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[PATCH/RFC 3/6] http-backend: handle refspec argument

From
David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Date
Apr 15, 2016, 19:19 UTC
Message-ID
<1460747949-3514-4-git-send-email-dturner@twopensource.com>
In-Reply-To
<1460747949-3514-1-git-send-email-dturner@twopensource.com>

Allow clients to pass a "refspec" parameter through to upload-pack; upload-pack will only advertise refs which match that refspec.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
---
 http-backend.c |  9 +++++++
 upload-pack.c  | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/http-backend.c b/http-backend.c
index a4f0066..9731391 100644
--- a/http-backend.c
+++ b/http-backend.c
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ static void get_info_refs(char *arg)
 	if (service_name) {
 		struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 		struct rpc_service *svc = select_service(service_name);
+		const char *refspec;
 
 		strbuf_addf(&buf, "application/x-git-%s-advertisement",
 			svc->name);
@@ -465,6 +466,14 @@ static void get_info_refs(char *arg)
 		argv_array_push(&argv, "--stateless-rpc");
 		argv_array_push(&argv, "--advertise-refs");
 
+		refspec = get_parameter("refspec");
+		if (refspec) {
+			struct strbuf interesting_refs = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addstr(&interesting_refs, "--interesting-refs=");
+			strbuf_addstr(&interesting_refs, refspec);
+			argv_array_push(&argv, interesting_refs.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&interesting_refs);
+		}
 		argv_array_push(&argv, ".");
 		run_service(argv.argv, 0);
 		argv_array_clear(&argv);
diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
index b3f6653..da140c2 100644
--- a/upload-pack.c
+++ b/upload-pack.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ static int keepalive = 5;
 static int use_sideband;
 static int advertise_refs;
 static int stateless_rpc;
+static struct string_list interesting_refspecs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 
 static void reset_timeout(void)
 {
@@ -687,16 +688,61 @@ static void receive_needs(void)
 	free(shallows.objects);
 }
 
-/* return non-zero if the ref is hidden, otherwise 0 */
+struct refspec_data {
+	int has_star;
+	size_t prefixlen;
+	size_t suffixlen;
+};
+
+static int matches_refspec(const char *refspec, struct refspec_data *data,
+		    const char *ref)
+{
+	size_t len;
+
+	if (!data->has_star)
+		return !strcmp(refspec, ref);
+
+	if (strncmp(refspec, ref, data->prefixlen))
+		return -1;
+
+	len = strlen(refspec);
+	if (len < data->prefixlen + data->suffixlen)
+		return -1;
+
+	return strcmp(ref + (len - data->suffixlen),
+		      refspec + data->prefixlen + 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * return non-zero if the ref is hidden or outside the provided
+ * refspecs, otherwise 0
+*/
 static int mark_our_ref(const char *refname, const char *refname_full,
 			const struct object_id *oid)
 {
 	struct object *o = lookup_unknown_object(oid->hash);
+	struct string_list_item *item;
 
 	if (ref_is_hidden(refname, refname_full)) {
 		o->flags |= HIDDEN_REF;
 		return 1;
 	}
+
+	if (interesting_refspecs.nr) {
+		int found = 0;
+		/*
+		 * TODO: this could be faster for large numbers of
+		 * refspecs by using tries or a DFA.
+		 */
+		for_each_string_list_item(item, &interesting_refspecs)
+			if (matches_refspec(item->string, item->util, refname)) {
+				found = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		if (!found)
+			return 1;
+
+	}
 	o->flags |= OUR_REF;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -725,7 +771,7 @@ static int send_ref(const char *refname, const struct object_id *oid,
 {
 	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 interesting-refs";
 	const char *refname_nons = strip_namespace(refname);
 	struct object_id peeled;
 
@@ -820,6 +866,24 @@ static int upload_pack_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *unused)
 	return parse_hide_refs_config(var, value, "uploadpack");
 }
 
+static struct refspec_data *make_refspec_data(const char *refspec)
+{
+	struct refspec_data *data;
+	const char *star;
+
+	data = xmalloc(sizeof(struct refspec_data));
+	star = strchr(refspec, '*');
+	if (star) {
+		data->has_star = 1;
+		data->prefixlen = star - refspec;
+		data->suffixlen = strlen(refspec) - (data->prefixlen + 1);
+	} else {
+		data->has_star = 0;
+	}
+
+	return data;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	char *dir;
@@ -841,6 +905,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			advertise_refs = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (starts_with(arg, "--interesting-refs=")) {
+			struct string_list_item *item;
+
+			string_list_split(&interesting_refspecs, arg + 19,
+					  ' ', -1);
+			for_each_string_list_item(item, &interesting_refspecs) {
+				if (check_refname_format(item->string,
+							 REFNAME_REFSPEC_PATTERN))
+					die("invalid refspec %s", item->string);
+				item->util = make_refspec_data(item->string);
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--stateless-rpc")) {
 			stateless_rpc = 1;
 			continue;
-- 
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc
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  2. 1/6 http-backend: use argv_array functionsDavid Turner, Apr 15, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2016
  4. David TurnerApr 19, 2016
  5. 2/6 remote-curl.c: fix variable shadowingDavid Turner, Apr 15, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2016
  7. David TurnerApr 19, 2016
  8. 3/6 http-backend: handle refspec argumentDavid Turner, Apr 15, 2016
  9. Eric SunshineApr 17, 2016
  10. David TurnerApr 19, 2016
  11. 4/6 transport: add refspec list parameters to functionsDavid Turner, Apr 15, 2016
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2016
  13. Jeff KingApr 19, 2016
  14. Stefan BellerApr 19, 2016
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2016
  16. David TurnerApr 19, 2016
  17. Jeff KingApr 19, 2016
  18. David TurnerApr 19, 2016
  19. Jeff KingApr 20, 2016
  20. David TurnerApr 20, 2016
  21. Jeff KingApr 20, 2016
  22. David TurnerApr 25, 2016
  23. Stefan BellerApr 25, 2016
  24. Stefan BellerApr 27, 2016
  25. Jeff KingApr 27, 2016
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2016
  27. David TurnerApr 29, 2016
  28. Stefan BellerApr 29, 2016
  29. David TurnerApr 19, 2016
  30. 5/6 fetch: pass refspec to http serverDavid Turner, Apr 15, 2016
  31. Eric SunshineApr 17, 2016
  32. David TurnerApr 19, 2016
  33. 6/6 clone: send refspec for single-branch clonesDavid Turner, Apr 15, 2016
  34. Eric SunshineApr 17, 2016
  35. David TurnerApr 19, 2016
  36. Stefan BellerApr 15, 2016

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