git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCH] send pack switch to using git rev list stdin v2

From
Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Date
Sep 6, 2006, 12:40 UTC
Message-ID
<20060906124022.GA30861@shadowen.org>
In-Reply-To
<44FEBFD6.10709@shadowen.org>
send-pack: switch to using git-rev-list --stdin v2

When we are generating packs to update remote repositories we want to supply as much information as possible about the revisions that already exist to rev-list in order optimise the pack as much as possible. We need to pass two revisions for each branch we are updating in the remote repository and one for each additional branch. Where the remote repository has numerous branches we can run out of command line space to pass them.

Utilise the git-rev-list --stdin mode to allow unlimited numbers of revision constraints. This allows us to move back to the much simpler unordered revision selection code.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
---
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index ac4501d..b403ee9 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ static void exec_pack_objects(void)
 
 static void exec_rev_list(struct ref *refs)
 {
-	struct ref *ref;
-	static const char *args[1000];
-	int i = 0, j;
+	static const char *args[4];
+	int i = 0;
 
 	args[i++] = "rev-list";	/* 0 */
 	if (use_thin_pack)	/* 1 */
@@ -48,43 +47,29 @@ static void exec_rev_list(struct ref *re
 	else
 		args[i++] = "--objects";
 
-	/* First send the ones we care about most */
-	for (ref = refs; ref; ref = ref->next) {
-		if (900 < i)
-			die("git-rev-list environment overflow");
-		if (!is_zero_sha1(ref->new_sha1)) {
-			char *buf = xmalloc(100);
-			args[i++] = buf;
-			snprintf(buf, 50, "%s", sha1_to_hex(ref->new_sha1));
-			buf += 50;
-			if (!is_zero_sha1(ref->old_sha1) &&
-			    has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1)) {
-				args[i++] = buf;
-				snprintf(buf, 50, "^%s",
-					 sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	args[i++] = "--stdin";
 
-	/* Then a handful of the remainder
-	 * NEEDSWORK: we would be better off if used the newer ones first.
-	 */
-	for (ref = refs, j = i + 16;
-	     i < 900 && i < j && ref;
-	     ref = ref->next) {
-		if (is_zero_sha1(ref->new_sha1) &&
-		    !is_zero_sha1(ref->old_sha1) &&
-		    has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1)) {
-			char *buf = xmalloc(42);
-			args[i++] = buf;
-			snprintf(buf, 42, "^%s", sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
-		}
-	}
 	args[i] = NULL;
 	execv_git_cmd(args);
 	die("git-rev-list exec failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
 }
 
+static void builtin_rev_list_generate(struct ref *refs)
+{
+	while (refs) {
+		if (!is_zero_sha1(refs->old_sha1) &&
+		    has_sha1_file(refs->old_sha1)) {
+			printf("^%s\n", sha1_to_hex(refs->old_sha1));
+		}
+		if (!is_zero_sha1(refs->new_sha1)) {
+			printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(refs->new_sha1));
+		}
+		refs = refs->next;
+	}
+
+	exit(0);
+}
+
 static void rev_list(int fd, struct ref *refs)
 {
 	int pipe_fd[2];
@@ -111,13 +96,38 @@ static void rev_list(int fd, struct ref 
 	exec_rev_list(refs);
 }
 
+static void rev_list_generate(int fd, struct ref *refs)
+{
+	int pipe_fd[2];
+	pid_t rev_list_generate_pid;
+
+	if (pipe(pipe_fd) < 0)
+		die("rev-list-generate setup: pipe failed");
+	rev_list_generate_pid = fork();
+	if (!rev_list_generate_pid) {
+		dup2(pipe_fd[0], 0);
+		dup2(fd, 1);
+		close(pipe_fd[0]);
+		close(pipe_fd[1]);
+		close(fd);
+		rev_list(fd, refs);
+		die("rev-list setup failed");
+	}
+	if (rev_list_generate_pid < 0)
+		die("rev-list-generate fork failed");
+	dup2(pipe_fd[1], 1);
+	close(pipe_fd[0]);
+	close(pipe_fd[1]);
+	close(fd);
+	builtin_rev_list_generate(refs);
+}
 static void pack_objects(int fd, struct ref *refs)
 {
 	pid_t rev_list_pid;
 
 	rev_list_pid = fork();
 	if (!rev_list_pid) {
-		rev_list(fd, refs);
+		rev_list_generate(fd, refs);
 		die("rev-list setup failed");
 	}
 	if (rev_list_pid < 0)
Previous: Andy WhitcroftNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 4 of 7 in “Teach rev-list an option to read revs from the standard input.”
  1. 2/2 Teach rev-list an option to read revs from the standard input.Junio C Hamano, Sep 6, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiSep 6, 2006
  3. Andy WhitcroftSep 6, 2006
  4. send pack switch to using git rev list stdin v2Andy Whitcroft, Sep 6, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2006
  6. Andy WhitcroftSep 7, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2006

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.