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[PATCH v7 6/7] git-p4: add support for large file systems

From
larsxschneider@gmail.com <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 21, 2015, 22:41 UTC
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From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>

Perforce repositories can contain large (binary) files. Migrating these repositories to Git generates very large local clones. External storage systems such as Git LFS [1], Git Fat [2], Git Media [3], git-annex [4] try to address this problem.

Add a generic mechanism to detect large files based on extension, uncompressed size, and/or compressed size.

[1] https://git-lfs.github.com/ [2] https://github.com/jedbrown/git-fat [3] https://github.com/alebedev/git-media [4] https://git-annex.branchable.com/

Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-p4.txt   |  32 +++++++++
 git-p4.py                  | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 t/t9823-git-p4-mock-lfs.sh | 170 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 330 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t9823-git-p4-mock-lfs.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index 12a57d4..19833e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -517,6 +517,38 @@ git-p4.pathEncoding::
 	to transcode the paths to UTF-8. As an example, Perforce on Windows
 	often uses “cp1252” to encode path names.
 
+git-p4.largeFileSystem::
+	Specify the system that is used for large (binary) files. Please note
+	that large file systems do not support the 'git p4 submit' command.
+	Only Git LFS [1] is implemented right now. Download
+	and install the Git LFS command line extension to use this option
+	and configure it like this:
++
+-------------
+git config       git-p4.largeFileSystem GitLFS
+-------------
++
+	[1] https://git-lfs.github.com/
+
+git-p4.largeFileExtensions::
+	All files matching a file extension in the list will be processed
+	by the large file system. Do not prefix the extensions with '.'.
+
+git-p4.largeFileThreshold::
+	All files with an uncompressed size exceeding the threshold will be
+	processed by the large file system. By default the threshold is
+	defined in bytes. Add the suffix k, m, or g to change the unit.
+
+git-p4.largeFileCompressedThreshold::
+	All files with a compressed size exceeding the threshold will be
+	processed by the large file system. This option might slow down
+	your clone/sync process. By default the threshold is defined in
+	bytes. Add the suffix k, m, or g to change the unit.
+
+git-p4.pushLargeFiles::
+	Boolean variable which defines if large files are automatically
+	pushed to a server.
+
 Submit variables
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 git-p4.detectRenames::
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 3931989..7a80ebd 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import platform
 import re
 import shutil
 import stat
+import zipfile
+import zlib
 
 try:
     from subprocess import CalledProcessError
@@ -932,6 +934,110 @@ def wildcard_present(path):
     m = re.search("[*#@%]", path)
     return m is not None
 
+class LargeFileSystem(object):
+    """Base class for large file system support."""
+
+    def __init__(self, writeToGitStream):
+        self.largeFiles = set()
+        self.writeToGitStream = writeToGitStream
+
+    def generatePointer(self, cloneDestination, contentFile):
+        """Return the content of a pointer file that is stored in Git instead of
+           the actual content."""
+        assert False, "Method 'generatePointer' required in " + self.__class__.__name__
+
+    def pushFile(self, localLargeFile):
+        """Push the actual content which is not stored in the Git repository to
+           a server."""
+        assert False, "Method 'pushFile' required in " + self.__class__.__name__
+
+    def hasLargeFileExtension(self, relPath):
+        return reduce(
+            lambda a, b: a or b,
+            [relPath.endswith('.' + e) for e in gitConfigList('git-p4.largeFileExtensions')],
+            False
+        )
+
+    def generateTempFile(self, contents):
+        contentFile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='git-p4-large-file', delete=False)
+        for d in contents:
+            contentFile.write(d)
+        contentFile.close()
+        return contentFile.name
+
+    def exceedsLargeFileThreshold(self, relPath, contents):
+        if gitConfigInt('git-p4.largeFileThreshold'):
+            contentsSize = sum(len(d) for d in contents)
+            if contentsSize > gitConfigInt('git-p4.largeFileThreshold'):
+                return True
+        if gitConfigInt('git-p4.largeFileCompressedThreshold'):
+            contentsSize = sum(len(d) for d in contents)
+            if contentsSize <= gitConfigInt('git-p4.largeFileCompressedThreshold'):
+                return False
+            contentTempFile = self.generateTempFile(contents)
+            compressedContentFile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='git-p4-large-file', delete=False)
+            zf = zipfile.ZipFile(compressedContentFile.name, mode='w')
+            zf.write(contentTempFile, compress_type=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)
+            zf.close()
+            compressedContentsSize = zf.infolist()[0].compress_size
+            os.remove(contentTempFile)
+            os.remove(compressedContentFile.name)
+            if compressedContentsSize > gitConfigInt('git-p4.largeFileCompressedThreshold'):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def addLargeFile(self, relPath):
+        self.largeFiles.add(relPath)
+
+    def removeLargeFile(self, relPath):
+        self.largeFiles.remove(relPath)
+
+    def isLargeFile(self, relPath):
+        return relPath in self.largeFiles
+
+    def processContent(self, cloneDestination, git_mode, relPath, contents):
+        """Processes the content of git fast import. This method decides if a
+           file is stored in the large file system and handles all necessary
+           steps."""
+        if self.exceedsLargeFileThreshold(relPath, contents) or self.hasLargeFileExtension(relPath):
+            contentTempFile = self.generateTempFile(contents)
+            (git_mode, contents, localLargeFile) = self.generatePointer(cloneDestination, contentTempFile)
+
+            # Move temp file to final location in large file system
+            largeFileDir = os.path.dirname(localLargeFile)
+            if not os.path.isdir(largeFileDir):
+                os.makedirs(largeFileDir)
+            shutil.move(contentTempFile, localLargeFile)
+            self.addLargeFile(relPath)
+            if gitConfigBool('git-p4.pushLargeFiles'):
+                self.pushFile(localLargeFile)
+            if verbose:
+                sys.stderr.write("%s moved to large file system (%s)\n" % (relPath, localLargeFile))
+        return (git_mode, contents)
+
+class MockLFS(LargeFileSystem):
+    """Mock large file system for testing."""
+
+    def generatePointer(self, cloneDestination, contentFile):
+        """The pointer content is the original content prefixed with "pointer-".
+           The local filename of the large file storage is derived from the file content.
+           """
+        with open(contentFile, 'r') as f:
+            content = next(f)
+            gitMode = '100644'
+            pointerContents = 'pointer-' + content
+            localLargeFile = os.path.join(cloneDestination, '.git', 'mock-storage', 'local', content[:-1])
+            return (gitMode, pointerContents, localLargeFile)
+
+    def pushFile(self, localLargeFile):
+        """The remote filename of the large file storage is the same as the local
+           one but in a different directory.
+           """
+        remotePath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(localLargeFile), '..', 'remote')
+        if not os.path.exists(remotePath):
+            os.makedirs(remotePath)
+        shutil.copyfile(localLargeFile, os.path.join(remotePath, os.path.basename(localLargeFile)))
+
 class Command:
     def __init__(self):
         self.usage = "usage: %prog [options]"
@@ -1105,6 +1211,9 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
         self.p4HasMoveCommand = p4_has_move_command()
         self.branch = None
 
+        if gitConfig('git-p4.largeFileSystem'):
+            die("Large file system not supported for git-p4 submit command. Please remove it from config.")
+
     def check(self):
         if len(p4CmdList("opened ...")) > 0:
             die("You have files opened with perforce! Close them before starting the sync.")
@@ -2064,6 +2173,12 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
                 lambda git_mode, relPath, contents: self.writeToGitStream(git_mode, relPath, contents)
             )
 
+        if gitConfig('git-p4.largeFileSystem'):
+            largeFileSystemConstructor = globals()[gitConfig('git-p4.largeFileSystem')]
+            self.largeFileSystem = largeFileSystemConstructor(
+                lambda git_mode, relPath, contents: self.writeToGitStream(git_mode, relPath, contents)
+            )
+
         if gitConfig("git-p4.syncFromOrigin") == "false":
             self.syncWithOrigin = False
 
@@ -2183,6 +2298,13 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
 
         return branches
 
+    def writeToGitStream(self, gitMode, relPath, contents):
+        self.gitStream.write('M %s inline %s\n' % (gitMode, relPath))
+        self.gitStream.write('data %d\n' % sum(len(d) for d in contents))
+        for d in contents:
+            self.gitStream.write(d)
+        self.gitStream.write('\n')
+
     # output one file from the P4 stream
     # - helper for streamP4Files
 
@@ -2263,17 +2385,10 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             if self.verbose:
                 print 'Path with non-ASCII characters detected. Used %s to encode: %s ' % (encoding, relPath)
 
-        self.gitStream.write("M %s inline %s\n" % (git_mode, relPath))
+        if self.largeFileSystem:
+            (git_mode, contents) = self.largeFileSystem.processContent(self.cloneDestination, git_mode, relPath, contents)
 
-        # total length...
-        length = 0
-        for d in contents:
-            length = length + len(d)
-
-        self.gitStream.write("data %d\n" % length)
-        for d in contents:
-            self.gitStream.write(d)
-        self.gitStream.write("\n")
+        self.writeToGitStream(git_mode, relPath, contents)
 
     def streamOneP4Deletion(self, file):
         relPath = self.stripRepoPath(file['path'], self.branchPrefixes)
@@ -2282,6 +2397,9 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             sys.stdout.flush()
         self.gitStream.write("D %s\n" % relPath)
 
+        if self.largeFileSystem and self.largeFileSystem.isLargeFile(relPath):
+            self.largeFileSystem.removeLargeFile(relPath)
+
     # handle another chunk of streaming data
     def streamP4FilesCb(self, marshalled):
 
diff --git a/t/t9823-git-p4-mock-lfs.sh b/t/t9823-git-p4-mock-lfs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5684ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t9823-git-p4-mock-lfs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Clone repositories and store files in Mock LFS'
+
+. ./lib-git-p4.sh
+
+test_file_is_not_in_mock_lfs () {
+	FILE="$1" &&
+	CONTENT="$2" &&
+	echo "$CONTENT" >expect_content &&
+	test_path_is_file "$FILE" &&
+	test_cmp expect_content "$FILE"
+}
+
+test_file_is_in_mock_lfs () {
+	FILE="$1" &&
+	CONTENT="$2" &&
+	LOCAL_STORAGE=".git/mock-storage/local/$CONTENT" &&
+	SERVER_STORAGE=".git/mock-storage/remote/$CONTENT" &&
+	echo "pointer-$CONTENT" >expect_pointer &&
+	echo "$CONTENT" >expect_content &&
+	test_path_is_file "$FILE" &&
+	test_path_is_file "$LOCAL_STORAGE" &&
+	test_path_is_file "$SERVER_STORAGE" &&
+	test_cmp expect_pointer "$FILE" &&
+	test_cmp expect_content "$LOCAL_STORAGE" &&
+	test_cmp expect_content "$SERVER_STORAGE"
+}
+
+test_file_is_deleted_in_mock_lfs () {
+	FILE="$1" &&
+	CONTENT="$2" &&
+	LOCAL_STORAGE=".git/mock-storage/local/$CONTENT" &&
+	SERVER_STORAGE=".git/mock-storage/remote/$CONTENT" &&
+	echo "pointer-$CONTENT" >expect_pointer &&
+	echo "$CONTENT" >expect_content &&
+	! test_path_is_file "$FILE" &&
+	test_path_is_file "$LOCAL_STORAGE" &&
+	test_path_is_file "$SERVER_STORAGE" &&
+	test_cmp expect_content "$LOCAL_STORAGE" &&
+	test_cmp expect_content "$SERVER_STORAGE"
+}
+
+test_file_count_in_dir () {
+	DIR="$1" &&
+	EXPECTED_COUNT="$2" &&
+	find "$DIR" -type f >actual &&
+	test_line_count = $EXPECTED_COUNT actual
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'start p4d' '
+	start_p4d
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Create repo with binary files' '
+	client_view "//depot/... //client/..." &&
+	(
+		cd "$cli" &&
+
+		echo "content 1 txt 23 bytes" >file1.txt &&
+		p4 add file1.txt &&
+		echo "content 2-3 bin 25 bytes" >file2.dat &&
+		p4 add file2.dat &&
+		p4 submit -d "Add text and binary file" &&
+
+		mkdir "path with spaces" &&
+		echo "content 2-3 bin 25 bytes" >"path with spaces/file3.bin" &&
+		p4 add "path with spaces/file3.bin" &&
+		p4 submit -d "Add another binary file with same content and spaces in path" &&
+
+		echo "content 4 bin 26 bytes XX" >file4.bin &&
+		p4 add file4.bin &&
+		p4 submit -d "Add another binary file with different content"
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Store files in Mock LFS based on size (>24 bytes)' '
+	client_view "//depot/... //client/..." &&
+	test_when_finished cleanup_git &&
+	(
+		cd "$git" &&
+		git init . &&
+		git config git-p4.useClientSpec true &&
+		git config git-p4.largeFileSystem MockLFS &&
+		git config git-p4.largeFileThreshold 24 &&
+		git config git-p4.pushLargeFiles True &&
+		git p4 clone --destination="$git" //depot@all &&
+
+		test_file_is_not_in_mock_lfs file1.txt "content 1 txt 23 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_in_mock_lfs file2.dat "content 2-3 bin 25 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_in_mock_lfs "path with spaces/file3.bin" "content 2-3 bin 25 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_in_mock_lfs file4.bin "content 4 bin 26 bytes XX" &&
+
+		test_file_count_in_dir ".git/mock-storage/local" 2 &&
+		test_file_count_in_dir ".git/mock-storage/remote" 2
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Store files in Mock LFS based on extension (dat)' '
+	client_view "//depot/... //client/..." &&
+	test_when_finished cleanup_git &&
+	(
+		cd "$git" &&
+		git init . &&
+		git config git-p4.useClientSpec true &&
+		git config git-p4.largeFileSystem MockLFS &&
+		git config git-p4.largeFileExtensions dat &&
+		git config git-p4.pushLargeFiles True &&
+		git p4 clone --destination="$git" //depot@all &&
+
+		test_file_is_not_in_mock_lfs file1.txt "content 1 txt 23 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_in_mock_lfs file2.dat "content 2-3 bin 25 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_not_in_mock_lfs "path with spaces/file3.bin" "content 2-3 bin 25 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_not_in_mock_lfs file4.bin "content 4 bin 26 bytes XX" &&
+
+		test_file_count_in_dir ".git/mock-storage/local" 1 &&
+		test_file_count_in_dir ".git/mock-storage/remote" 1
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Remove file from repo and store files in Mock LFS based on size (>24 bytes)' '
+	client_view "//depot/... //client/..." &&
+	(
+		cd "$cli" &&
+		p4 delete file4.bin &&
+		p4 submit -d "Remove file"
+	) &&
+
+	client_view "//depot/... //client/..." &&
+	test_when_finished cleanup_git &&
+	(
+		cd "$git" &&
+		git init . &&
+		git config git-p4.useClientSpec true &&
+		git config git-p4.largeFileSystem MockLFS &&
+		git config git-p4.largeFileThreshold 24 &&
+		git config git-p4.pushLargeFiles True &&
+		git p4 clone --destination="$git" //depot@all &&
+
+		test_file_is_not_in_mock_lfs file1.txt "content 1 txt 23 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_in_mock_lfs file2.dat "content 2-3 bin 25 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_in_mock_lfs "path with spaces/file3.bin" "content 2-3 bin 25 bytes" &&
+		test_file_is_deleted_in_mock_lfs file4.bin "content 4 bin 26 bytes XX" &&
+
+		test_file_count_in_dir ".git/mock-storage/local" 2 &&
+		test_file_count_in_dir ".git/mock-storage/remote" 2
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Run git p4 submit in repo configured with large file system' '
+	client_view "//depot/... //client/..." &&
+	test_when_finished cleanup_git &&
+	(
+		cd "$git" &&
+		git init . &&
+		git config git-p4.useClientSpec true &&
+		git config git-p4.largeFileSystem MockLFS &&
+		git config git-p4.largeFileThreshold 24 &&
+		git config git-p4.pushLargeFiles True &&
+		git p4 clone --destination="$git" //depot@all &&
+
+		test_must_fail git p4 submit
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'kill p4d' '
+	kill_p4d
+'
+
+test_done
-- 
2.5.1
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  1. 0/7 git-p4: add support for large file systemslarsxschneider@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2015
  2. 1/7 git-p4: add optional type specifier to gitConfig readerlarsxschneider@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2015
  4. Lars SchneiderSep 23, 2015
  5. 2/7 git-p4: add gitConfigInt readerlarsxschneider@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2015
  6. 3/7 git-p4: return an empty list if a list config has no valueslarsxschneider@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2015
  7. 4/7 git-p4: add file streaming progress in verbose modelarsxschneider@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2015
  8. 5/7 git-p4: check free space during streaminglarsxschneider@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2015
  9. 6/7 git-p4: add support for large file systemslarsxschneider@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2015
  10. Luke DiamandSep 25, 2015
  11. 7/7 git-p4: add Git LFS backend for large file systemlarsxschneider@gmail.com, Sep 21, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2015
  13. Lars SchneiderSep 23, 2015
  14. Luke DiamandSep 23, 2015
  15. Lars SchneiderSep 23, 2015
  16. Lars SchneiderSep 23, 2015
  17. Luke DiamandSep 23, 2015
  18. Lars SchneiderSep 23, 2015
  19. Luke DiamandSep 24, 2015
  20. Lars SchneiderSep 25, 2015
  21. Luke DiamandSep 25, 2015

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