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[PATCH v8 1/9] pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`

From
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 2, 2023, 16:54 UTC
Message-ID
<20231002165504.1325153-2-christian.couder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20231002165504.1325153-1-christian.couder@gmail.com>

9535ce7337 (pack-objects: add list-objects filtering, 2017-11-21) taught `git pack-objects` to use `--filter`, but required the use of `--stdout` since a partial clone mechanism was not yet in place to handle missing objects. Since then, changes like 9e27beaa23 (promisor-remote: implement promisor_remote_get_direct(), 2019-06-25) and others added support to dynamically fetch objects that were missing.

Even without a promisor remote, filtering out objects can also be useful if we can put the filtered out objects in a separate pack, and in this case it also makes sense for pack-objects to write the packfile directly to an actual file rather than on stdout.

Remove the `--stdout` requirement when using `--filter`, so that in a follow-up commit, repack can pass `--filter` to pack-objects to omit certain objects from the resulting packfile.

Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt     | 4 ++--
 builtin/pack-objects.c                 | 8 ++------
 t/t5317-pack-objects-filter-objects.sh | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index dea7eacb0f..e32404c6aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ So does `git bundle` (see linkgit:git-bundle[1]) when it creates a bundle.
 	nevertheless.
 
 --filter=<filter-spec>::
-	Requires `--stdout`.  Omits certain objects (usually blobs) from
-	the resulting packfile.  See linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for valid
+	Omits certain objects (usually blobs) from the resulting
+	packfile.  See linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for valid
 	`<filter-spec>` forms.
 
 --no-filter::
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 6eb9756836..89a8b5a976 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -4402,12 +4402,8 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!rev_list_all || !rev_list_reflog || !rev_list_index)
 		unpack_unreachable_expiration = 0;
 
-	if (filter_options.choice) {
-		if (!pack_to_stdout)
-			die(_("cannot use --filter without --stdout"));
-		if (stdin_packs)
-			die(_("cannot use --filter with --stdin-packs"));
-	}
+	if (stdin_packs && filter_options.choice)
+		die(_("cannot use --filter with --stdin-packs"));
 
 	if (stdin_packs && use_internal_rev_list)
 		die(_("cannot use internal rev list with --stdin-packs"));
diff --git a/t/t5317-pack-objects-filter-objects.sh b/t/t5317-pack-objects-filter-objects.sh
index b26d476c64..2ff3eef9a3 100755
--- a/t/t5317-pack-objects-filter-objects.sh
+++ b/t/t5317-pack-objects-filter-objects.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ test_expect_success 'verify blob:none packfile has no blobs' '
 	! grep blob verify_result
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'verify blob:none packfile without --stdout' '
+	git -C r1 pack-objects --revs --filter=blob:none mypackname >packhash <<-EOF &&
+	HEAD
+	EOF
+	git -C r1 verify-pack -v "mypackname-$(cat packhash).pack" >verify_result &&
+	! grep blob verify_result
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'verify normal and blob:none packfiles have same commits/trees' '
 	git -C r1 verify-pack -v ../all.pack >verify_result &&
 	grep -E "commit|tree" verify_result |
-- 
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  1. 0/9 Repack objects into separate packfiles based on a filterChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  2. 1/9 pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`Christian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  3. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  4. Christian CouderJul 5, 2023
  5. 2/9 pack-objects: add `--print-filtered` to print omitted objectsChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2023
  7. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  8. Christian CouderJun 21, 2023
  9. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  10. 3/9 t/helper: add 'find-pack' test-toolChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2023
  12. Christian CouderJun 21, 2023
  13. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  14. 5/9 repack: refactor finishing pack-objects commandChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2023
  16. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  17. Christian CouderJun 21, 2023
  18. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  19. 4/9 repack: refactor piping an oid to a commandChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2023
  21. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  22. Christian CouderJun 21, 2023
  23. 6/9 repack: add `--filter=<filter-spec>` optionChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2023
  25. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  26. Christian CouderJun 21, 2023
  27. Taylor BlauJun 22, 2023
  28. Christian CouderJun 21, 2023
  29. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2023
  30. Christian CouderJun 22, 2023
  31. Junio C HamanoJun 22, 2023
  32. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  33. Christian CouderJul 5, 2023
  34. 8/9 repack: implement `--filter-to` for storing filtered out objectsChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  35. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2023
  36. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  37. Christian CouderJun 21, 2023
  38. Taylor BlauJun 21, 2023
  39. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2023
  40. Christian CouderJul 5, 2023
  41. 7/9 gc: add `gc.repackFilter` config optionChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  42. 9/9 gc: add `gc.repackFilterTo` config optionChristian Couder, Jun 14, 2023
  43. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2023
  44. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2023
  45. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2023
  46. 0/8 Repack objects into separate packfiles based on a filterChristian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  47. 1/8 pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`Christian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  48. 2/8 t/helper: add 'find-pack' test-toolChristian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  49. 3/8 repack: refactor finishing pack-objects commandChristian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  50. 4/8 repack: refactor finding pack prefixChristian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  51. 5/8 repack: add `--filter=<filter-spec>` optionChristian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  52. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2023
  53. Christian CouderJul 24, 2023
  54. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2023
  55. Christian CouderJul 25, 2023
  56. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2023
  57. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2023
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  63. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2023
  64. Christian CouderJul 24, 2023
  65. 6/8 gc: add `gc.repackFilter` config optionChristian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  66. 8/8 gc: add `gc.repackFilterTo` config optionChristian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  67. 7/8 repack: implement `--filter-to` for storing filtered out objectsChristian Couder, Jul 5, 2023
  68. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2023
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  74. 0/8 Repack objects into separate packfiles based on a filterChristian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  75. 1/8 pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`Christian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  76. Taylor BlauJul 25, 2023
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  78. 3/8 repack: refactor finishing pack-objects commandChristian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  79. Taylor BlauJul 25, 2023
  80. 4/8 repack: refactor finding pack prefixChristian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  81. Taylor BlauJul 25, 2023
  82. Christian CouderAug 8, 2023
  83. 2/8 t/helper: add 'find-pack' test-toolChristian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  84. Taylor BlauJul 25, 2023
  85. Christian CouderAug 8, 2023
  86. 5/8 repack: add `--filter=<filter-spec>` optionChristian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  87. Taylor BlauJul 25, 2023
  88. Christian CouderAug 8, 2023
  89. Taylor BlauAug 9, 2023
  90. 6/8 gc: add `gc.repackFilter` config optionChristian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  91. Taylor BlauJul 25, 2023
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  93. Taylor BlauAug 9, 2023
  94. 8/8 gc: add `gc.repackFilterTo` config optionChristian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  95. 7/8 repack: implement `--filter-to` for storing filtered out objectsChristian Couder, Jul 24, 2023
  96. Taylor BlauJul 25, 2023
  97. 0/8 Repack objects into separate packfiles based on a filterChristian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  98. 7/8 repack: implement `--filter-to` for storing filtered out objectsChristian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  99. 5/8 repack: add `--filter=<filter-spec>` optionChristian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  100. Taylor BlauAug 9, 2023
  101. 4/8 repack: refactor finding pack prefixChristian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  102. Taylor BlauAug 9, 2023
  103. 3/8 repack: refactor finishing pack-objects commandChristian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  104. 6/8 gc: add `gc.repackFilter` config optionChristian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  105. 8/8 gc: add `gc.repackFilterTo` config optionChristian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  106. 1/8 pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`Christian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  107. 2/8 t/helper: add 'find-pack' test-toolChristian Couder, Aug 8, 2023
  108. Taylor BlauAug 9, 2023
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  110. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2023
  111. Christian CouderAug 12, 2023
  112. 0/8 Repack objects into separate packfiles based on a filterChristian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
  113. 1/8 pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`Christian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
  114. 2/8 t/helper: add 'find-pack' test-toolChristian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
  115. 3/8 repack: refactor finishing pack-objects commandChristian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
  116. 4/8 repack: refactor finding pack prefixChristian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
  117. 5/8 repack: add `--filter=<filter-spec>` optionChristian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
  118. 6/8 gc: add `gc.repackFilter` config optionChristian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
  119. 7/8 repack: implement `--filter-to` for storing filtered out objectsChristian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
  120. 8/8 gc: add `gc.repackFilterTo` config optionChristian Couder, Aug 12, 2023
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  129. 0/9 Repack objects into separate packfiles based on a filterChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  130. 4/9 repack: refactor finding pack prefixChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  131. 5/9 pack-bitmap-write: rebuild using new bitmap when remappingChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  132. 2/9 t/helper: add 'find-pack' test-toolChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  133. 6/9 repack: add `--filter=<filter-spec>` optionChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  134. 1/9 pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`Christian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  135. 8/9 repack: implement `--filter-to` for storing filtered out objectsChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  136. 7/9 gc: add `gc.repackFilter` config optionChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  137. 3/9 repack: refactor finishing pack-objects commandChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  138. 9/9 gc: add `gc.repackFilterTo` config optionChristian Couder, Sep 11, 2023
  139. 0/9 Repack objects into separate packfiles based on a filterChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  140. 1/9 pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`Christian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  141. 2/9 t/helper: add 'find-pack' test-toolChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  142. 3/9 repack: refactor finishing pack-objects commandChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  143. 4/9 repack: refactor finding pack prefixChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  144. 5/9 pack-bitmap-write: rebuild using new bitmap when remappingChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  145. 7/9 gc: add `gc.repackFilter` config optionChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  146. 6/9 repack: add `--filter=<filter-spec>` optionChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  147. 8/9 repack: implement `--filter-to` for storing filtered out objectsChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  148. 9/9 gc: add `gc.repackFilterTo` config optionChristian Couder, Sep 25, 2023
  149. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2023
  150. Taylor BlauSep 25, 2023
  151. 0/9 Repack objects into separate packfiles based on a filterChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  152. 1/9 pack-objects: allow `--filter` without `--stdout`Christian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  153. 2/9 t/helper: add 'find-pack' test-toolChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  154. 3/9 repack: refactor finishing pack-objects commandChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  155. 4/9 repack: refactor finding pack prefixChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  156. 5/9 pack-bitmap-write: rebuild using new bitmap when remappingChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  157. 7/9 gc: add `gc.repackFilter` config optionChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  158. 9/9 gc: add `gc.repackFilterTo` config optionChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  159. 8/9 repack: implement `--filter-to` for storing filtered out objectsChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  160. 6/9 repack: add `--filter=<filter-spec>` optionChristian Couder, Oct 2, 2023
  161. Taylor BlauOct 2, 2023

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