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[PATCH 4/4] upload-pack: Implement no-done capability

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Mar 15, 2011, 00:59 UTC
Message-ID
<1300150780-7487-4-git-send-email-spearce@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<1300150780-7487-1-git-send-email-spearce@spearce.org>

If the client requests both multi_ack_detailed and no-done then upload-pack is free to immediately send a PACK following its first 'ACK %s ready' message. The upload-pack response actually winds up being:

  ACK %s common
  ... (maybe more) ...
  ACK %s ready
  NAK
  ACK %s
  PACK.... the pack stream ....

For smart HTTP connections this saves one HTTP RPC, reducing the overall latency for a trivial fetch. For git:// and ssh:// a no-done option slightly reduces latency by removing one server->client->server round-trip at the end of the common ancestor negotiation.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---
 upload-pack.c |   20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index 2a0f19e..e644dbe 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static const char upload_pack_usage[] = "git upload-pack [--strict] [--timeout=<
 static unsigned long oldest_have;
 
 static int multi_ack, nr_our_refs;
+static int no_done;
 static int use_thin_pack, use_ofs_delta, use_include_tag;
 static int no_progress, daemon_mode;
 static int shallow_nr;
@@ -431,6 +432,7 @@ static int get_common_commits(void)
 	char last_hex[41];
 	int got_common = 0;
 	int got_other = 0;
+	int sent_ready = 0;
 
 	save_commit_buffer = 0;
 
@@ -440,10 +442,17 @@ static int get_common_commits(void)
 
 		if (!len) {
 			if (multi_ack == 2 && got_common
-					&& !got_other && ok_to_give_up())
+					&& !got_other && ok_to_give_up()) {
+				sent_ready = 1;
 				packet_write(1, "ACK %s ready\n", last_hex);
+			}
 			if (have_obj.nr == 0 || multi_ack)
 				packet_write(1, "NAK\n");
+
+			if (no_done && sent_ready) {
+				packet_write(1, "ACK %s\n", last_hex);
+				return 0;
+			}
 			if (stateless_rpc)
 				exit(0);
 			got_common = 0;
@@ -457,9 +466,10 @@ static int get_common_commits(void)
 				got_other = 1;
 				if (multi_ack && ok_to_give_up()) {
 					const char *hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
-					if (multi_ack == 2)
+					if (multi_ack == 2) {
+						sent_ready = 1;
 						packet_write(1, "ACK %s ready\n", hex);
-					else
+					} else
 						packet_write(1, "ACK %s continue\n", hex);
 				}
 				break;
@@ -535,6 +545,8 @@ static void receive_needs(void)
 			multi_ack = 2;
 		else if (strstr(line+45, "multi_ack"))
 			multi_ack = 1;
+		if (strstr(line+45, "no-done"))
+			no_done = 1;
 		if (strstr(line+45, "thin-pack"))
 			use_thin_pack = 1;
 		if (strstr(line+45, "ofs-delta"))
@@ -628,7 +640,7 @@ static int send_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flag, vo
 {
 	static const char *capabilities = "multi_ack thin-pack side-band"
 		" side-band-64k ofs-delta shallow no-progress"
-		" include-tag multi_ack_detailed";
+		" include-tag multi_ack_detailed no-done";
 	struct object *o = parse_object(sha1);
 
 	if (!o)
-- 
1.7.4.1.35.ga52fb.dirty
Previous: Shawn O. Pearce
Message 4 of 4 in “fetch-pack: Finish negotation if remote replies "ACK %s ready"”
  1. 1/4 fetch-pack: Finish negotation if remote replies "ACK %s ready"Shawn O. Pearce, Mar 15, 2011
  2. 2/4 upload-pack: More aggressively send 'ACK %s ready'Shawn O. Pearce, Mar 15, 2011
  3. 3/4 fetch-pack: Implement no-done capabilityShawn O. Pearce, Mar 15, 2011
  4. 4/4 upload-pack: Implement no-done capabilityShawn O. Pearce, Mar 15, 2011

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