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[PATCH 4/7] list-objects: implement object type filter

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Mar 1, 2021, 12:20 UTC
Message-ID
<01b9fdbb9c0ca8d70281422a13f7f4df85ffed90.1614600555.git.ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1614600555.git.ps@pks.im>

While it already is possible to filter objects by some criteria in git-rev-list(1), it is not yet possible to filter out only a specific type of objects. This makes some filters less useful. The `blob:limit` filter for example filters blobs such that only those which are smaller than the given limit are returned. But it is unfit to ask only for these smallish blobs, given that git-rev-list(1) will continue to print tags, commits and trees.

Now that we have the infrastructure in place to also filter tags and commits, we can improve this situation by implementing a new filter which selects objects based on their type. Above query can thus trivially be implemented with the following command:

    $ git rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=blob \
        --filter=blob:limit=200

Furthermore, this filter allows to optimize for certain other cases: if for example only tags or commits have been selected, there is no need to walk down trees.

The new filter is not yet supported in bitmaps. This is going to be implemented in a subsequent commit.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 Documentation/rev-list-options.txt  |  3 ++
 list-objects-filter-options.c       | 14 ++++++
 list-objects-filter-options.h       |  2 +
 list-objects-filter.c               | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh | 48 ++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 143 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index b1c8f86c6e..3afa8fffbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -892,6 +892,9 @@ or units.  n may be zero.  The suffixes k, m, and g can be used to name
 units in KiB, MiB, or GiB.  For example, 'blob:limit=1k' is the same
 as 'blob:limit=1024'.
 +
+The form '--filter=object:type=(tag|commit|tree|blob)' omits all objects
+which are not of the requested type.
++
 The form '--filter=sparse:oid=<blob-ish>' uses a sparse-checkout
 specification contained in the blob (or blob-expression) '<blob-ish>'
 to omit blobs that would not be not required for a sparse checkout on
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.c b/list-objects-filter-options.c
index d2d1c81caf..bb6f6577d5 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ const char *list_object_filter_config_name(enum list_objects_filter_choice c)
 		return "tree";
 	case LOFC_SPARSE_OID:
 		return "sparse:oid";
+	case LOFC_OBJECT_TYPE:
+		return "object:type";
 	case LOFC_COMBINE:
 		return "combine";
 	case LOFC__COUNT:
@@ -97,6 +99,18 @@ static int gently_parse_list_objects_filter(
 		}
 		return 1;
 
+	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "object:type=", &v0)) {
+		int type = type_from_string_gently(v0, -1, 1);
+		if (type < 0) {
+			strbuf_addstr(errbuf, _("expected 'object:type=<type>'"));
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		filter_options->object_type = type;
+		filter_options->choice = LOFC_OBJECT_TYPE;
+
+		return 0;
+
 	} else if (skip_prefix(arg, "combine:", &v0)) {
 		return parse_combine_filter(filter_options, v0, errbuf);
 
diff --git a/list-objects-filter-options.h b/list-objects-filter-options.h
index 01767c3c96..4d0d0588cc 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter-options.h
+++ b/list-objects-filter-options.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ enum list_objects_filter_choice {
 	LOFC_BLOB_LIMIT,
 	LOFC_TREE_DEPTH,
 	LOFC_SPARSE_OID,
+	LOFC_OBJECT_TYPE,
 	LOFC_COMBINE,
 	LOFC__COUNT /* must be last */
 };
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ struct list_objects_filter_options {
 	char *sparse_oid_name;
 	unsigned long blob_limit_value;
 	unsigned long tree_exclude_depth;
+	enum object_type object_type;
 
 	/* LOFC_COMBINE values */
 
diff --git a/list-objects-filter.c b/list-objects-filter.c
index 7def039435..650a7c2c80 100644
--- a/list-objects-filter.c
+++ b/list-objects-filter.c
@@ -545,6 +545,81 @@ static void filter_sparse_oid__init(
 	filter->free_fn = filter_sparse_free;
 }
 
+/*
+ * A filter for list-objects to omit large blobs.
+ * And to OPTIONALLY collect a list of the omitted OIDs.
+ */
+struct filter_object_type_data {
+	enum object_type object_type;
+};
+
+static enum list_objects_filter_result filter_object_type(
+	struct repository *r,
+	enum list_objects_filter_situation filter_situation,
+	struct object *obj,
+	const char *pathname,
+	const char *filename,
+	struct oidset *omits,
+	void *filter_data_)
+{
+	struct filter_object_type_data *filter_data = filter_data_;
+
+	switch (filter_situation) {
+	default:
+		BUG("unknown filter_situation: %d", filter_situation);
+
+	case LOFS_TAG:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TAG);
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_TAG)
+			return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN;
+
+	case LOFS_COMMIT:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_COMMIT);
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_COMMIT)
+			return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN;
+
+	case LOFS_BEGIN_TREE:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_TREE);
+
+		/*
+		 * If we only want to show commits or tags, then there is no
+		 * need to walk down trees.
+		 */
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_COMMIT ||
+		    filter_data->object_type == OBJ_TAG)
+			return LOFR_SKIP_TREE;
+
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_TREE)
+			return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN;
+
+	case LOFS_BLOB:
+		assert(obj->type == OBJ_BLOB);
+
+		if (filter_data->object_type == OBJ_BLOB)
+			return LOFR_MARK_SEEN | LOFR_DO_SHOW;
+		return LOFR_MARK_SEEN;
+
+	case LOFS_END_TREE:
+		return LOFR_ZERO;
+	}
+}
+
+static void filter_object_type__init(
+	struct list_objects_filter_options *filter_options,
+	struct filter *filter)
+{
+	struct filter_object_type_data *d = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*d));
+	d->object_type = filter_options->object_type;
+
+	filter->filter_data = d;
+	filter->filter_object_fn = filter_object_type;
+	filter->free_fn = free;
+}
+
 /* A filter which only shows objects shown by all sub-filters. */
 struct combine_filter_data {
 	struct subfilter *sub;
@@ -691,6 +766,7 @@ static filter_init_fn s_filters[] = {
 	filter_blobs_limit__init,
 	filter_trees_depth__init,
 	filter_sparse_oid__init,
+	filter_object_type__init,
 	filter_combine__init,
 };
 
diff --git a/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh b/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
index 31457d13b9..c79ec04060 100755
--- a/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
+++ b/t/t6112-rev-list-filters-objects.sh
@@ -159,6 +159,54 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:limit=1m' '
 	test_must_be_empty observed
 '
 
+# Test object:type=<type> filter.
+
+test_expect_success 'setup object-type' '
+	git init object-type &&
+	echo contents >object-type/blob &&
+	git -C object-type add blob &&
+	git -C object-type commit -m commit-message &&
+	git -C object-type tag tag -m tag-message
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type= fails with invalid type' '
+	test_must_fail git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type= HEAD &&
+	test_must_fail git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=invalid HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=blob prints blob and commit' '
+	(
+		git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD &&
+		printf "%s blob\n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD:blob)
+	) >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=blob HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=tree prints tree and commit' '
+	(
+		git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD &&
+		printf "%s \n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD^{tree})
+	) >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=tree HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=commit prints commit' '
+	git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=commit HEAD >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'verify object:type=tag prints tag' '
+	(
+		git -C object-type rev-parse HEAD &&
+		printf "%s tag\n" $(git -C object-type rev-parse tag)
+	) >expected &&
+	git -C object-type rev-list --objects --filter=object:type=tag tag >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 # Test sparse:path=<path> filter.
 # !!!!
 # NOTE: sparse:path filter support has been dropped for security reasons,
-- 
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  2. 3/7 list-objects: support filtering by tag and commitPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 1, 2021
  3. 4/7 list-objects: implement object type filterPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 1, 2021
  4. 1/7 revision: mark commit parents as NOT_USER_GIVENPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 1, 2021
  5. 2/7 list-objects: move tag processing into its own functionPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 1, 2021
  6. 6/7 pack-bitmap: implement combined filterPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 1, 2021
  7. 5/7 pack-bitmap: implement object type filterPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 1, 2021
  8. 7/7 rev-list: allow filtering of provided itemsPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 1, 2021
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  28. 7/8 pack-bitmap: implement combined filterPatrick Steinhardt, Mar 15, 2021
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  48. 4/8 list-objects: support filtering by tag and commitPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 9, 2021
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  51. 6/8 pack-bitmap: implement object type filterPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 9, 2021
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