Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] maintenance: allow custom refspecs during prefetch

> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> 
> The prefetch task previously used the default refspec source plus a
> custom refspec destination to avoid colliding with remote refs:
> 
> 	+refs/heads/*:refs/prefetch/<remote>/*
> 
> However, some users customize their refspec to reduce how much data they
> download from specific remotes. This can involve restrictive patterns
> for fetching or negative patterns to avoid downloading some refs.
> 
> Modify fetch_remote() to iterate over the remote's refspec list and
> translate that into the appropriate prefetch scenario. Specifically,
> re-parse the raw form of the refspec into a new 'struct refspec' and
> modify the 'dst' member to replace a leading "refs/" substring with
> "refs/prefetch/", or prepend "refs/prefetch/" to 'dst' otherwise.
> Negative refspecs do not have a 'dst' so they can be transferred to the
> 'git fetch' command unmodified.
> 
> This prefix change provides the benefit of keeping whatever collisions
> may exist in the custom refspecs, if that is a desirable outcome.
> 
> This changes the names of the refs that would be fetched by the default
> refspec. Instead of "refs/prefetch/<remote>/<branch>" they will now go
> to "refs/prefetch/remotes/<remote>/<branch>". While this is a change, it
> is not a seriously breaking one: these refs are intended to be hidden
> and not used.
> 
> Update the documentation to be more generic about the destination refs.
> Do not mention custom refpecs explicitly, as that does not need to be
> highlighted in this documentation. The important part of placing refs in
> refs/prefetch remains.
> 
> Reported-by: Tom Saeger <tom.saeger@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-maintenance.txt |  3 +--
>  builtin/gc.c                      | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  t/t7900-maintenance.sh            | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  3 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
> index 80ddd33ceba0..95a24264eb10 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-maintenance.txt
> @@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ prefetch::
>  	objects from all registered remotes. For each remote, a `git fetch`
>  	command is run. The refmap is custom to avoid updating local or remote
>  	branches (those in `refs/heads` or `refs/remotes`). Instead, the
> -	remote refs are stored in `refs/prefetch/<remote>/`. Also, tags are
> -	not updated.
> +	refs are stored in `refs/prefetch/`. Also, tags are not updated.
>  +
>  This is done to avoid disrupting the remote-tracking branches. The end users
>  expect these refs to stay unmoved unless they initiate a fetch.  With prefetch
> diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
> index fa8128de9ae1..76f347dd6b11 100644
> --- a/builtin/gc.c
> +++ b/builtin/gc.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
>  #include "remote.h"
>  #include "object-store.h"
>  #include "exec-cmd.h"
> +#include "refspec.h"
>  
>  #define FAILED_RUN "failed to run %s"
>  
> @@ -877,6 +878,7 @@ static int fetch_remote(struct remote *remote, void *cbdata)
>  {
>  	struct maintenance_run_opts *opts = cbdata;
>  	struct child_process child = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
> +	int i;
>  
>  	child.git_cmd = 1;
>  	strvec_pushl(&child.args, "fetch", remote->name, "--prune", "--no-tags",
> @@ -886,7 +888,40 @@ static int fetch_remote(struct remote *remote, void *cbdata)
>  	if (opts->quiet)
>  		strvec_push(&child.args, "--quiet");
>  
> -	strvec_pushf(&child.args, "+refs/heads/*:refs/prefetch/%s/*", remote->name);
> +	for (i = 0; i < remote->fetch.nr; i++) {
> +		struct refspec_item replace;
> +		struct refspec_item *rsi = &remote->fetch.items[i];
> +		struct strbuf new_dst = STRBUF_INIT;
> +		size_t ignore_len = 0;
> +		char *replace_string;
> +
> +		if (rsi->negative) {
> +			strvec_push(&child.args, remote->fetch.raw[i]);
> +			continue;
> +		}
> +
> +		refspec_item_init(&replace, remote->fetch.raw[i], 1);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If a refspec dst starts with "refs/" at the start,
> +		 * then we will replace "refs/" with "refs/prefetch/".
> +		 * Otherwise, we will prepend the dst string with
> +		 * "refs/prefetch/".
> +		 */
> +		if (!strncmp(replace.dst, "refs/", 5))
> +			ignore_len = 5;
> +
> +		strbuf_addstr(&new_dst, "refs/prefetch/");
> +		strbuf_addstr(&new_dst, replace.dst + ignore_len);
> +		free(replace.dst);
> +		replace.dst = strbuf_detach(&new_dst, NULL);
> +
> +		replace_string = refspec_item_format(&replace);
> +		strvec_push(&child.args, replace_string);
> +		free(replace_string);
> +
> +		refspec_item_clear(&replace);
> +	}
>  
>  	return !!run_command(&child);
>  }