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[PATCH v5 0/3] fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only

From
Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Date
Jan 18, 2022, 18:54 UTC
Message-ID
<20220118185453.33710-1-chooglen@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20220113004501.78822-1-chooglen@google.com>

`git fetch --negotiate-only` is used internally by push negotation and it behaves very differently from other uses of `git fetch`, e.g. it does not update refs or fetch objects. But because of how cmd_fetch() is written, `git fetch --negotiate-only` performs tasks that it shouldn't. This is results in behavior that is unnecessary at best, and incorrect at worst:

* Submodules are updated if enabled by recurse.submodules=true, but
  negotiation fetch doesn't actually update the repo, so this doesn't
  make sense.
* Commit graphs will be written if enabled by
  fetch.writeCommitGraph=true, but this is unnecessary because no
  objects are fetched [1]. 
* gc is run, but according to the commit message in [2], we only do this
  because we expect `git fetch` to introduce objects.

Make `git fetch --negotiate-only` handle these tasks more rigorously by doing the following:

* Make cmd_fetch() skip irrelevant tasks if we know for certain that
objects will not be fetched
* Disable submodule recursion and die() if a user explicitly asks for it
[1] This is also confirmed by Documentation/config/fetch.txt, which
  states that Git should only write commit graphs if a pack-file is
  downloaded.
[2] 131b8fcbfb (fetch: run gc --auto after fetching, 2013-01-26)
Changes since v4:
* drop an unnecessary block (thanks Junio!)
Changes since v3:
* change commit message subject: builtin/fetch -> fetch --negotiate-only
* move the 'goto cleanup' to _after_ the submodule updating task because
  we may want to update submodules even if objects were not fetched (as
  pointed out by Junio, thanks!)
* disable submodule recursion in the patch that checks for
  --negotiate-only + --recurse-submodules, so we never silently ignore
  --recurse-submodules.
* incorporate some of Jonathan's suggestions (thanks!)
Changes since v2:
* added a prepatory patch that introduces a "goto cleanup"
* drop an unnecessary line move (as suggested by Junio)
* check for user-given --recurse-submodules and die() (as suggested by
  Jonathan and Junio)
* update --negotiate-only's documentation
Changes since v1:
* added more context to commit message
* added a NEEDSWORK comment
Glen Choo (3):
  fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch()
  fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objects
  fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodules
 Documentation/fetch-options.txt |  1 +
 builtin/fetch.c                 | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 t/t5516-fetch-push.sh           | 12 ++++++++++
 t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh          | 12 ++++++++++
 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v4:
1:  ffa1a24109 = 1:  ffa1a24109 fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch()
2:  b0c73e8135 = 2:  b0c73e8135 fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objects
3:  914d30866f ! 3:  f929297961 fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodules
    @@ builtin/fetch.c: int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
     +	if (recurse_submodules_cli != RECURSE_SUBMODULES_DEFAULT)
     +		recurse_submodules = recurse_submodules_cli;
     +
    -+	if (negotiate_only) {
    ++	if (negotiate_only)
     +		switch (recurse_submodules_cli) {
     +		case RECURSE_SUBMODULES_OFF:
     +		case RECURSE_SUBMODULES_DEFAULT: {
    @@ builtin/fetch.c: int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
     +		default:
     +			die(_("--negotiate-only and --recurse-submodules cannot be used together"));
     +		}
    -+	}
    ++
     +
      	if (recurse_submodules != RECURSE_SUBMODULES_OFF) {
      		int *sfjc = submodule_fetch_jobs_config == -1
base-commit: 90d242d36e248acfae0033274b524bfa55a947fd
-- 
2.33.GIT
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Glen Choo
Message 29 of 50 in “builtin/fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only”
  1. builtin/fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyGlen Choo, Dec 7, 2021
  2. Jonathan TanDec 9, 2021
  3. Glen ChooDec 9, 2021
  4. Jonathan TanDec 13, 2021
  5. Glen ChooDec 16, 2021
  6. builtin/fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyGlen Choo, Dec 17, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2021
  8. Glen ChooDec 20, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2021
  10. Glen ChooDec 20, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 20, 2021
  12. Glen ChooDec 21, 2021
  13. Glen ChooDec 21, 2021
  14. 0/3 builtin/fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyGlen Choo, Dec 22, 2021
  15. 1/3 builtin/fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch()Glen Choo, Dec 22, 2021
  16. 2/3 builtin/fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyGlen Choo, Dec 22, 2021
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2021
  18. Glen ChooDec 22, 2021
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2021
  20. Glen ChooDec 22, 2021
  21. 3/3 builtin/fetch: die on --negotiate-only and --recurse-submodulesGlen Choo, Dec 22, 2021
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2021
  23. Jonathan TanDec 23, 2021
  24. 0/3 fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyGlen Choo, Jan 13, 2022
  25. 1/3 fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch()Glen Choo, Jan 13, 2022
  26. 2/3 fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objectsGlen Choo, Jan 13, 2022
  27. 3/3 fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodulesGlen Choo, Jan 13, 2022
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2022
  29. 0/3 fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyGlen Choo, Jan 18, 2022
  30. 1/3 fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch()Glen Choo, Jan 18, 2022
  31. 2/3 fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objectsGlen Choo, Jan 18, 2022
  32. 3/3 fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodulesGlen Choo, Jan 18, 2022
  33. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2022
  34. Glen ChooJan 18, 2022
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2022
  36. 0/3 fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyGlen Choo, Jan 19, 2022
  37. 1/3 fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch()Glen Choo, Jan 19, 2022
  38. 2/3 fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objectsGlen Choo, Jan 19, 2022
  39. 3/3 fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodulesGlen Choo, Jan 19, 2022
  40. Jiang XinJan 20, 2022
  41. Glen ChooJan 20, 2022
  42. 0/3 fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyGlen Choo, Jan 20, 2022
  43. 1/3 fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch()Glen Choo, Jan 20, 2022
  44. 2/3 fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objectsGlen Choo, Jan 20, 2022
  45. 3/3 fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodulesGlen Choo, Jan 20, 2022
  46. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2022
  47. Glen ChooJan 20, 2022
  48. Re* [PATCH v7 0/3] fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-onlyJunio C Hamano, Jan 20, 2022
  49. Glen ChooJan 20, 2022
  50. Jiang XinJan 21, 2022

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