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[PATCHv13 19/30] Notes API: prune_notes(): Prune notes that belong to non-existing objects

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Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Feb 13, 2010, 21:28 UTC
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When an object is made unreachable by Git, any notes that annotate that object are not automagically made unreachable, since all notes are always trivially reachable from a notes ref. In order to remove notes for non-existing objects, we therefore need to add functionality for traversing the notes tree and explicitly removing references to notes that annotate non-reachable objects. Thus the notes objects themselves also become unreachable, and are removed by a later garbage collect.

prune_notes() performs this traversal (by using for_each_note() internally), and removes the notes in question from the notes tree.

Note that the effect of prune_notes() is not persistent unless a subsequent call to write_notes_tree() is made.

Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
---
 notes.c |   39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 notes.h |   12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/notes.c b/notes.c
index d432517..3ba3e6d 100644
--- a/notes.c
+++ b/notes.c
@@ -749,6 +749,29 @@ static int write_each_note(const unsigned char *object_sha1,
 		write_each_note_helper(d->root, note_path, mode, note_sha1);
 }
 
+struct note_delete_list {
+	struct note_delete_list *next;
+	const unsigned char *sha1;
+};
+
+static int prune_notes_helper(const unsigned char *object_sha1,
+		const unsigned char *note_sha1, char *note_path,
+		void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct note_delete_list **l = (struct note_delete_list **) cb_data;
+	struct note_delete_list *n;
+
+	if (has_sha1_file(object_sha1))
+		return 0; /* nothing to do for this note */
+
+	/* failed to find object => prune this note */
+	n = (struct note_delete_list *) xmalloc(sizeof(*n));
+	n->next = *l;
+	n->sha1 = object_sha1;
+	*l = n;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int combine_notes_concatenate(unsigned char *cur_sha1,
 		const unsigned char *new_sha1)
 {
@@ -922,6 +945,22 @@ int write_notes_tree(struct notes_tree *t, unsigned char *result)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void prune_notes(struct notes_tree *t)
+{
+	struct note_delete_list *l = NULL;
+
+	if (!t)
+		t = &default_notes_tree;
+	assert(t->initialized);
+
+	for_each_note(t, 0, prune_notes_helper, &l);
+
+	while (l) {
+		remove_note(t, l->sha1);
+		l = l->next;
+	}
+}
+
 void free_notes(struct notes_tree *t)
 {
 	if (!t)
diff --git a/notes.h b/notes.h
index f98578f..bad03cc 100644
--- a/notes.h
+++ b/notes.h
@@ -162,6 +162,18 @@ int for_each_note(struct notes_tree *t, int flags, each_note_fn fn,
 int write_notes_tree(struct notes_tree *t, unsigned char *result);
 
 /*
+ * Remove all notes annotating non-existing objects from the given notes tree
+ *
+ * All notes in the given notes_tree that are associated with objects that no
+ * longer exist in the database, are removed from the notes tree.
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT: The changes made by prune_notes() to the given notes_tree
+ * structure are not persistent until a subsequent call to write_notes_tree()
+ * returns zero.
+ */
+void prune_notes(struct notes_tree *t);
+
+/*
  * Free (and de-initialize) the given notes_tree structure
  *
  * IMPORTANT: Changes made to the given notes_tree since the last, successful
-- 
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Message 20 of 35 in “[PATCHv13 00/30] git notes”
  1. Johan HerlandFeb 13, 2010
  2. 01/30 Minor cosmetic fixes to notes.cJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  3. 02/30 Notes API: get_commit_notes() -> format_note() + remove the commit restrictionJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  4. 03/30 Add tests for checking correct handling of $GIT_NOTES_REF and core.notesRefJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  5. 04/30 Notes API: init_notes(): Initialize the notes tree from the given notes refJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  6. 05/30 Notes API: add_note(): Add note objects to the internal notes tree structureJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  7. 06/30 Notes API: remove_note(): Remove note objects from the notes tree structureJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  8. 07/30 Notes API: get_note(): Return the note annotating the given objectJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  9. 08/30 Notes API: for_each_note(): Traverse the entire notes tree with a callbackJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  10. 09/30 Notes API: write_notes_tree(): Store the notes tree in the databaseJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  11. 10/30 Notes API: Allow multiple concurrent notes trees with new struct notes_treeJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  12. 11/30 Refactor notes concatenation into a flexible interface for combining notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  13. 12/30 Builtin-ify git-notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  14. 13/30 t3301: Verify successful annotation of non-commitsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  15. 14/30 t3305: Verify that adding many notes with git-notes triggers increased fanoutJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  16. 15/30 Teach notes code to properly preserve non-notes in the notes treeJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  17. 16/30 Teach builtin-notes to remove empty notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  18. 17/30 builtin-notes: Add "remove" subcommand for removing existing notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  19. 18/30 t3305: Verify that removing notes triggers automatic fanout consolidationJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  20. 19/30 Notes API: prune_notes(): Prune notes that belong to non-existing objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  21. 20/30 builtin-notes: Add "prune" subcommand for removing notes for missing objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  22. 21/30 Documentation: Generalize git-notes docs to 'objects' instead of 'commits'Johan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  23. 22/30 builtin-notes: Add "list" subcommand for listing note objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  24. 23/30 builtin-notes: Add --message/--file aliases for -m/-F optionsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  25. 24/30 builtin-notes: Add "add" subcommand for adding notes to objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  26. 25/30 builtin-notes: Add "append" subcommand for appending to note objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  27. 26/30 builtin-notes: Deprecate the -m/-F options for "git notes edit"Johan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  28. 27/30 builtin-notes: Refactor handling of -F option to allow combining -m and -FJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  29. 28/30 builtin-notes: Add -c/-C options for reusing notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  30. Stephen BoydFeb 15, 2010
  31. Johan HerlandFeb 16, 2010
  32. builtin-notes: Minor (mostly parse_options-related) fixesJohan Herland, Feb 25, 2010
  33. Stephen BoydFeb 25, 2010
  34. 29/30 builtin-notes: Misc. refactoring of argc and exit value handlingJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  35. 30/30 builtin-notes: Add "copy" subcommand for copying notes between objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010

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