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[PATCH] Add --no-reuse-delta option to git-gc

From
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Date
May 8, 2007, 13:28 UTC
Message-ID
<11786309071033-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To
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This allows the user to regenerate the deltas in packs while doing a git-gc. The user could just run git-repack -a -d -f -l after running git-gc, but then the first git-repack run by git-gc is a bit of waste.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
---
 Documentation/git-gc.txt |    7 ++++++-
 builtin-gc.c             |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index bc16584..0493d06 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-gc - Cleanup unnecessary files and optimize the local repository
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-gc' [--prune]
+'git-gc' [--prune] [--no-reuse-delta]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	repository at the same time (e.g. never use this option
 	in a cron script).
 
+--no-reuse-delta::
+	This causes deltas in existing packs to be recalculated instead
+	of reusing the existing deltas.  This can save disk space at
+	the cost of taking more time to recalculate them from scratch.
+
 
 Configuration
 -------------
diff --git a/builtin-gc.c b/builtin-gc.c
index 3b1f8c2..5cb7ffd 100644
--- a/builtin-gc.c
+++ b/builtin-gc.c
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
 
 #define FAILED_RUN "failed to run %s"
 
-static const char builtin_gc_usage[] = "git-gc [--prune]";
+static const char builtin_gc_usage[] = "git-gc [--prune] [--no-reuse-delta]";
 
 static int pack_refs = -1;
 
+#define MAX_ADD 10
 static const char *argv_pack_refs[] = {"pack-refs", "--prune", NULL};
 static const char *argv_reflog[] = {"reflog", "expire", "--all", NULL};
-static const char *argv_repack[] = {"repack", "-a", "-d", "-l", NULL};
+static const char *argv_repack[MAX_ADD] = {"repack", "-a", "-d", "-l", NULL};
 static const char *argv_prune[] = {"prune", NULL};
 static const char *argv_rerere[] = {"rerere", "gc", NULL};
 
@@ -37,6 +38,21 @@ static int gc_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
 }
 
+static append_option(const char **cmd, const char *opt, int max_length)
+{
+	int	i;
+
+	for (i=0; cmd[i]; i++)
+		;
+
+	if (i+2 >= max_length) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Too many options specified\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	cmd[i++] = opt;
+	cmd[i] = 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -53,6 +69,10 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			prune = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-reuse-delta")) {
+			append_option(argv_repack, "-f", MAX_ADD);
+			continue;
+		}
 		/* perhaps other parameters later... */
 		break;
 	}
-- 
1.5.2.rc2.22.ga39d
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Message 8 of 40 in “Add --no-reuse-delta, --window, and --depth options to git-gc”
  1. Add --no-reuse-delta, --window, and --depth options to git-gcTheodore Ts'o, May 8, 2007
  2. Nicolas PitreMay 8, 2007
  3. Theodore TsoMay 8, 2007
  4. Dana HowMay 8, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2007
  6. Theodore Ts'oMay 8, 2007
  7. Add pack.depth option to git-pack-objects and change default depth to 50Theodore Ts'o, May 8, 2007
  8. Add --no-reuse-delta option to git-gcTheodore Ts'o, May 8, 2007
  9. Nicolas PitreMay 8, 2007
  10. Daniel BarkalowMay 9, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2007
  12. Steven GrimmMay 9, 2007
  13. Johannes SchindelinMay 9, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2007
  15. Shawn O. PearceMay 9, 2007
  16. Sam VilainJun 10, 2007
  17. Nicolas PitreJun 11, 2007
  18. Steven GrimmJun 11, 2007
  19. Shawn O. PearceJun 11, 2007
  20. Johannes SchindelinJun 11, 2007
  21. Nicolas PitreJun 11, 2007
  22. Johannes SchindelinJun 11, 2007
  23. Add --aggressive option to 'git gc'Theodore Tso, May 9, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2007
  25. Theodore TsoMay 9, 2007
  26. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2007
  27. Nicolas PitreMay 8, 2007
  28. Theodore TsoMay 8, 2007
  29. Johannes SchindelinMay 8, 2007
  30. Theodore TsoMay 8, 2007
  31. Nicolas PitreMay 8, 2007
  32. Theodore TsoMay 9, 2007
  33. Johannes SchindelinMay 9, 2007
  34. Dana HowMay 8, 2007
  35. Nicolas PitreMay 8, 2007
  36. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2007
  37. Nicolas PitreMay 8, 2007
  38. Junio C HamanoMay 8, 2007
  39. Nicolas PitreMay 8, 2007
  40. Nicolas PitreMay 8, 2007

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