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[PATCH] builtin/refs: add '--skip-reflog' flag to bypass reflog migration

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 7, 2025, 11:57 UTC
Message-ID
<20250207-477-refs-migrate-add-a-flag-to-ignore-reflogs-during-migration-v1-1-7d40f3b4e30b@gmail.com>

The 'git-refs(1)' migrate subcommand, which transfers repositories between reference backends, currently migrates reflogs by default as of In 246cebe320 (refs: add support for migrating reflogs, 2024-12-16). While this behavior is desirable for most client-side repositories, server-side repositories typically don't use reflogs and the migration of these entries is unnecessary overhead.

Add a '--skip-reflog' flag to the migrate subcommand to make reflog migration optional. This is particularly useful for server-side migrations where reflogs are not needed, improving migration performance in these scenarios.

Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
---
---
 builtin/refs.c          |  3 +++
 refs.c                  |  8 +++++---
 refs.h                  |  5 ++++-
 t/t1460-refs-migrate.sh | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/refs.c b/builtin/refs.c
index a29f19583474518ee0942ea53c39cbdf9661c5e2..30be0254c14dd3d07693d70c25dddc9990756e9c 100644
--- a/builtin/refs.c
+++ b/builtin/refs.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ static int cmd_refs_migrate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		OPT_BIT(0, "dry-run", &flags,
 			N_("perform a non-destructive dry-run"),
 			REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_DRYRUN),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "skip-reflog", &flags,
+			N_("skip migrating reflogs"),
+			REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_SKIP_REFLOG),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 	struct strbuf errbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index f4094a326a9f88f979654b668cc9c3d27d83cb5d..5e8f5c06fa68d16c93ee11edd9742995eea994b6 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -3035,9 +3035,11 @@ int repo_migrate_ref_storage_format(struct repository *repo,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto done;
 
-	ret = refs_for_each_reflog(old_refs, migrate_one_reflog, &data);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto done;
+	if (!(flags & REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_SKIP_REFLOG)) {
+		ret = refs_for_each_reflog(old_refs, migrate_one_reflog, &data);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto done;
+	}
 
 	ret = ref_transaction_commit(transaction, errbuf);
 	if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index a0cdd99250e8286b55808b697b0a94afac5d8319..ccee8fc6705e6e93a1c6234e7395180f8dfd815b 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -1157,8 +1157,11 @@ int is_pseudo_ref(const char *refname);
  *   - REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_DRYRUN: perform a dry-run migration
  *     without touching the main repository. The result will be written into a
  *     temporary ref storage directory.
+ *
+ *   - REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_SKIP_REFLOG: skip migration of reflogs.
  */
-#define REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_DRYRUN (1 << 0)
+#define REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_DRYRUN      (1 << 0)
+#define REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_SKIP_REFLOG (1 << 1)
 
 /*
  * Migrate the ref storage format used by the repository to the
diff --git a/t/t1460-refs-migrate.sh b/t/t1460-refs-migrate.sh
index a6d9b35a46eb59350aa0d59d982a2fbfaecf1448..9059d4c4121842a9d2e77dc4e54c537eeff8afab 100755
--- a/t/t1460-refs-migrate.sh
+++ b/t/t1460-refs-migrate.sh
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
 
 # Migrate the provided repository from one format to the other and
 # verify that the references and logs are migrated over correctly.
-# Usage: test_migration <repo> <format> <skip_reflog_verify>
+# Usage: test_migration <repo> <format> <skip_reflog_verify> <...options>
 #   <repo> is the relative path to the repo to be migrated.
 #   <format> is the ref format to be migrated to.
 #   <skip_reflog_verify> (true or false) whether to skip reflog verification.
+#   <...options> are other options be passed directly to 'git refs migrate'.
 test_migration () {
 	repo=$1 &&
 	format=$2 &&
 	skip_reflog_verify=${3:-false} &&
+	shift $(( $# >= 3 ? 3 : 2 )) &&
 	git -C "$repo" for-each-ref --include-root-refs \
 		--format='%(refname) %(objectname) %(symref)' >expect &&
 	if ! $skip_reflog_verify
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ test_migration () {
 	   git -C "$repo" reflog list >expect_log_list
 	fi &&
 
-	git -C "$repo" refs migrate --ref-format="$2" &&
+	git -C "$repo" refs migrate --ref-format="$format" $@ &&
 
 	git -C "$repo" for-each-ref --include-root-refs \
 		--format='%(refname) %(objectname) %(symref)' >actual &&
@@ -241,6 +243,17 @@ do
 				test_cmp expect.reflog actual.reflog
 			)
 		'
+
+		test_expect_success "$from_format -> $to_format: skip reflog with --skip-reflog" '
+			test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+			git init --ref-format=$from_format repo &&
+			test_commit -C repo initial &&
+			# we see that the repository contains reflogs.
+			test 2 = $(git -C repo reflog --all | wc -l) &&
+			test_migration repo "$to_format" true --skip-reflog &&
+			# there should be no reflogs post migration.
+			test 0 = $(git -C repo reflog --all | wc -l)
+		'
 	done
 done
 

---

base-commit: bc204b742735ae06f65bb20291c95985c9633b7f
change-id: 20250207-477-refs-migrate-add-a-flag-to-ignore-reflogs-during-migration-8066f6df50ac

Thanks
- Karthik
Next: Patrick Steinhardt
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  1. builtin/refs: add '--skip-reflog' flag to bypass reflog migrationKarthik Nayak, Feb 7, 2025
  2. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 7, 2025
  3. Karthik NayakFeb 11, 2025
  4. Justin ToblerFeb 7, 2025
  5. Karthik NayakFeb 11, 2025
  6. builtin/refs: add '--skip-reflog' flag to bypass reflog migrationKarthik Nayak, Feb 11, 2025
  7. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 11, 2025
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2025
  9. Karthik NayakFeb 12, 2025
  10. Karthik NayakFeb 13, 2025
  11. builtin/refs: add '--skip-reflog' flag to bypass reflog migrationKarthik Nayak, Feb 12, 2025
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2025
  13. Karthik NayakFeb 13, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2025
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  18. Karthik NayakFeb 19, 2025
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2025
  20. Karthik NayakFeb 20, 2025
  21. builtin/refs: add '--no-reflog' flag to drop reflogsKarthik Nayak, Feb 20, 2025
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2025
  23. Karthik NayakFeb 21, 2025
  24. builtin/refs: add '--no-reflog' flag to drop reflogsKarthik Nayak, Feb 21, 2025
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2025
  26. Karthik NayakFeb 23, 2025

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