subtree: fix argument handling in check_parents

315a84f (subtree: use commits before rejoins for splits, 2018-09-28)
changed the signature of check_parents from 'check_parents [REV...]'
to 'check_parents PARENTS_EXPR INDENT'. In other words the variable list
of parent revisions became a list embedded in a string. However it
neglected to unpack the list again before sending it to cache_miss,
leading to incorrect calls whenever more than one parent was present.
This is the case whenever a merge commit is processed, with the end
result being a loss of performance from unecessary rechecks.

The indent parameter was subsequently removed in e9525a8 (subtree:
have $indent actually affect indentation, 2021-04-27), but the argument
handling bug remained.

For consistency, take multiple arguments in check_parents,
and pass all of them to cache_miss separately.

Signed-off-by: James Limbouris <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: jamesl-dm

contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh

@@ -296,10 +296,9 @@ cache_miss () {
 	done
 }
 
-# Usage: check_parents PARENTS_EXPR
+# Usage: check_parents [REVS...]
 check_parents () {
-	assert test $# = 1
-	missed=$(cache_miss "$1") || exit $?
+	missed=$(cache_miss "$@") || exit $?
 	local indent=$(($indent + 1))
 	for miss in $missed
 	do
@@ -753,7 +752,7 @@ process_split_commit () {
 	fi
 	createcount=$(($createcount + 1))
 	debug "parents: $parents"
-	check_parents "$parents"
+	check_parents $parents
 	newparents=$(cache_get $parents) || exit $?
 	debug "newparents: $newparents"