Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:59 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
repack: keep track of MIDX pack names using existing_packs
Instead of storing the list of MIDX pack names separately, let's inline
it into the existing_packs struct, further reducing the number of
parameters we have to pass around.
This amounts to adding a new string_list to the existing_packs struct,
and populating it via `existing_packs_collect()`. This is fairly
straightforward to do, since we are already looping over all packs, all
we need to do is:
if (p->multi_pack_index)
string_list_append(&existing->midx_packs, pack_basename(p));
Note, however, that this check *must* come before other conditions where
we discard and do not keep track of a pack, including the condition "if
(!p->pack_local)" immediately below. This is because the existing
routine which collects MIDX pack names does so blindly, and does not
discard, for example, non-local packs.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:56 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: use a string_list for 'midx_pack_names'
When writing a new MIDX, repack must determine whether or not there are
any packs in the MIDX it is replacing (if one exists) that are not
somehow represented in the new MIDX (e.g., either by preserving the pack
verbatim, or rolling it up as part of a geometric repack, etc.).
In order to do this, it keeps track of a list of pack names from the
MIDX present in the repository at the start of the repack operation.
Since we manipulate and close the object store, we cannot rely on the
repository's in-core representation of the MIDX, since this is subject
to change and/or go away.
When this behavior was introduced in 5ee86c273b (repack: exclude cruft
pack(s) from the MIDX where possible, 2025-06-23), we maintained an
array of character pointers instead of using a convenience API, such as
string-list.h.
Store the list of MIDX pack names in a string_list, thereby reducing the
number of parameters we have to pass to `midx_has_unknown_packs()`.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:53 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: extract opts struct for 'write_midx_included_packs()'
The function 'write_midx_included_packs()', which is responsible for
writing a new MIDX with a given set of included packs, currently takes a
list of six arguments.
In order to extract this function out of the builtin, we have to pass
in a few additional parameters, like 'midx_must_contain_cruft' and
'packdir', which are currently declared as static variables within the
builtin/repack.c compilation unit.
Instead of adding additional parameters to `write_midx_included_packs()`
extract out an "opts" struct that names these parameters, and pass a
pointer to that, making it less cumbersome to add additional parameters.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:50 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: remove ref snapshotting from builtin
When writing a MIDX, 'git repack' takes a snapshot of the repository's
references and writes the result out to a file, which it then passes to
'git multi-pack-index write' via the '--refs-snapshot'.
This is done in order to make bitmap selections with respect to what we
are packing, thus avoiding a race where an incoming reference update
causes us to try and write a bitmap for a commit not present in the
MIDX.
Extract this functionality out into a new repack-midx.c compilation
unit, and expose the necessary functions via the repack.h API.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:47 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
repack: remove pack_geometry API from the builtin
Now that the pack_geometry API is fully factored and isolated from the
rest of the builtin, declare it within repack.h and move its
implementation to "repack-geometry.c" as a separate component.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:44 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: pass 'packdir' to `pack_geometry_remove_redundant()`
For similar reasons as the preceding commit, pass the "packdir" variable
directly to `pack_geometry_remove_redundant()` as a parameter to the
function.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:41 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: pass 'pack_kept_objects' to `pack_geometry_init()`
Prepare to move pack_geometry-related APIs to their own compilation unit
by passing in the static "pack_kept_objects" variable directly as a
parameter to the 'pack_geometry_init()' function.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:38 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: rename various pack_geometry functions
Rename functions which work with 'struct pack_geometry' to begin with
"pack_geometry_". While we're at it, change `free_pack_geometry()` to
instead be named `pack_geometry_release()` to match our conventions, and
make clear that that function frees the contents of the struct, not the
memory allocated to hold the struct itself.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:35 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: remove "repack_promisor_objects()" from the builtin
Now that we have properly factored the portion of the builtin which is
responsible for repacking promisor objects, we can move that function
(and associated dependencies) out of the builtin entirely.
Similar to previous extractions, this function is declared in repack.h,
but implemented in a separate repack-promisor.c file. This is done to
separate promisor-specific repacking functionality from generic repack
utilities (like "existing_packs", and "generated_pack" APIs).
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:32 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: pass "packtmp" to `repack_promisor_objects()`
In a similar spirit as previous commit(s), pass the "packtmp" variable
to "repack_promisor_objects()" as an explicit parameter of the function,
preparing us to move this function in a following commit.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:26 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: provide pack locations to `generated_pack_install()`
Repeat what was done in the preceding commit for the
`generated_pack_install()` function, which needs both "packdir" and
"packtmp".
(As an aside, it is somewhat unfortunate that the final three parameters
to this function are all "const char *", making errors like passing
"packdir" and "packtmp" in the wrong order easy. We could define a new
structure here, but that may be too heavy-handed.)
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:23 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: pass "packtmp" to `generated_pack_populate()`
In a similar spirit as previous commits, this function needs to know the
temporary pack prefix, which it currently accesses through the static
"packtmp" variable within builtin/repack.c.
Pass it explicitly as a function parameter to facilitate moving this
function out of builtin/repack.c entirely.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:20 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: factor out "generated_pack_install"
Once all new packs are known to exist, 'repack' installs their contents
from their temporary location into their permanent one. This is a
semi-involved procedure for each pack, since for each extension (e.g.,
".idx", ".pack", ".mtimes", and so on) we have to either:
- adjust the filemode of the temporary file before renaming it into
place, or
- die() if we are missing a non-optional extension, or
- unlink() any existing file for extensions that we did not generate
(e.g., if a non-cruft pack we generated was identical to, say, a
cruft pack which existed at the beginning of the process, we have to
remove the ".mtimes" file).
Extract this procedure into its own function, and call it
"generated_pack_install"(). This will set us up for pulling this
function out of the builtin entirely and making it part of the repack.h
API, which will be done in a future commit.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The name "generated_pack_data" is somewhat redundant, since the contents
of the struct *is* the data associated with the generated pack.
Rename the structure to just "generated_pack", resulting in less awkward
function names, like "generated_pack_has_ext()" which is preferable to
"generated_pack_data_has_ext()".
Rename a few related functions to align with the convention that
functions to do with a struct "S" should be prefixed with "S_".
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:15 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
repack: remove 'existing_packs' API from the builtin
The repack builtin defines an API for keeping track of which packs
were found in the repository at the beginning of the repack operation.
This is used to classify what state a pack was in (kept, non-kept, or
cruft), and is also used to mark which packs to delete (or keep) at the
end of a repack operation.
Now that the prerequisite refactoring is complete, this API is isolated
enough that it can be moved out to repack.[ch] and removed from the
builtin entirely.
As a result, some of its functions become static within repack.c,
cleaning up the visible API.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:12 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: avoid unnecessary numeric casts in existing_packs
There are a couple of spots that cause warnings within the
existing_packs API without DISABLE_SIGN_COMPARE_WARNINGS under
DEVELOPER=1 mode.
In both cases, we have int values that are being compared against size_t
ones. Neither of these two cases are incorrect, and the cast is
completely OK in practice. But both are unnecessary, since:
- in existing_packs_mark_for_deletion_1(), 'hexsz' should be defined as
a size_t anyway, since algop->hexsz is.
- in existing_packs_collect(), 'i' should be defined as a size_t since
it is counting up to the value of a string_list's 'nr' field.
(This patch is a little bit of noise, but I would rather see us squelch
these warnings ahead of moving the existing_packs API into a separate
compilation unit to avoid having to define DISABLE_SIGN_COMPARE_WARNINGS
in repack.c.)
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:10 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: pass "packdir" when removing packs
builtin/repack.c defines a static "packdir" to instruct pack-objects on
where to write any new packfiles. This is also the directory scanned
when removing any packfiles which were made redundant by the latest
repack.
Prepare to move the "existing_packs_remove_redundant" function to its
own compilation unit by passing in this information as a parameter to
that function.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:07 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
repack: remove 'remove_redundant_pack' from the builtin
Extract "remove_redundant_pack()" as generic repack-related
functionality by moving its implementation to the repack.[ch]
compilation unit.
This is a prerequisite to moving the "existing_packs" API, which is one
of the callers of this function. (The remaining caller in the pack
geometry code will eventually move to its own compilation unit as well,
and will likewise rely on this function.)
While moving it over, prefix the function name with "repack_" to
indicate that it belongs to the repack-subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:28:04 +0000 (18:28 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: rename many 'struct existing_packs' functions
Rename many of the 'struct existing_packs'-related functions according
to the convention introduced in and described by 541204aabe
(Documentation: document naming schema for structs and their functions,
2024-07-30).
Note that some functions which operate over an individual entry in the
list of existing packs are prefixed with "existing_pack_" instead of the
plural form.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:27:58 +0000 (18:27 -0400)]
repack: move 'delta_base_offset' to 'struct pack_objects_args'
The static variable 'delta_base_offset' determines whether or not we
pass the "--delta-base-offset" command-line argument when spawning
pack-objects as a child process. Its introduction dates back to when
repack was rewritten in C, all the way back in a1bbc6c017 (repack:
rewrite the shell script in C, 2013-09-15).
'struct pack_objects_args' was introduced much later on in 4571324b99
(builtin/repack.c: allow configuring cruft pack generation, 2022-05-20),
but did not move the 'delta_base_offset' variable.
Since the 'delta_base_offset' is a property of an individual
pack-objects command, re-introduce that variable as a member of 'struct
pack_objects_args', which will enable further code movement in the
subsequent commits.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:27:56 +0000 (18:27 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: pass both pack_objects args to repack_config
A subsequent commit will remove 'delta_base_offset' as a static variable
within builtin/repack.c, and reintroduce it as a member of the 'struct
pack_objects_args'.
As a result, the repack_config callback will need to have both the
cruft- and non-cruft 'struct pack_objects_args's in scope. Introduce a
new 'struct repack_config_ctx' to allow the callee to provide both
pointers to the callback.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:27:53 +0000 (18:27 -0400)]
repack: introduce new compilation unit
Over the years, builtin/repack.c has turned into a grab-bag of
functionality powering the 'git repack' builtin. Among its many
capabilities, it:
- can build and spawn 'git pack-objects' commands, which in turn
generate new packs
- has infrastructure to manage the set of existing packs in a
repository
- has infrastructure to split a sequence of packs into a geometric
progression based on object size
- can manage both generating and combining cruft packs together
- can write new MIDXs
to name a few.
As a result, this builtin has accumulated a lot of code, making adding
new functionality difficult. In the future, 'repack' will learn how to
manage a chain of incremental MIDXs, adding yet more functionality into
the builtin.
As a prerequisite step, let's first move some of the functionality in
the builtin into its own repack.[ch].
This will be done over the course of many steps, since there are many
individual components, some of which will end up in other, yet-to-exist
compilation units of their own. Some of the code movement here is also
non-trivial, so performing it in individual steps will make it easier to
verify.
Let's start by migrating 'struct pack_objects_args' (and the related
corresponding pack_objects_args_release() function) into repack.h, and
teach both the Makefile and Meson how to build the new compilation unit.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:27:50 +0000 (18:27 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: avoid using `hash_to_hex()` in pack geometry
In previous commits, we started passing either repository or
git_hash_algo pointers around to various spots within builtin/repack.c
to reduce our dependency on the_repository in the hope of undef'ing
USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE.
This commit takes us as far as we can (easily) go in that direction by
removing the only use of a convenience function that only exists when
USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE is defined.
Unfortunately, the only other such function is "is_bare_repository()",
which is less than straightforward to convert into, say,
"repo_is_bare()", the latter of the two accepting a repository pointer.
Punt on that for now, and declare this commit as the stopping point for
our efforts in the direction of undef'ing USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:27:41 +0000 (18:27 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: avoid "the_hash_algo" in `finish_pack_objects_cmd()`
In a similar spirit as previous commits, avoid referring directly to
"the_hash_algo" in builtin/repack.c::finish_pack_objects_cmd() and
instead accept one as a parameter to the function.
Since this function has a number of callers throughout the builtin, the
diff is a little noisier than previous commits. However, each hunk is
limited to passing the hash_algo parameter from a repository pointer
that is already in scope.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:27:33 +0000 (18:27 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: avoid "the_hash_algo" when deleting packs
The "mark_packs_for_deletion_1" function uses "the_hash_algo->hexsz" to
isolate a pack's checksum before deleting it to avoid deleting a newly
written pack having the same checksum (that is, some generated pack
wound up identical to an existing pack).
Avoid this by passing down a "struct git_hash_algo" pointer, and refer to
the hash algorithm through it instead.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:27:27 +0000 (18:27 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: avoid "the_repository" when removing packs
The 'remove_redundant_pack()' function uses "the_repository" to obtain,
and optionally remove, the repository's MIDX. Instead of relying on
"the_repository", pass around a "struct repository *" parameter through
its callers, and use that instead.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Taylor Blau [Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:27:21 +0000 (18:27 -0400)]
builtin/repack.c: avoid "the_repository" in existing packs API
There are a number of spots within builtin/repack.c which refer to
"the_repository", and either make use of the "existing packs" API
or otherwise have a 'struct existing_packs *' in scope.
Add a "repo" member to "struct existing_packs" and use that instead of
"the_repository" in such locations.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:31:08 +0000 (09:31 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ps/packfile-store' into tb/incremental-midx-part-3.1
* ps/packfile-store:
packfile: refactor `get_packed_git_mru()` to work on packfile store
packfile: refactor `get_all_packs()` to work on packfile store
packfile: refactor `get_packed_git()` to work on packfile store
packfile: move `get_multi_pack_index()` into "midx.c"
packfile: introduce function to load and add packfiles
packfile: refactor `install_packed_git()` to work on packfile store
packfile: split up responsibilities of `reprepare_packed_git()`
packfile: refactor `prepare_packed_git()` to work on packfile store
packfile: reorder functions to avoid function declaration
odb: move kept cache into `struct packfile_store`
odb: move MRU list of packfiles into `struct packfile_store`
odb: move packfile map into `struct packfile_store`
odb: move initialization bit into `struct packfile_store`
odb: move list of packfiles into `struct packfile_store`
packfile: introduce a new `struct packfile_store`
packfile: refactor `get_packed_git_mru()` to work on packfile store
The `get_packed_git_mru()` function prepares the packfile store and then
returns its packfiles in most-recently-used order. Refactor it to accept
a packfile store instead of a repository to clarify its scope.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
packfile: refactor `get_all_packs()` to work on packfile store
The `get_all_packs()` function prepares the packfile store and then
returns its packfiles. Refactor it to accept a packfile store instead of
a repository to clarify its scope.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
packfile: refactor `get_packed_git()` to work on packfile store
The `get_packed_git()` function prepares the packfile store and then
returns its packfiles. Refactor it to accept a packfile store instead of
a repository to clarify its scope.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
packfile: move `get_multi_pack_index()` into "midx.c"
The `get_multi_pack_index()` function is declared and implemented in the
packfile subsystem, even though it really belongs into the multi-pack
index subsystem. The reason for this is likely that it needs to call
`packfile_store_prepare()`, which is not exposed by the packfile system.
In a subsequent commit we're about to add another caller outside of the
packfile system though, so we'll have to expose the function anyway.
Do so now already and move `get_multi_pack_index()` into the MIDX
subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
packfile: introduce function to load and add packfiles
We have a recurring pattern where we essentially perform an upsert of a
packfile in case it isn't yet known by the packfile store. The logic to
do so is non-trivial as we have to reconstruct the packfile's key, check
the map of packfiles, then create the new packfile and finally add it to
the store.
Introduce a new function that does this dance for us. Refactor callsites
to use it.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
packfile: refactor `install_packed_git()` to work on packfile store
The `install_packed_git()` functions adds a packfile to a specific
object store. Refactor it to accept a packfile store instead of a
repository to clarify its scope.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
packfile: split up responsibilities of `reprepare_packed_git()`
In `reprepare_packed_git()` we perform a couple of operations:
- We reload alternate object directories.
- We clear the loose object cache.
- We reprepare packfiles.
While the logic is hosted in "packfile.c", it clearly reaches into other
subsystems that aren't related to packfiles.
Split up the responsibility and introduce `odb_reprepare()` which now
becomes responsible for repreparing the whole object database. The
existing `reprepare_packed_git()` function is refactored accordingly and
only cares about reloading the packfile store now.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
packfile: refactor `prepare_packed_git()` to work on packfile store
The `prepare_packed_git()` function and its friends are responsible for
loading packfiles as well as the multi-pack index for a given object
database. Refactor these functions to accept a packfile store instead of
a repository to clarify their scope.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The object database tracks a cache of "kept" packfiles, which is used by
git-pack-objects(1) to handle cruft objects. With the introduction of
the `struct packfile_store` we have a better place to host this cache
though.
Move the cache accordingly.
This moves the last bit of packfile-related state from the object
database into the packfile store. Adapt the comment for the `packfiles`
pointer in `struct object_database` to reflect this.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
odb: move MRU list of packfiles into `struct packfile_store`
The object database tracks the list of packfiles in most-recently-used
order, which is mostly used to favor reading from packfiles that contain
most of the objects that we're currently accessing. With the
introduction of the `struct packfile_store` we have a better place to
host this list though.
Move the list accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
odb: move packfile map into `struct packfile_store`
The object database tracks a map of packfiles by their respective paths,
which is used to figure out whether a given packfile has already been
loaded. With the introduction of the `struct packfile_store` we have a
better place to host this list though.
Move the map accordingly.
`pack_map_entry_cmp()` isn't used anywhere but in "packfile.c" anymore
after this change, so we convert it to a static function, as well. Note
that we also drop the `inline` hint: the function is used as a callback
function exclusively, and callbacks cannot be inlined.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
odb: move initialization bit into `struct packfile_store`
The object database knows to skip re-initializing the list of packfiles
in case it's already been initialized. Whether or not that is the case
is tracked via a separate `initialized` bit that is stored in the object
database. With the introduction of the `struct packfile_store` we have a
better place to host this bit though.
Move it accordingly. While at it, convert the field into a boolean now
that we're allowed to use them in our code base.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
odb: move list of packfiles into `struct packfile_store`
The object database tracks the list of packfiles it currently knows
about. With the introduction of the `struct packfile_store` we have a
better place to host this list though.
Move the list accordingly. Extract the logic from `odb_clear()` that
knows to close all such packfiles and move it into the new subsystem, as
well.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Information about an object database's packfiles is currently
distributed across two different structures:
- `struct packed_git` contains the `next` pointer as well as the
`mru_head`, both of which serve to store the list of packfiles.
- `struct object_database` contains several fields that relate to the
packfiles.
So we don't really have a central data structure that tracks our
packfiles, and consequently responsibilities aren't always clear cut.
A consequence for the upcoming pluggable object databases is that this
makes it very hard to move management of packfiles from the object
database level down into the object database source.
Introduce a new `struct packfile_store` which is about to become the
single source of truth for managing packfiles. Right now this data
structure doesn't yet contain anything, but in subsequent patches we
will move all data structures that relate to packfiles and that are
currently contained in `struct object_database` into this new home.
Note that this is only a first step: most importantly, we won't (yet)
move the `struct packed_git::next` pointer around. This will happen in a
subsequent patch series though so that `struct packed_git` will really
only host information about the specific packfile it represents.
Further note that the new structure still sits at the wrong level at the
end of this patch series: as mentioned, it should eventually sit at the
level of the object database source, not at the object database level.
But introducing the packfile store now already makes it way easier to
eventually push down the now-selfcontained data structure by one level.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:53:40 +0000 (11:53 -0700)]
Merge branch 'jk/add-i-color'
Some among "git add -p" and friends ignored color.diff and/or
color.ui configuration variables, which is an old regression, which
has been corrected.
* jk/add-i-color:
contrib/diff-highlight: mention interactive.diffFilter
add-interactive: manually fall back color config to color.ui
add-interactive: respect color.diff for diff coloring
stash: pass --no-color to diff plumbing child processes
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:53:39 +0000 (11:53 -0700)]
Merge branch 'cc/promisor-remote-capability'
The "promisor-remote" capability mechanism has been updated to
allow the "partialCloneFilter" settings and the "token" value to be
communicated from the server side.
* cc/promisor-remote-capability:
promisor-remote: use string_list_split() in mark_remotes_as_accepted()
promisor-remote: allow a client to check fields
promisor-remote: use string_list_split() in filter_promisor_remote()
promisor-remote: refactor how we parse advertised fields
promisor-remote: use string constants for 'name' and 'url' too
promisor-remote: allow a server to advertise more fields
promisor-remote: refactor to get rid of 'struct strvec'
Junio C Hamano [Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:07:02 +0000 (10:07 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ne/alloc-free-and-null'
The clear_alloc_state() API function was not fully clearing the
structure for reuse, but since nobody reuses it, replace it with a
variant that frees the structure as well, making the callers simpler.
* ne/alloc-free-and-null:
alloc: fix dangling pointer in alloc_state cleanup
Junio C Hamano [Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:07:01 +0000 (10:07 -0700)]
Merge branch 'jc/longer-disambiguation-fix'
"git rev-parse --short" and friends failed to disambiguate two
objects with object names that share common prefix longer than 32
characters, which has been fixed.
* jc/longer-disambiguation-fix:
abbrev: allow extending beyond 32 chars to disambiguate
Junio C Hamano [Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:07:00 +0000 (10:07 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ag/send-email-imap-sent'
"git send-email" learned to drive "git imap-send" to store already
sent e-mails in an IMAP folder.
* ag/send-email-imap-sent:
send-email: enable copying emails to an IMAP folder without actually sending them
send-email: add ability to send a copy of sent emails to an IMAP folder
"core.commentChar=auto" that attempts to dynamically pick a
suitable comment character is non-workable, as it is too much
trouble to support for little benefit, and is marked as deprecated.
* pw/3.0-commentchar-auto-deprecation:
commit: print advice when core.commentString=auto
config: warn on core.commentString=auto
breaking-changes: deprecate support for core.commentString=auto
Merges contributions made from three different addresses:
- win@wincent.com (old address, initial contributions in 2007–2009)
- greg@hurrell.net (personal address matching full name, so this one is
the "forever" address; contributions made starting in 2018)
- greg.hurrell@datadoghq.com (current work address, used for recent
contributions)
Signed-off-by: Greg Hurrell <greg.hurrell@datadoghq.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:52:06 +0000 (08:52 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ps/upload-pack-oom-protection'
A broken or malicious "git fetch" can say that it has the same
object for many many times, and the upload-pack serving it can
exhaust memory storing them redundantly, which has been corrected.
Junio C Hamano [Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:52:06 +0000 (08:52 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ds/midx-write-fixes'
Fixes multiple crashes around midx write-out codepaths.
* ds/midx-write-fixes:
midx-write: simplify error cases
midx-write: reenable signed comparison errors
midx-write: use uint32_t for preferred_pack_idx
midx-write: use cleanup when incremental midx fails
midx-write: put failing response value back
midx-write: only load initialized packs
Junio C Hamano [Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:52:05 +0000 (08:52 -0700)]
Merge branch 'jt/de-global-bulk-checkin'
The bulk-checkin code used to depend on a file-scope static
singleton variable, which has been updated to pass an instance
throughout the callchain.
* jt/de-global-bulk-checkin:
bulk-checkin: use repository variable from transaction
bulk-checkin: require transaction for index_blob_bulk_checkin()
bulk-checkin: remove global transaction state
bulk-checkin: introduce object database transaction structure
Instead of scanning for the remaining items to see if there are
still commits to be explored in the queue, use khash to remember
which items are still on the queue (an unacceptable alternative is
to reserve one object flag bits).
* rs/describe-with-lazy-queue-and-oidset:
describe: use oidset in finish_depth_computation()
Windows "real-time monitoring" interferes with the execution of
tests and affects negatively in both correctness and performance,
which has been disabled in Gitlab CI.
* ps/gitlab-ci-disable-windows-monitoring:
gitlab-ci: disable realtime monitoring to unbreak Windows jobs
Junio C Hamano [Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:41:19 +0000 (10:41 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ms/refs-exists'
"git refs exists" that works like "git show-ref --exists" has been
added.
* ms/refs-exists:
t: add test for git refs exists subcommand
t1422: refactor tests to be shareable
t1403: split 'show-ref --exists' tests into a separate file
builtin/refs: add 'exists' subcommand
Junio C Hamano [Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:41:18 +0000 (10:41 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ps/object-store-midx-dedup-info'
Further code clean-up for multi-pack-index code paths.
* ps/object-store-midx-dedup-info:
midx: compute paths via their source
midx: stop duplicating info redundant with its owning source
midx: write multi-pack indices via their source
midx: load multi-pack indices via their source
midx: drop redundant `struct repository` parameter
odb: simplify calling `link_alt_odb_entry()`
odb: return newly created in-memory sources
odb: consistently use "dir" to refer to alternate's directory
odb: allow `odb_find_source()` to fail
odb: store locality in object database sources
Junio C Hamano [Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:41:18 +0000 (10:41 -0700)]
Merge branch 'je/doc-add'
Documentation for "git add" has been updated.
* je/doc-add:
doc: rephrase the purpose of the staging area
doc: git-add: simplify discussion of ignored files
doc: git-add: clarify intro & add an example
Colin Stagner [Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:11:24 +0000 (22:11 -0500)]
contrib/subtree: fix split with squashed subtrees
98ba49ccc2 (subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees
present, 2023-12-01) increases the performance of
git subtree split --prefix=subA
by ignoring subtree merges which are outside of `subA/`. It also
introduces a regression. Subtree merges that should be retained
are incorrectly ignored if they:
1. are nested under `subA/`; and
2. are merged with `--squash`.
is erroneously ignored during a split of `subA`. This causes
missing tree files and different commit hashes starting in
git v2.44.0-rc0.
The method:
should_ignore_subtree_split_commit REV
should test only a single commit REV, but the combination of
git log -1 --grep=...
actually searches all *parent* commits until a `--grep` match is
discovered.
Rewrite this method to test only one REV at a time. Extract commit
information with a single `git` call as opposed to three. The
`test` conditions for rejecting a commit remain unchanged.
Unit tests now cover nested subtrees.
Signed-off-by: Colin Stagner <ask+git@howdoi.land> Acked-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
doc: fast-import: replace literal block with paragraph
68061e34702 (fast-import: disallow "feature export-marks" by default,
2019-08-29) added the documentation for this option. The second
paragraph is a literal block but it looks like it should just be
a regular paragraph.
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
René Scharfe [Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:16:30 +0000 (19:16 +0200)]
use repo_get_oid_with_flags()
get_oid_with_context() allows specifying flags and reports object
details via a passed-in struct object_context. Some callers just want
to specify flags, but don't need any details back. Convert them to
repo_get_oid_with_flags(), which provides just that and frees them from
dealing with the context structure.
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:28:23 +0000 (14:28 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/j6t/git-gui
* 'master' of https://github.com/j6t/git-gui:
git-gui: sync Makefiles with git.git
git-gui: fix error handling of Revert Changes command
git-gui--askyesno (mingw): use Git for Windows' icon, if available
git-gui--askyesno: allow overriding the window title
git gui: set GIT_ASKPASS=git-gui--askpass if not set yet
git-gui: provide question helper for retry fallback on Windows
git-gui: simplify using nice(1)
git-gui: simplify PATH de-duplication
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:27:52 +0000 (14:27 -0700)]
Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/j6t/gitk
* 'master' of https://github.com/j6t/gitk:
gitk: add README with usage, build, and contribution details
gitk: fix trackpad scrolling for Tcl/Tk 8.7+
gitk: use <Button-3> for ctx menus on macOS with Tcl 8.7+
Junio C Hamano [Mon, 8 Sep 2025 21:54:35 +0000 (14:54 -0700)]
Merge branch 'tc/last-modified'
A new command "git last-modified" has been added to show the closest
ancestor commit that touched each path.
* tc/last-modified:
last-modified: use Bloom filters when available
t/perf: add last-modified perf script
last-modified: new subcommand to show when files were last modified
Junio C Hamano [Mon, 8 Sep 2025 21:54:34 +0000 (14:54 -0700)]
Merge branch 'ds/ls-files-lazy-unsparse'
"git ls-files <pathspec>..." should not necessarily have to expand
the index fully if a sparsified directory is excluded by the
pathspec; the code is taught to expand the index on demand to avoid
this.
* ds/ls-files-lazy-unsparse:
ls-files: conditionally leave index sparse
Junio C Hamano [Mon, 8 Sep 2025 21:54:34 +0000 (14:54 -0700)]
Merge branch 'am/xdiff-hash-tweak'
Inspired by Ezekiel's recent effort to showcase Rust interface, the
hash function implementation used to hash lines have been updated
to the one used for ELF symbol lookup by Glibc.
When the README for diff-highlight was written, there was no way to
trigger it for the `add -p` interactive patch mode. We've since grown a
feature to support that, but it was documented only on the Git side.
Let's also let people coming the other direction, from diff-highlight,
know that it's an option.
Suggested-by: Isaac Oscar Gariano <IsaacOscar@live.com.au> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Jeff King [Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:42:39 +0000 (12:42 -0400)]
add-interactive: manually fall back color config to color.ui
Color options like color.interactive and color.diff should fall back to
the value of color.ui if they aren't set. In add-interactive, we check
the specific options (e.g., color.diff) via repo_config_get_value(),
which does not depend on the main command having loaded any color config
via the git_config() callback mechanism.
But then we call want_color() on the result; if our specific config is
unset then that function uses the value of git_use_color_default. That
variable is typically set from color.ui by the git_color_config()
callback, which is called by the main command in its own git_config()
callback function.
This works fine for "add -p", whose add_config() callback calls into
git_color_config(). But it doesn't work for other commands like
"checkout -p", which is otherwise unaware of color at all. People tend
not to notice because the default is "auto", and that's what they'd set
color.ui to as well. But something like:
git -c color.ui=false checkout -p
should disable color, and it doesn't.
This regression goes back to 0527ccb1b5 (add -i: default to the built-in
implementation, 2021-11-30). In the perl version we got the color config
from "git config --get-colorbool", which did the full lookup for us.
The obvious fix is for git-checkout to add a call to git_color_config()
to its own config callback. But we'd have to do so for every command
with this problem, which is error-prone. Let's see if we can fix it more
centrally.
It is tempting to teach want_color() to look up the value of
repo_config_get_value("color.ui") itself. But I think that would have
disastrous consequences. Plumbing commands, especially older ones, avoid
porcelain config like "color.*" by simply not parsing it in their config
callbacks. Looking up the value of color.ui under the hood would
undermine that.
Instead, let's do that lookup in the add-interactive setup code. We're
already demand-loading other color config there, which is probably fine
(even in a plumbing command like "git reset", the interactive mode is
inherently porcelain-ish). That catches all commands that use the
interactive code, whether they were calling git_color_config()
themselves or not.
Reported-by: Isaac Oscar Gariano <isaacoscar@live.com.au> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Jeff King [Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:42:36 +0000 (12:42 -0400)]
add-interactive: respect color.diff for diff coloring
The old perl git-add--interactive.perl script used the color.diff config
option to decide whether to color diffs (and if not set, it fell back to
the value of color.ui via git-config's --get-colorbool option). When we
switched to the builtin version, this was lost: we respect only
color.ui. So for example:
git -c color.diff=false add -p
would color the diff, even when it should not.
The culprit is this line in add-interactive.c's parse_diff():
if (want_color_fd(1, -1))
That "-1" means "no config has been set", which causes it to fall back
to the color.ui setting. We should instead be passing the value of
color.diff. But the problem is that we never even parse that config
option!
Instead the builtin interactive code parses only the value of
color.interactive, which is used for prompts and other messages. One
could perhaps argue that this should cover interactive diff coloring,
too, but historically it did not. The perl script treated
color.interactive and color.diff separately. So we should grab the
values for both, keeping separate fields in our add_i_state variable,
rather than a single use_color field.
We also load individual color slots (e.g., color.interactive.prompt),
leaving them as the empty string when color is disabled. This happens
via the init_color() helper in add-interactive, which checks that
use_color field. Now that there are two such fields, we need to pass the
appropriate one for each color.
The colors are mostly easy to divide up; color.interactive.* follows
color.interactive, and color.diff.* follows color.diff. But the "reset"
color is tricky. It is used for both types of coloring, but the two can
be configured independently. So we introduce two separate reset colors,
and use each in the appropriate spot.
There are two new tests. The first enables interactive prompt colors but
disables color.diff. We should see a colored prompt but not a colored
diff, showing that we are now respecting color.diff (and not
color.interactive or color.ui).
The second does the opposite. We disable color.interactive but turn on
color.diff with a custom fragment color. When we split a hunk, the
interactive code has to re-color the hunk header, which lets us check
that we correctly loaded the color.diff.frag config based on color.diff,
not color.interactive.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Jeff King [Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:42:32 +0000 (12:42 -0400)]
stash: pass --no-color to diff plumbing child processes
After a partial stash, we may clear out the working tree by capturing
the output of diff-tree and piping it into git-apply (and likewise we
may use diff-index to restore the index). So we most definitely do not
want color diff output from that diff-tree process. And it normally
would not produce any, since its stdout is not going to a tty, and the
default value of color.ui is "auto".
However, if GIT_PAGER_IN_USE is set in the environment, that overrides
the tty check, and we'll produce a colorized diff that chokes git-apply:
$ echo y | GIT_PAGER_IN_USE=1 git stash -p
[...]
Saved working directory and index state WIP on main: 4f2e2bb foo
error: No valid patches in input (allow with "--allow-empty")
Cannot remove worktree changes
Setting this variable is a relatively silly thing to do, and not
something most users would run into. But we sometimes do it in our tests
to stimulate color. And it is a user-visible bug, so let's fix it rather
than work around it in the tests.
The root issue here is that diff-tree (and other diff plumbing) should
probably not ever produce color by default. It does so not by parsing
color.ui, but because of the baked-in "auto" default from 4c7f1819b3
(make color.ui default to 'auto', 2013-06-10). But changing that is
risky; we've had discussions back and forth on the topic over the years.
E.g.:
So let's accept that as the status quo for now and protect ourselves by
passing --no-color to the child processes. This is the same thing we did
for add-interactive itself in 1c6ffb546b (add--interactive.perl: specify
--no-color explicitly, 2020-09-07).
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
promisor-remote: use string_list_split() in mark_remotes_as_accepted()
Previous commits replaced some strbuf_split*() calls with calls to
string_list_split*() in "promisor-remote.c".
For consistency, let's also replace the strbuf_split_str() call in
mark_remotes_as_accepted() with a call to string_list_split(), as we
don't need the splitted strings to be managed by a `struct strbuf`.
Using the lighter-weight `string_list` API is enough for our needs.
While at it let's remove a useless call to `strbuf_strip_suffix()`.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>