a file is given only comments for that file will be returned.
        """

        if filename:
            return filter(
                lambda c: filename == c.filename and not c.lines, self.comments
            )
        else:
            return filter(
                lambda c: filename and not c.lines, self.comments
            )

    def line_level_comments(self, filename=None):
        """Comments on this changeset that are on a line of file.

        If a file is given only comments for that file will be returned.
        """

        if filename:
            return filter(
                lambda c: filename == c.filename and c.lines, self.comments
            )
        else:
            return filter(
                lambda c: filename and c.lines, self.comments
            )


class _ReviewObject(object):
    """A base object for some kind of review data (a signoff or comment)."""
    def __init__(self, container, commit_message, delete_message, rename_message):
        self.container = container
        self.commit_message = commit_message
        self.delete_message = delete_message
        self.rename_message = rename_message


    def _commit(self, ui, repo):
        """Write and commit this object to the given repo."""

        path = os.path.join(repo.root, self.node, self.container)
        if not os.path.exists(path):
            os.mkdir(path)

        data = self._render_data()
        filename = util.sha1(data).hexdigest()
        objectpath = os.path.join(path, filename)

        with open(objectpath, 'w') as objectfile:
            objectfile.write(data)

        cmdutil.commit(ui, repo, _commitfunc, [objectpath],
            { 'message': self.commit_message % self.node, 'addremove': True, })

    def _delete(self, ui, repo):
        """Delete and commit this object in the given repo."""

        data = self._render_data()
        filename = util.sha1(data).hexdigest()
        objectpath = os.path.join(repo.root, self.node, self.container, filename)

        os.remove(objectpath)

        cmdutil.commit(ui, repo, _commitfunc, [objectpath],
            { 'message': self.delete_message % self.node, 'addremove': True, })

    def _rename(self, ui, repo, identifier):
        """Commit this object in the given repo and mark it as a rename of identifier."""

        data = self._render_data()
        newidentifier = util.sha1(data).hexdigest()
        newpath = os.path.join(repo.root, self.node, self.container, newidentifier)

        oldpath = os.path.join(repo.root, self.node, self.container, identifier)

        if oldpath == newpath:
            # Nothing has changed.  This is probably from a "touch" edit made
            # within the same second as the previous modification time.
            return

        wlock = repo.wlock(False)
        try:
            cmdutil.copy(ui, repo, [oldpath, newpath], {'force': True}, rename=True)
        finally:
            wlock.release()

        with open(newpath, 'w') as objectfile:
            objectfile.write(data)

        cmdutil.commit(ui, repo, _commitfunc, [oldpath, newpath],
            { 'message': self.rename_message % self.node })

        self.identifier = newidentifier


    @property
    def local_datetime(self):
        return _datetime_from_hgdate(self.hgdate)

class ReviewComment(_ReviewObject):
    """A single review comment.

    A list of comments can be retrieved from a ReviewChangeset.

    The following pieces of information are stored for comments:

        comment = rcset.comments[0]
        comment.author
        comment.hgdate
        comment.node
        comment.filename
        comment.lines
        comment.local_datetime
        comment.message
        comment.style
        comment.identifier
        comment.itemtype

    Each item is a string, except for lines, hgdate, and local_datetime.

    lines is a list of ints.

    hgdate is a tuple of (seconds from the epoch, seconds offset from UTC),
    which is the format Mercurial itself uses internally.

    local_datetime is a datetime object representing what a clock on the wall
    next to the current computer would have read at the instant the comment
    was added.

    """
    def __init__(self, author, hgdate, node, filename, lines, message,
                 style='', identifier=None, **extra):
        """Initialize a ReviewComment.

        You shouldn't need to create these directly -- use a ReviewChangeset
        to add comments and retrieve existing ones:

            review_data = ReviewDatastore(ui, repo)
            tip_review = review_data['tip']
            tip_review.add_comment(...)
            tip_comments = tip_review.comments

        """
        super(ReviewComment, self).__init__(container='comments',
            commit_message=messages.COMMIT_COMMENT,
            delete_message=messages.DELETE_COMMENT,
            rename_message=messages.RENAME_COMMENT)
        self.author = author
        self.hgdate = hgdate
        self.node = node
        self.filename = filename
        self.lines = lines
        self.message = message
        self.style = style
        self.identifier = identifier
        self.itemtype = 'comment'

    def _render_data(self):
        """Render the data of this comment into a string for writing to disk.

        You probably don't need to call this directly, the add_comment method
        of a ReviewChangeset will handle it for you.

        """
        return json.dumps({ 'author': self.author, 'node': self.node,
                            'hgdate': util.datestr(self.hgdate),
                            'filename': self.filename, 'lines': self.lines,
                            'style': self.style, 'message': self.message
                          }, indent=4, sort_keys=True)

    def __str__(self):
        """Stringify this comment for easy printing (for debugging)."""

        return '\n'.join(map(str, [
            self.author,
            self.hgdate,
            self.node,
            self.filename,
            self.lines,
            self.style,
            self.message,
            '\n',
        ]))

class ReviewSignoff(_ReviewObject):
    """A single review signoff.

    A list of signoffs can be retrieved from a ReviewChangeset.

    The following pieces of information are stored for signoffs:

        signoff = rcset.comments[0]
        signoff.author
        signoff.hgdate
        signoff.node
        signoff.opinion
        signoff.local_datetime
        signoff.message
        signoff.style
        signoff.identifier
        signoff.itemtype

    Each item is a string, except for hgdate and local_datetime.

    hgdate is a tuple of (seconds from the epoch, seconds offset from UTC),
    which is the format Mercurial itself uses internally.

    local_datetime is a datetime object representing what a clock on the wall
    next to the current computer would have read at the instant the signoff
    was added.

    """
    def __init__(self, author, hgdate, node, opinion, message,
                 style='', identifier=None, **extra):
        """Initialize a ReviewSignoff.

        You shouldn't need to create these directly -- use a ReviewChangeset
        to add signoffs and retrieve existing ones:

            review_data = ReviewDatastore(ui, repo)
            tip_review = review_data['tip']
            tip_review.add_signoff(...)
            tip_signoffs = tip_review.signoffs

        """
        super(ReviewSignoff, self).__init__(container='signoffs',
            commit_message=messages.COMMIT_SIGNOFF,
            delete_message=messages.DELETE_SIGNOFF,
            rename_message=messages.RENAME_SIGNOFF)
        self.author = author
        self.hgdate = hgdate
        self.node = node
        self.opinion = opinion
        self.message = message
        self.style = style
        self.identifier = identifier
        self.itemtype = 'signoff'

    def _render_data(self):
        """Render the data of this signoff into a string for writing to disk.

        You probably don't need to call this directly, the add_signoff method
        of a ReviewChangeset will handle it for you.

        """
        return json.dumps({ 'author': self.author, 'node': self.node,
                            'hgdate': util.datestr(self.hgdate),
                            'opinion': self.opinion, 'style': self.style,
                            'message': self.message,
                          }, indent=4, sort_keys=True)