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[PATCH v2 16/17] index-helper: optionally automatically run

From
David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Date
Mar 19, 2016, 01:04 UTC
Message-ID
<1458349490-1704-17-git-send-email-dturner@twopensource.com>
In-Reply-To
<1458349490-1704-1-git-send-email-dturner@twopensource.com>

Introduce a new config option, indexhelper.autorun, to automatically run git index-helper before starting up a builtin git command. This enables users to keep index-helper running without manual intervention.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
---
 git.c                   | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 t/t7900-index-helper.sh | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 6cc0c07..7d27782 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -521,6 +521,37 @@ static void strip_extension(const char **argv)
 #define strip_extension(cmd)
 #endif
 
+static int want_auto_index_helper(void)
+{
+	int want = -1;
+	const char *value = NULL;
+	const char *key = "indexhelper.autorun";
+
+	if (git_config_key_is_valid(key) &&
+	    !git_config_get_value(key, &value)) {
+		int b = git_config_maybe_bool(key, value);
+		want = b >= 0 ? b : 0;
+	}
+	return want;
+}
+
+static void maybe_run_index_helper(struct cmd_struct *cmd)
+{
+	const char *argv[] = {"git-index-helper", "--detach", "--autorun", NULL};
+
+	if (!(cmd->option & NEED_WORK_TREE))
+		return;
+
+	if (want_auto_index_helper() <= 0)
+		return;
+
+	trace_argv_printf(argv, "trace: auto index-helper:");
+
+	if (run_command_v_opt(argv,
+			      RUN_SILENT_EXEC_FAILURE | RUN_CLEAN_ON_EXIT))
+		warning(_("You specified indexhelper.autorun, but running git-index-helper failed."));
+}
+
 static void handle_builtin(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	const char *cmd;
@@ -536,8 +567,10 @@ static void handle_builtin(int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 	builtin = get_builtin(cmd);
-	if (builtin)
+	if (builtin) {
+		maybe_run_index_helper(builtin);
 		exit(run_builtin(builtin, argc, argv));
+	}
 }
 
 static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
diff --git a/t/t7900-index-helper.sh b/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
index 6020fe4..7fe66b7 100755
--- a/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
+++ b/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
@@ -41,4 +41,20 @@ test_expect_success 'index-helper is quiet with --autorun' '
 	git index-helper --autorun
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'index-helper autorun works' '
+	rm -f .git/index-helper.pipe &&
+	git status &&
+	test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.pipe &&
+	test_config indexhelper.autorun true &&
+	git status &&
+	test -p .git/index-helper.pipe &&
+	git status 2>err &&
+	test -p .git/index-helper.pipe &&
+	! grep -q . err &&
+	git index-helper --kill &&
+	test_config indexhelper.autorun false &&
+	git status &&
+	test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.pipe
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc
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  1. 00/15 index-helper, watchmanDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  2. 01/17 read-cache.c: fix constness of verify_hdr()David Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  3. 02/17 read-cache: allow to keep mmap'd memory after readingDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  4. 03/17 index-helper: new daemon for caching index and related stuffDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  5. Duy NguyenMar 29, 2016
  6. David TurnerMar 29, 2016
  7. 04/17 index-helper: add --strictDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  8. 05/17 daemonize(): set a flag before exiting the main processDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  9. 06/17 index-helper: add --detachDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  10. Duy NguyenMar 29, 2016
  11. 07/17 read-cache: add watchman 'WAMA' extensionDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  12. 08/17 read-cache: invalidate untracked cache data when reading WAMADavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  13. Duy NguyenMar 29, 2016
  14. David TurnerMar 29, 2016
  15. 09/17 Add watchman support to reduce index refresh costDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  16. Jeff HostetlerMar 24, 2016
  17. David TurnerMar 24, 2016
  18. 10/17 index-helper: use watchman to avoid refreshing index with lstat()David Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  19. 11/17 update-index: enable/disable watchman supportDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  20. 12/17 unpack-trees: preserve index extensionsDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  21. 13/17 index-helper: kill modeDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  22. 14/17 index-helper: don't run if already runningDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  23. 15/17 index-helper: autorun modeDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  24. 16/17 index-helper: optionally automatically runDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016
  25. 17/17 read-cache: config for waiting for index-helperDavid Turner, Mar 19, 2016

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