Junio C Hamano [Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:33:44 +0000 (07:33 -0800)]
Merge branch 'kn/midx-wo-the-repository'
Yet another "pass the repository through the callchain" topic.
* kn/midx-wo-the-repository:
midx: inline the `MIDX_MIN_SIZE` definition
midx: pass down `hash_algo` to functions using global variables
midx: pass `repository` to `load_multi_pack_index`
midx: cleanup internal usage of `the_repository` and `the_hash_algo`
midx-write: pass down repository to `write_midx_file[_only]`
write-midx: add repository field to `write_midx_context`
midx-write: use `revs->repo` inside `read_refs_snapshot`
midx-write: pass down repository to static functions
packfile.c: remove unnecessary prepare_packed_git() call
midx: add repository to `multi_pack_index` struct
config: make `packed_git_(limit|window_size)` non-global variables
config: make `delta_base_cache_limit` a non-global variable
packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object`
packfile: pass down repository to `has_object[_kept]_pack`
packfile: pass down repository to `odb_pack_name`
packfile: pass `repository` to static function in the file
packfile: use `repository` from `packed_git` directly
packfile: add repository to struct `packed_git`
Junio C Hamano [Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:33:41 +0000 (07:33 -0800)]
Merge branch 'es/oss-fuzz'
Backport oss-fuzz tests for us to our codebase.
* es/oss-fuzz:
fuzz: port fuzz-url-decode-mem from OSS-Fuzz
fuzz: port fuzz-parse-attr-line from OSS-Fuzz
fuzz: port fuzz-credential-from-url-gently from OSS-Fuzz
Junio C Hamano [Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:33:40 +0000 (07:33 -0800)]
Merge branch 'en/fast-import-verify-path'
"git fast-import" learned to reject paths with ".." and "." as
their components to avoid creating invalid tree objects.
* en/fast-import-verify-path:
t9300: test verification of renamed paths
fast-import: disallow more path components
fast-import: disallow "." and ".." path components
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:04:57 +0000 (10:04 +0900)]
Merge branch 'ps/reftable-iterator-reuse'
Optimize reading random references out of the reftable backend by
allowing reuse of iterator objects.
* ps/reftable-iterator-reuse:
refs/reftable: reuse iterators when reading refs
reftable/merged: drain priority queue on reseek
reftable/stack: add mechanism to notify callers on reload
refs/reftable: refactor reflog expiry to use reftable backend
refs/reftable: refactor reading symbolic refs to use reftable backend
refs/reftable: read references via `struct reftable_backend`
refs/reftable: figure out hash via `reftable_stack`
reftable/stack: add accessor for the hash ID
refs/reftable: handle reloading stacks in the reftable backend
refs/reftable: encapsulate reftable stack
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:04:56 +0000 (10:04 +0900)]
Merge branch 'ps/reftable-detach'
Isolates the reftable subsystem from the rest of Git's codebase by
using fewer pieces of Git's infrastructure.
* ps/reftable-detach:
reftable/system: provide thin wrapper for lockfile subsystem
reftable/stack: drop only use of `get_locked_file_path()`
reftable/system: provide thin wrapper for tempfile subsystem
reftable/stack: stop using `fsync_component()` directly
reftable/system: stop depending on "hash.h"
reftable: explicitly handle hash format IDs
reftable/system: move "dir.h" to its only user
Loosen overly strict ownership check introduced in the recent past,
to keep the promise "cloning a suspicious repository is a safe
first step to inspect it".
* bc/allow-upload-pack-from-other-people:
Allow cloning from repositories owned by another user
Karthik Nayak [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:33 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
midx: inline the `MIDX_MIN_SIZE` definition
The `MIDX_MIN_SIZE` definition is used to check the midx_size in
`local_multi_pack_index_one`. This definition relies on the
`the_hash_algo` global variable. Inline this and remove the global
variable usage.
With this, remove `USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE` usage from `midx.c`.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:32 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
midx: pass down `hash_algo` to functions using global variables
The functions `get_split_midx_filename_ext()`, `get_midx_filename()` and
`get_midx_filename_ext()` use `hash_to_hex()` which internally uses the
`the_hash_algo` global variable.
Remove this dependency on global variables by passing down the
`hash_algo` through to the functions mentioned and instead calling
`hash_to_hex_algop()` along with the obtained `hash_algo`.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:31 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
midx: pass `repository` to `load_multi_pack_index`
The `load_multi_pack_index` function in midx uses `the_repository`
variable to access the `repository` struct. Modify the function and its
callee's to send the `repository` field.
This moves usage of `the_repository` to the `test-read-midx.c` file.
While that is not optimal, it is okay, since the upcoming commits will
slowly move the usage of `the_repository` up the layers and remove it
eventually.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:30 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
midx: cleanup internal usage of `the_repository` and `the_hash_algo`
In the `midx.c` file, there are multiple usages of `the_repository` and
`the_hash_algo` within static functions of the file. Some of the usages
can be simply swapped out with the available `repository` struct. While
some of them can be swapped out by passing the repository to the
required functions.
This leaves out only some other usages of `the_repository` and
`the_hash_algo` in the file in non-static functions, which we'll tackle
in upcoming commits.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:29 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
midx-write: pass down repository to `write_midx_file[_only]`
In a previous commit, we passed the repository field to all
subcommands in the `builtin/` directory. Utilize this to pass the
repository field down to the `write_midx_file[_only]` functions to
remove the usage of `the_repository` global variables.
With this, all usage of global variables in `midx-write.c` is removed,
hence, remove the `USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE` guard from the file.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:28 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
write-midx: add repository field to `write_midx_context`
The struct `write_midx_context` is used to pass context for creating
MIDX files. Add the repository field here to ensure that most functions
within `midx-write.c` have access to the field and can use that instead
of the global `the_repository` variable.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:27 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
midx-write: use `revs->repo` inside `read_refs_snapshot`
The function `read_refs_snapshot()` uses `parse_oid_hex()`, which relies
on the global `the_hash_algo` variable. Let's instead use
`parse_oid_hex_algop()` and provide the hash algo via `revs->repo`.
Also, while here, fix a missing newline after the function's definition.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:28:26 +0000 (17:28 +0100)]
midx-write: pass down repository to static functions
In 'midx-write.c' there are a lot of static functions which use global
variables `the_repository` or `the_hash_algo`. In a follow up commit,
the repository variable will be added to `write_midx_context`, which
some of the functions can use. But for functions which do not have
access to this struct, pass down the required information from
non-static functions `write_midx_file` and `write_midx_file_only`.
This requires that the function `hash_to_hex` is also replaced with
`hash_to_hex_algop` since the former internally accesses the
`the_hash_algo` global variable.
This ensures that the usage of global variables is limited to these
non-static functions, which will be cleaned up in a follow up commit.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 4 Dec 2024 01:32:02 +0000 (10:32 +0900)]
Merge branch 'kn/pass-repo-to-builtin-sub-sub-commands' into kn/midx-wo-the-repository
* kn/pass-repo-to-builtin-sub-sub-commands:
builtin: pass repository to sub commands
Git 2.47.1
Makefile(s): avoid recipe prefix in conditional statements
doc: switch links to https
doc: update links to current pages
The eleventh batch
pack-objects: only perform verbatim reuse on the preferred pack
t5332-multi-pack-reuse.sh: demonstrate duplicate packing failure
test-lib: move malloc-debug setup after $PATH setup
builtin/difftool: intialize some hashmap variables
refspec: store raw refspecs inside refspec_item
refspec: drop separate raw_nr count
fetch: adjust refspec->raw_nr when filtering prefetch refspecs
test-lib: check malloc debug LD_PRELOAD before using
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 4 Dec 2024 01:31:46 +0000 (10:31 +0900)]
Merge branch 'kn/the-repository' into kn/midx-wo-the-repository
* kn/the-repository:
packfile.c: remove unnecessary prepare_packed_git() call
midx: add repository to `multi_pack_index` struct
config: make `packed_git_(limit|window_size)` non-global variables
config: make `delta_base_cache_limit` a non-global variable
packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object`
packfile: pass down repository to `has_object[_kept]_pack`
packfile: pass down repository to `odb_pack_name`
packfile: pass `repository` to static function in the file
packfile: use `repository` from `packed_git` directly
packfile: add repository to struct `packed_git`
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 4 Dec 2024 01:14:49 +0000 (10:14 +0900)]
Merge branch 'ja/git-diff-doc-markup'
Documentation mark-up updates.
* ja/git-diff-doc-markup:
doc: git-diff: apply format changes to config part
doc: git-diff: apply format changes to diff-generate-patch
doc: git-diff: apply format changes to diff-format
doc: git-diff: apply format changes to diff-options
doc: git-diff: apply new documentation guidelines
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 4 Dec 2024 01:14:42 +0000 (10:14 +0900)]
Merge branch 'sj/ref-contents-check'
"git fsck" learned to issue warnings on "curiously formatted" ref
contents that have always been taken valid but something Git
wouldn't have written itself (e.g., missing terminating end-of-line
after the full object name).
* sj/ref-contents-check:
ref: add symlink ref content check for files backend
ref: check whether the target of the symref is a ref
ref: add basic symref content check for files backend
ref: add more strict checks for regular refs
ref: port git-fsck(1) regular refs check for files backend
ref: support multiple worktrees check for refs
ref: initialize ref name outside of check functions
ref: check the full refname instead of basename
ref: initialize "fsck_ref_report" with zero
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 4 Dec 2024 01:14:41 +0000 (10:14 +0900)]
Merge branch 'ps/ref-backend-migration-optim'
The migration procedure between two ref backends has been optimized.
* ps/ref-backend-migration-optim:
reftable: rename scratch buffer
refs: adapt `initial_transaction` flag to be unsigned
reftable/block: optimize allocations by using scratch buffer
reftable/block: rename `block_writer::buf` variable
reftable/writer: optimize allocations by using a scratch buffer
refs: don't normalize log messages with `REF_SKIP_CREATE_REFLOG`
refs: skip collision checks in initial transactions
refs: use "initial" transaction semantics to migrate refs
refs/files: support symbolic and root refs in initial transaction
refs: introduce "initial" transaction flag
refs/files: move logic to commit initial transaction
refs: allow passing flags when setting up a transaction
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 4 Dec 2024 01:14:38 +0000 (10:14 +0900)]
Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-part-10'
Leakfixes.
* ps/leakfixes-part-10: (27 commits)
t: remove TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK annotations
test-lib: unconditionally enable leak checking
t: remove unneeded !SANITIZE_LEAK prerequisites
t: mark some tests as leak free
t5601: work around leak sanitizer issue
git-compat-util: drop now-unused `UNLEAK()` macro
global: drop `UNLEAK()` annotation
t/helper: fix leaking commit graph in "read-graph" subcommand
builtin/branch: fix leaking sorting options
builtin/init-db: fix leaking directory paths
builtin/help: fix leaks in `check_git_cmd()`
help: fix leaking return value from `help_unknown_cmd()`
help: fix leaking `struct cmdnames`
help: refactor to not use globals for reading config
builtin/sparse-checkout: fix leaking sanitized patterns
split-index: fix memory leak in `move_cache_to_base_index()`
git: refactor builtin handling to use a `struct strvec`
git: refactor alias handling to use a `struct strvec`
strvec: introduce new `strvec_splice()` function
line-log: fix leak when rewriting commit parents
...
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 4 Dec 2024 01:14:37 +0000 (10:14 +0900)]
Merge branch 'ps/gc-stale-lock-warning'
Give a bit of advice/hint message when "git maintenance" stops finding a
lock file left by another instance that still is potentially running.
* ps/gc-stale-lock-warning:
t7900: fix host-dependent behaviour when testing git-maintenance(1)
builtin/gc: provide hint when maintenance hits a stale schedule lock
Jeff King [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:06:52 +0000 (16:06 -0500)]
t9300: test verification of renamed paths
Commit da91a90c2f (fast-import: disallow more path components,
2024-11-30) added two separate verify_path() calls (one for
added/modified files, and one for renames/copies). But our tests only
exercise the first one. Let's protect ourselves against regressions by
tweaking one of the tests to rename into the bad path. There are
adjacent tests that will stay as additions, so now both calls are
covered.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In 454ea2e4d7 (treewide: use get_all_packs, 2018-08-20) we converted
existing calls to both:
- get_packed_git(), as well as
- the_repository->objects->packed_git
, to instead use the new get_all_packs() function.
In the instance that this commit addresses, there was a preceding call
to prepare_packed_git(), which dates all the way back to 660c889e46
(sha1_file: add for_each iterators for loose and packed objects,
2014-10-15) when its caller (for_each_packed_object()) was first
introduced.
This call could have been removed in 454ea2e4d7, since get_all_packs()
itself calls prepare_packed_git(). But the translation in 454ea2e4d7 was
(to the best of my knowledge) a find-and-replace rather than inspecting
each individual caller.
Having an extra prepare_packed_git() call here is harmless, since it
will notice that we have already set the 'packed_git_initialized' field
and the call will be a noop. So we're only talking about a few dozen CPU
cycles to set up and tear down the stack frame.
But having a lone prepare_packed_git() call immediately before a call to
get_all_packs() confused me, so let's remove it as redundant to avoid
more confusion in the future.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:44:03 +0000 (15:44 +0100)]
midx: add repository to `multi_pack_index` struct
The `multi_pack_index` struct represents the MIDX for a repository.
Here, we add a pointer to the repository in this struct, allowing direct
use of the repository variable without relying on the global
`the_repository` struct.
With this addition, we can determine the repository associated with a
`bitmap_index` struct. A `bitmap_index` points to either a `packed_git`
or a `multi_pack_index`, both of which have direct repository
references. To support this, we introduce a static helper function,
`bitmap_repo`, in `pack-bitmap.c`, which retrieves a repository given a
`bitmap_index`.
With this, we clear up all usages of `the_repository` within
`pack-bitmap.c` and also remove the `USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE`
definition. Bringing us another step closer to remove all global
variable usage.
Although this change also opens up the potential to clean up `midx.c`,
doing so would require additional refactoring to pass the repository
struct to functions where the MIDX struct is created: a task better
suited for future patches.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:44:02 +0000 (15:44 +0100)]
config: make `packed_git_(limit|window_size)` non-global variables
The variables `packed_git_window_size` and `packed_git_limit` are global
config variables used in the `packfile.c` file. Since it is only used in
this file, let's change it from being a global config variable to a
local variable for the subsystem.
With this, we rid `packfile.c` from all global variable usage and this
means we can also remove the `USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE` guard from
the file.
Helped-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:44:01 +0000 (15:44 +0100)]
config: make `delta_base_cache_limit` a non-global variable
The `delta_base_cache_limit` variable is a global config variable used
by multiple subsystems. Let's make this non-global, by adding this
variable independently to the subsystems where it is used.
First, add the setting to the `repo_settings` struct, this provides
access to the config in places where the repository is available. Use
this in `packfile.c`.
In `index-pack.c` we add it to the `pack_idx_option` struct and its
constructor. While the repository struct is available here, it may not
be set because `git index-pack` can be used without a repository.
In `gc.c` add it to the `gc_config` struct and also the constructor
function. The gc functions currently do not have direct access to a
repository struct.
These changes are made to remove the usage of `delta_base_cache_limit`
as a global variable in `packfile.c`. This brings us one step closer to
removing the `USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE` definition in `packfile.c`
which we complete in the next patch.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:44:00 +0000 (15:44 +0100)]
packfile: pass down repository to `for_each_packed_object`
The function `for_each_packed_object` currently relies on the global
variable `the_repository`. To eliminate global variable usage in
`packfile.c`, we should progressively shift the dependency on
the_repository to higher layers. Let's remove its usage from this
function and closely related function `is_promisor_object`.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:43:59 +0000 (15:43 +0100)]
packfile: pass down repository to `has_object[_kept]_pack`
The functions `has_object[_kept]_pack` currently rely on the global
variable `the_repository`. To eliminate global variable usage in
`packfile.c`, we should progressively shift the dependency on
the_repository to higher layers. Let's remove its usage from these
functions and any related ones.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:43:58 +0000 (15:43 +0100)]
packfile: pass down repository to `odb_pack_name`
The function `odb_pack_name` currently relies on the global variable
`the_repository`. To eliminate global variable usage in `packfile.c`, we
should progressively shift the dependency on the_repository to higher
layers.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:43:57 +0000 (15:43 +0100)]
packfile: pass `repository` to static function in the file
Some of the static functions in the `packfile.c` access global
variables, which can simply be avoided by passing the `repository`
struct down to them. Let's do that.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:43:56 +0000 (15:43 +0100)]
packfile: use `repository` from `packed_git` directly
In the previous commit, we introduced the `repository` structure inside
`packed_git`. This provides an alternative route instead of using the
global `the_repository` variable. Let's modify `packfile.c` now to use
this field wherever possible instead of relying on the global state.
There are still a few instances of `the_repository` usage in the file,
where there is no struct `packed_git` locally available, which will be
fixed in the following commits.
Helped-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:43:55 +0000 (15:43 +0100)]
packfile: add repository to struct `packed_git`
The struct `packed_git` holds information regarding a packed object
file. Let's add the repository variable to this object, to represent the
repository that this packfile belongs to. This helps remove dependency
on the global `the_repository` object in `packfile.c` by simply using
repository information now readily available in the struct.
We do need to consider that a packfile could be part of the alternates
of a repository, but considering that we only have one repository struct
and also that we currently anyways use 'the_repository', we should be
OK with this change.
We also modify `alloc_packed_git` to ensure that the repository is added
to newly created `packed_git` structs. This requires modifying the
function and all its callee to pass the repository object down the
levels.
Helped-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: add missing word
Add missing word “that” in the phrase “after verifying that”, like
what was done in 1b2dfb70504 (Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: drop
“flag”, 2024-10-21)
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Elijah Newren [Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:09:29 +0000 (01:09 +0000)]
fast-import: disallow more path components
Instead of just disallowing '.' and '..', make use of verify_path() to
ensure that fast-import will disallow anything we wouldn't allow into
the index, such as anything under .git/, .gitmodules as a symlink, or
a dos drive prefix on Windows.
Since a few fast-export and fast-import tests that tried to stress-test
the correct handling of quoting relied on filenames that fail
is_valid_win32_path(), such as spaces or periods at the end of filenames
or backslashes within the filename, turn off core.protectNTFS for those
tests to ensure they keep passing.
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This refactors `repair_worktree_after_gitdir_move()` to use the new
`write_worktree_linking_files` function. It also preserves the
relativity of the linking files; e.g., if an existing worktree used
absolute paths then the repaired paths will be absolute (and visa-versa).
`repair_worktree_after_gitdir_move()` is used to repair both sets of
worktree linking files if the `.git` directory is moved during a
re-initialization using `git init`.
This also adds a test case for reinitializing a repository that has
relative worktrees.
Signed-off-by: Caleb White <cdwhite3@pm.me> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Caleb White [Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:23:10 +0000 (22:23 +0000)]
worktree: add relative cli/config options to `repair` command
This teaches the `worktree repair` command to respect the
`--[no-]relative-paths` CLI option and `worktree.useRelativePaths`
config setting. If an existing worktree with an absolute path is repaired
with `--relative-paths`, the links will be replaced with relative paths,
even if the original path was correct. This allows a user to covert
existing worktrees between absolute/relative as desired.
To simplify things, both linking files are written when one of the files
needs to be repaired. In some cases, this fixes the other file before it
is checked, in other cases this results in a correct file being written
with the same contents.
Signed-off-by: Caleb White <cdwhite3@pm.me> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Caleb White [Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:23:03 +0000 (22:23 +0000)]
worktree: add relative cli/config options to `move` command
This teaches the `worktree move` command to respect the
`--[no-]relative-paths` CLI option and `worktree.useRelativePaths`
config setting. If an existing worktree is moved with `--relative-paths`
the new path will be relative (and visa-versa).
Signed-off-by: Caleb White <cdwhite3@pm.me> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Caleb White [Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:22:55 +0000 (22:22 +0000)]
worktree: add relative cli/config options to `add` command
This introduces the `--[no-]relative-paths` CLI option and
`worktree.useRelativePaths` configuration setting to the `worktree add`
command. When enabled these options allow worktrees to be linked using
relative paths, enhancing portability across environments where absolute
paths may differ (e.g., containerized setups, shared network drives).
Git still creates absolute paths by default, but these options allow
users to opt-in to relative paths if desired.
The t2408 test file is removed and more comprehensive tests are
written for the various worktree operations in their own files.
Signed-off-by: Caleb White <cdwhite3@pm.me> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Caleb White [Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:22:47 +0000 (22:22 +0000)]
worktree: add `write_worktree_linking_files()` function
A new helper function, `write_worktree_linking_files()`, centralizes
the logic for computing and writing either relative or absolute
paths, based on the provided configuration. This function accepts
`strbuf` pointers to both the worktree’s `.git` link and the
repository’s `gitdir`, and then writes the appropriate path to each.
The `relativeWorktrees` extension is automatically set when a worktree
is linked with relative paths.
Signed-off-by: Caleb White <cdwhite3@pm.me> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Caleb White [Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:22:41 +0000 (22:22 +0000)]
worktree: refactor infer_backlink return
The previous round[1] was merged a bit early before reviewer feedback
could be applied. This correctly indents a code block and updates the
`infer_backlink` function to return `-1` on failure and strbuf.len on
success.
Caleb White [Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:22:34 +0000 (22:22 +0000)]
worktree: add `relativeWorktrees` extension
A new extension, `relativeWorktrees`, is added to indicate that at least
one worktree in the repository has been linked with relative paths.
This ensures older Git versions do not attempt to automatically prune
worktrees with relative paths, as they would not not recognize the
paths as being valid.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Caleb White <cdwhite3@pm.me> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Caleb White [Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:22:26 +0000 (22:22 +0000)]
setup: correctly reinitialize repository version
When reinitializing a repository, Git does not account for extensions
other than `objectformat` and `refstorage` when determining the
repository version. This can lead to a repository being downgraded to
version 0 if extensions are set, causing Git future operations to fail.
This patch teaches Git to check if other extensions are defined in the
config to ensure that the repository version is set correctly.
Signed-off-by: Caleb White <cdwhite3@pm.me> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:23:45 +0000 (22:23 +0900)]
CodingGuidelines: a handful of error message guidelines
It is more efficient to have something in the coding guidelines
document to point at, when we want to review and comment on a new
message in the codebase to make sure it "fits" in the set of
existing messages.
Let's write down established best practice we are aware of.
Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Justin Tobler [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:33:12 +0000 (17:33 -0600)]
transport: propagate fsck configuration during bundle fetch
When fetching directly from a bundle, fsck message severity
configuration is not propagated to the underlying git-index-pack(1). It
is only capable of enabling or disabling fsck checks entirely. This does
not align with the fsck behavior for fetches through git-fetch-pack(1).
Use the fsck config parsing from fetch-pack to populate fsck message
severity configuration and wire it through to `unbundle()` to enable the
same fsck verification as done through fetch-pack.
Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Justin Tobler [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:33:11 +0000 (17:33 -0600)]
fetch-pack: split out fsck config parsing
When `fetch_pack_config()` is invoked, fetch-pack configuration is
parsed from the config. As part of this operation, fsck message severity
configuration is assigned to the `fsck_msg_types` global variable. This
is optionally used to configure the downstream git-index-pack(1) when
the `--strict` option is specified.
The same parsed fsck message severity configuration is also needed
outside of fetch-pack. Instead of exposing/relying on the existing
global state, split out the fsck config parsing logic into
`fetch_pack_fsck_config()` and expose it. In a subsequent commit, this
is used to provide fsck configuration when invoking `unbundle()`.
For `fetch_pack_fsck_config()` to discern between errors and unhandled
config variables, the return code when `git_config_path()` errors is
changed to a different value also indicating success. This frees up the
previous return code to now indicate the provided config variable
was unhandled. The behavior remains functionally the same.
Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Justin Tobler [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:33:10 +0000 (17:33 -0600)]
bundle: support fsck message configuration
If the `VERIFY_BUNDLE_FLAG` is set during `unbundle()`, the
git-index-pack(1) spawned is configured with the `--fsck-options` flag
to perform fsck verification. With this flag enabled, there is not a way
to configure fsck message severity though.
Extend the `unbundle_opts` type to store fsck message severity
configuration and update `unbundle()` to conditionally append it to the
`--fsck-objects` flag if provided. This enables `unbundle()` call sites
to support optionally setting the severity for specific fsck messages.
Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Justin Tobler [Wed, 27 Nov 2024 23:33:09 +0000 (17:33 -0600)]
bundle: add bundle verification options type
When `unbundle()` is invoked, fsck verification may be configured by
passing the `VERIFY_BUNDLE_FSCK` flag. This mechanism allows fsck checks
on the bundle to be enabled or disabled entirely. To facilitate more
fine-grained fsck configuration, additional context must be provided to
`unbundle()`.
Introduce the `unbundle_opts` type, which wraps the existing
`verify_bundle_flags`, to facilitate future extension of `unbundle()`
configuration. Also update `unbundle()` and its call sites to accept
this new options type instead of the flags directly. The end behavior is
functionally the same, but allows for the set of configurable options to
be extended. This is leveraged in a subsequent commit to enable fsck
message severity configuration.
Signed-off-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:57:06 +0000 (07:57 +0900)]
Merge branch 'jk/gcc15'
GCC 15 compatibility updates.
* jk/gcc15:
object-file: inline empty tree and blob literals
object-file: treat cached_object values as const
object-file: drop oid field from find_cached_object() return value
object-file: move empty_tree struct into find_cached_object()
object-file: drop confusing oid initializer of empty_tree struct
object-file: prefer array-of-bytes initializer for hash literals
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:57:04 +0000 (07:57 +0900)]
Merge branch 'ps/clar-build-improvement'
Fix for clar unit tests to support CMake build.
* ps/clar-build-improvement:
Makefile: let clar header targets depend on their scripts
cmake: use verbatim arguments when invoking clar commands
cmake: use SH_EXE to execute clar scripts
t/unit-tests: convert "clar-generate.awk" into a shell script
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 26 Nov 2024 22:57:03 +0000 (07:57 +0900)]
Merge branch 'kh/bundle-docs'
Documentation for "git bundle" saw improvements to more prominently
call out the use of '--all' when creating bundles.
* kh/bundle-docs:
Documentation/git-bundle.txt: discuss naïve backups
Documentation/git-bundle.txt: mention --all in spec. refs
Documentation/git-bundle.txt: remove old `--all` example
Documentation/git-bundle.txt: mention full backup example
shejialuo [Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:40:57 +0000 (22:40 +0800)]
ref-cache: fix invalid free operation in `free_ref_entry`
In cfd971520e (refs: keep track of unresolved reference value in
iterators, 2024-08-09), we added a new field "referent" into the "struct
ref" structure. In order to free the "referent", we unconditionally
freed the "referent" by simply adding a "free" statement.
However, this is a bad usage. Because when ref entry is either directory
or loose ref, we will always execute the following statement:
free(entry->u.value.referent);
This does not make sense. We should never access the "entry->u.value"
field when "entry" is a directory. However, the change obviously doesn't
break the tests. Let's analysis why.
The anonymous union in the "ref_entry" has two members: one is "struct
ref_value", another is "struct ref_dir". On a 64-bit machine, the size
of "struct ref_dir" is 32 bytes, which is smaller than the 48-byte size
of "struct ref_value". And the offset of "referent" field in "struct
ref_value" is 40 bytes. So, whenever we create a new "ref_entry" for a
directory, we will leave the offset from 40 bytes to 48 bytes untouched,
which means the value for this memory is zero (NULL). It's OK to free a
NULL pointer, but this is merely a coincidence of memory layout.
To fix this issue, we now ensure that "free(entry->u.value.referent)" is
only called when "entry->flag" indicates that it represents a loose
reference and not a directory to avoid the invalid memory operation.
Signed-off-by: shejialuo <shejialuo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When reading references the reftable backend has to:
1. Create a new ref iterator.
2. Seek the iterator to the record we're searching for.
3. Read the record.
We cannot really avoid the last two steps, but re-creating the iterator
every single time we want to read a reference is kind of expensive and a
waste of resources. We couldn't help it in the past though because it
was not possible to reuse iterators. But starting with 5bf96e0c39
(reftable/generic: move seeking of records into the iterator,
2024-05-13) we have split up the iterator lifecycle such that creating
the iterator and seeking are two different concerns.
Refactor the code such that we cache iterators in the reftable backend.
This cache is invalidated whenever the respective stack is reloaded such
that we know to recreate the iterator in that case. This leads to a
sizeable speedup when creating many refs, which requires a lot of random
reference reads:
Benchmark 1: update-ref: create many refs (refcount = 100000, revision = master)
Time (mean ± σ): 1.793 s ± 0.010 s [User: 0.954 s, System: 0.835 s]
Range (min … max): 1.781 s … 1.811 s 10 runs
Benchmark 2: update-ref: create many refs (refcount = 100000, revision = HEAD)
Time (mean ± σ): 1.680 s ± 0.013 s [User: 0.846 s, System: 0.831 s]
Range (min … max): 1.664 s … 1.702 s 10 runs
Summary
update-ref: create many refs (refcount = 100000, revision = HEAD) ran
1.07 ± 0.01 times faster than update-ref: create many refs (refcount = 100000, revision = master)
While 7% is not a huge win, you have to consider that the benchmark is
_writing_ data, so _reading_ references is only one part of what we do.
Flame graphs show that we spend around 40% of our time reading refs, so
the speedup when reading refs is approximately ~2.5x that. I could not
find better benchmarks where we perform a lot of random ref reads.
You can also see a sizeable impact on memory usage when creating 100k
references. Before this change:
HEAP SUMMARY:
in use at exit: 19,112,538 bytes in 200,170 blocks
total heap usage: 8,400,426 allocs, 8,200,256 frees, 454,367,048 bytes allocated
After this change:
HEAP SUMMARY:
in use at exit: 674,416 bytes in 169 blocks
total heap usage: 7,929,872 allocs, 7,929,703 frees, 281,509,985 bytes allocated
As an additional factor, this refactoring opens up the possibility for
more performance optimizations in how we re-seek iterators. Any change
that allows us to optimize re-seeking by e.g. reusing data structures
would thus also directly speed up random reads.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In 5bf96e0c39 (reftable/generic: move seeking of records into the
iterator, 2024-05-13) we have refactored the reftable codebase such that
iterators can be initialized once and then re-seeked multiple times.
This feature is used by 1869525066 (refs/reftable: wire up support for
exclude patterns, 2024-09-16) in order to skip records based on exclude
patterns provided by the caller.
The logic to re-seek the merged iterator is insufficient though because
we don't drain the priority queue on a re-seek. This means that the
queue may contain stale entries and thus reading the next record in the
queue will return the wrong entry. While this is an obvious bug, it is
harmless in the context of above exclude patterns:
- If the queue contained stale entries that match the pattern then the
caller would already know to filter out such refs. This is because
our codebase is prepared to handle backends that don't have a way to
efficiently implement exclude patterns.
- If the queue contained stale entries that don't match the pattern
we'd eventually filter out any duplicates. This is because the
reftable code discards items with the same ref name and sorts any
remaining entries properly.
So things happen to work in this context regardless of the bug, and
there is no other use case yet where we re-seek iterators. We're about
to introduce a caching mechanism though where iterators are reused by
the reftable backend, and that will expose the bug.
Fix the issue by draining the priority queue when seeking and add a
testcase that surfaces the issue.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
reftable/stack: add mechanism to notify callers on reload
Reftable stacks are reloaded in two cases:
- When calling `reftable_stack_reload()`, if the stat-cache tells us
that the stack has been modified.
- When committing a reftable addition.
While callers can figure out the second case, they do not have a
mechanism to figure out whether `reftable_stack_reload()` led to an
actual reload of the on-disk data. All they can do is thus to assume
that data is always being reloaded in that case.
Improve the situation by introducing a new `on_reload()` callback to the
reftable options. If provided, the function will be invoked every time
the stack has indeed been reloaded. This allows callers to invalidate
data that depends on the current stack data.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
refs/reftable: refactor reflog expiry to use reftable backend
Refactor the callback function that expires reflog entries in the
reftable backend to use `reftable_backend_read_ref()` instead of
accessing the reftable stack directly. This ensures that the function
will benefit from the new caching layer that we're about to introduce.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
refs/reftable: refactor reading symbolic refs to use reftable backend
Refactor the callback function that reads symbolic references in the
reftable backend to use `reftable_backend_read_ref()` instead of
accessing the reftable stack directly. This ensures that the function
will benefit from the new caching layer that we're about to introduce.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
refs/reftable: read references via `struct reftable_backend`
Refactor `read_ref_without_reload()` to accept `struct reftable_backend`
as parameter instead of `struct reftable_stack`. Rename the function to
`reftable_backend_read_ref()` to clarify its scope and move it close to
other functions operating on `struct reftable_backend`.
This change allows us to implement an additional caching layer when
reading refs where we can reuse reftable iterators.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
refs/reftable: figure out hash via `reftable_stack`
The function `read_ref_without_reload()` accepts a ref store as input
only so that we can figure out the hash function used by it. This is
duplicate information though because the reftable stack knows about its
hash function, too.
Drop the superfluous parameter to simplify the calling convention a bit.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
refs/reftable: handle reloading stacks in the reftable backend
When accessing a stack we almost always have to reload the stack before
reading data from it. This is mostly because Git does not have a
notification mechanism for when underlying data has been changed, and
thus we are forced to opportunistically reload the stack every single
time to account for any changes that may have happened concurrently.
Handle the reload internally in `backend_for()`. For one this forces
callsites to think about whether or not they need to reload the stack.
But second this makes the logic to access stacks more self-contained by
letting the `struct reftable_backend` manage themselves.
Update callsites where we don't reload the stack to document why we
don't. In some cases it's unclear whether it is the right thing to do in
the first place, but fixing that is outside of the scope of this patch
series.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The reftable ref store needs to keep track of multiple stacks, one for
the main worktree and an arbitrary number of stacks for worktrees. This
is done by storing pointers to `struct reftable_stack`, which we then
access directly.
Wrap the stack in a new `struct reftable_backend`. This will allow us to
attach more data to each respective stack in subsequent commits.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Karthik Nayak [Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:55:30 +0000 (15:55 +0100)]
builtin: pass repository to sub commands
In 9b1cb5070f (builtin: add a repository parameter for builtin
functions, 2024-09-13) the repository was passed down to all builtin
commands. This allowed the repository to be passed down to lower layers
without depending on the global `the_repository` variable.
Continue this work by also passing down the repository parameter from
the command to sub-commands. This will help pass down the repository to
other subsystems and cleanup usage of global variables like
'the_repository' and 'the_hash_algo'.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Elijah Newren [Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:00:48 +0000 (19:00 +0000)]
fast-import: disallow "." and ".." path components
If a user specified e.g.
M 100644 :1 ../some-file
then fast-import previously would happily create a git history where
there is a tree in the top-level directory named "..", and with a file
inside that directory named "some-file". The top-level ".." directory
causes problems. While git checkout will die with errors and fsck will
report hasDotdot problems, the user is going to have problems trying to
remove the problematic file. Simply avoid creating this bad history in
the first place.
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
bisect: address Coverity warning about potential double free
Coverity has started to warn about a potential double-free in
`find_bisection()`. This warning is triggered because we may modify the
list head of the passed-in `commit_list` in case it is an UNINTERESTING
commit, but still call `free_commit_list()` on the original variable
that points to the now-freed head in case where `do_find_bisection()`
returns a `NULL` pointer.
As far as I can see, this double free cannot happen in practice, as
`do_find_bisection()` only returns a `NULL` pointer when it was passed a
`NULL` input. So in order to trigger the double free we would have to
call `find_bisection()` with a commit list that only consists of
UNINTERESTING commits, but I have not been able to construct a case
where that happens.
Drop the `else` branch entirely as it seems to be a no-op anyway.
Another option might be to instead call `free_commit_list()` on `list`,
which is the modified version of `commit_list` and thus wouldn't cause a
double free. But as mentioned, I couldn't come up with any case where a
passed-in non-NULL list becomes empty, so this shouldn't be necessary.
And if it ever does become necessary we'd notice anyway via the leak
sanitizer.
Interestingly enough we did not have a single test exercising this
branch: all tests pass just fine even when replacing it with a call to
`BUG()`. Add a test that exercises it.
Reported-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:21:58 +0000 (10:21 +0900)]
Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-part-10' into ps/bisect-double-free-fix
* ps/leakfixes-part-10: (27 commits)
t: remove TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK annotations
test-lib: unconditionally enable leak checking
t: remove unneeded !SANITIZE_LEAK prerequisites
t: mark some tests as leak free
t5601: work around leak sanitizer issue
git-compat-util: drop now-unused `UNLEAK()` macro
global: drop `UNLEAK()` annotation
t/helper: fix leaking commit graph in "read-graph" subcommand
builtin/branch: fix leaking sorting options
builtin/init-db: fix leaking directory paths
builtin/help: fix leaks in `check_git_cmd()`
help: fix leaking return value from `help_unknown_cmd()`
help: fix leaking `struct cmdnames`
help: refactor to not use globals for reading config
builtin/sparse-checkout: fix leaking sanitized patterns
split-index: fix memory leak in `move_cache_to_base_index()`
git: refactor builtin handling to use a `struct strvec`
git: refactor alias handling to use a `struct strvec`
strvec: introduce new `strvec_splice()` function
line-log: fix leak when rewriting commit parents
...
This says that hash2 and hash3 should be squashed into hash1 and
that hash3’s commit message should be used for the resulting commit.
So the user is presented with an editor where the two first commit
messages are commented out and the third is not. However this does
not work if `core.commentChar`/`core.commentString` is in use since
the comment char is hardcoded (#) in this `sequencer.c` function.
As a result the first commit message will not be commented out.
sequencer: comment `--reference` subject line properly
`git revert --reference <commit>` leaves behind a comment in the
first line:[1]
# *** SAY WHY WE ARE REVERTING ON THE TITLE LINE ***
Meaning that the commit will just consist of the next line if the user
exits the editor directly:
This reverts commit <--format=reference commit>
But the comment char here is hardcoded (#). Which means that the
comment line will inadvertently be included in the commit message if
`core.commentChar`/`core.commentString` is in use.
† 1: See 43966ab3156 (revert: optionally refer to commit in the
"reference" format, 2022-05-26)
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
`git rebase --update-ref` does not insert commands for dependent/sub-
branches which are checked out.[1] Instead it leaves a comment about
that fact. The comment char is hardcoded (#). In turn the comment
line gets interpreted as an invalid command when `core.commentChar`/
`core.commentString` is in use.
† 1: See 900b50c242 (rebase: add --update-refs option, 2022-07-19)
Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk <code@khaugsbakk.name> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Both `struct block_writer` and `struct reftable_writer` have a `buf`
member that is being reused to optimize the number of allocations.
Rename the variable to `scratch` to clarify its intend and provide a
comment explaining why it exists.
Suggested-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
refs: adapt `initial_transaction` flag to be unsigned
The `initial_transaction` flag is tracked as a signed integer, but we
typically pass around flags via unsigned integers. Adapt the type
accordingly.
Suggested-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
t7900: fix host-dependent behaviour when testing git-maintenance(1)
We have recently added a new test to t7900 that exercises whether
git-maintenance(1) fails as expected when the "schedule.lock" file
exists. The test depends on whether or not the host has the required
executables present to schedule maintenance tasks in the first place,
like systemd or launchctl -- if not, the test fails with an unrelated
error before even checking for the lock file. This fails for example in
our CI systems, where macOS images do not have launchctl available.
Fix this issue by creating a stub systemctl(1) binary and using the
systemd scheduler.
Reported-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Junio C Hamano [Mon, 25 Nov 2024 03:14:01 +0000 (12:14 +0900)]
doc: option value may be separate for valid reasons
Even though `git help cli` recommends users to prefer using
"--option=value" over "--option value", there can be reasons why
giving them separately is a good idea. One reason is that shells do
not perform tilde expansion for `--option=~/path/name` but they
expand `--options ~/path/name` just fine.
This is not a problem for many options whose option parsing is
properly written using OPT_FILENAME(), because the value given to
OPT_FILENAME() is tilde-expanded internally by us, but some commands
take a pathname as a mere string, which needs this trick to have the
shell help us.
I think the reason we originally decided to recommend the stuck form
was because an option that takes an optional value requires you to
use it in the stuck form, and it is one less thing for users to
worry about if they get into the habit to always use the stuck form.
But we should be discouraging ourselves from adding an option with
an optional value in the first place, and we might want to weaken
the current recommendation.
In any case, let's describe this one case where it is necessary to
use the separate form, with an example.
Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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