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[PATCH v3 1/4] pack-bitmap: deduplicate logic to iterate over preferred bitmap tips

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Feb 6, 2026, 07:49 UTC
Message-ID
<20260206-b4-pks-fix-for-each-ref-in-misuse-v3-1-1e050c3d6a50@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
<20260206-b4-pks-fix-for-each-ref-in-misuse-v3-0-1e050c3d6a50@pks.im>

We have two locations that iterate over the preferred bitmap tips as configured by the user via "pack.preferBitmapTips". Both of these callsites are subtly wrong: when the preferred bitmap tips contain an exact refname match, then we will hit a `BUG()`.

Prepare for the fix by unifying the two callsites into a new `for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip()` function.

This removes the last callsite of `bitmap_preferred_tips()` outside of "pack-bitmap.c". As such, convert the function to be local to that file only. Note that the function is still used by a second caller, so we cannot just inline it.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 builtin/pack-objects.c | 19 ++-----------------
 pack-bitmap.c          | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 pack-bitmap.h          |  9 ++++++++-
 repack-midx.c          | 14 +++-----------
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 5846b6a293..979470e402 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -4554,22 +4554,6 @@ static int mark_bitmap_preferred_tip(const struct reference *ref, void *data UNU
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void mark_bitmap_preferred_tips(void)
-{
-	struct string_list_item *item;
-	const struct string_list *preferred_tips;
-
-	preferred_tips = bitmap_preferred_tips(the_repository);
-	if (!preferred_tips)
-		return;
-
-	for_each_string_list_item(item, preferred_tips) {
-		refs_for_each_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
-				     item->string, mark_bitmap_preferred_tip,
-				     NULL);
-	}
-}
-
 static inline int is_oid_uninteresting(struct repository *repo,
 				       struct object_id *oid)
 {
@@ -4710,7 +4694,8 @@ static void get_object_list(struct rev_info *revs, struct strvec *argv)
 		load_delta_islands(the_repository, progress);
 
 	if (write_bitmap_index)
-		mark_bitmap_preferred_tips();
+		for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip(the_repository, mark_bitmap_preferred_tip,
+					      NULL);
 
 	if (!fn_show_object)
 		fn_show_object = show_object;
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c
index 972203f12b..2f5cb34009 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.c
+++ b/pack-bitmap.c
@@ -3314,7 +3314,7 @@ int bitmap_is_midx(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git)
 	return !!bitmap_git->midx;
 }
 
-const struct string_list *bitmap_preferred_tips(struct repository *r)
+static const struct string_list *bitmap_preferred_tips(struct repository *r)
 {
 	const struct string_list *dest;
 
@@ -3323,6 +3323,22 @@ const struct string_list *bitmap_preferred_tips(struct repository *r)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+void for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip(struct repository *repo,
+				   each_ref_fn cb, void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct string_list_item *item;
+	const struct string_list *preferred_tips;
+
+	preferred_tips = bitmap_preferred_tips(repo);
+	if (!preferred_tips)
+		return;
+
+	for_each_string_list_item(item, preferred_tips) {
+		refs_for_each_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(repo),
+				     item->string, cb, cb_data);
+	}
+}
+
 int bitmap_is_preferred_refname(struct repository *r, const char *refname)
 {
 	const struct string_list *preferred_tips = bitmap_preferred_tips(r);
diff --git a/pack-bitmap.h b/pack-bitmap.h
index 1bd7a791e2..d0611d0481 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.h
+++ b/pack-bitmap.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "khash.h"
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "pack-objects.h"
+#include "refs.h"
 #include "string-list.h"
 
 struct commit;
@@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ int for_each_bitmapped_object(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git,
 			      show_reachable_fn show_reach,
 			      void *payload);
 
+/*
+ * Iterate over all references that are configured as preferred bitmap tips via
+ * "pack.preferBitmapTips" and invoke the callback on each function.
+ */
+void for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip(struct repository *repo,
+				   each_ref_fn cb, void *cb_data);
+
 #define GIT_TEST_PACK_USE_BITMAP_BOUNDARY_TRAVERSAL \
 	"GIT_TEST_PACK_USE_BITMAP_BOUNDARY_TRAVERSAL"
 
@@ -182,7 +190,6 @@ char *pack_bitmap_filename(struct packed_git *p);
 
 int bitmap_is_midx(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git);
 
-const struct string_list *bitmap_preferred_tips(struct repository *r);
 int bitmap_is_preferred_refname(struct repository *r, const char *refname);
 
 int verify_bitmap_files(struct repository *r);
diff --git a/repack-midx.c b/repack-midx.c
index 74bdfa3a6e..0682b80c42 100644
--- a/repack-midx.c
+++ b/repack-midx.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ static int midx_snapshot_ref_one(const struct reference *ref, void *_data)
 void midx_snapshot_refs(struct repository *repo, struct tempfile *f)
 {
 	struct midx_snapshot_ref_data data;
-	const struct string_list *preferred = bitmap_preferred_tips(repo);
 
 	data.repo = repo;
 	data.f = f;
@@ -51,16 +50,9 @@ void midx_snapshot_refs(struct repository *repo, struct tempfile *f)
 		 die(_("could not open tempfile %s for writing"),
 		     get_tempfile_path(f));
 
-	if (preferred) {
-		struct string_list_item *item;
-
-		data.preferred = 1;
-		for_each_string_list_item(item, preferred)
-			refs_for_each_ref_in(get_main_ref_store(repo),
-					     item->string,
-					     midx_snapshot_ref_one, &data);
-		data.preferred = 0;
-	}
+	data.preferred = 1;
+	for_each_preferred_bitmap_tip(repo, midx_snapshot_ref_one, &data);
+	data.preferred = 0;
 
 	refs_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(repo),
 			  midx_snapshot_ref_one, &data);
-- 
2.53.0.239.g8d8fc8a987.dirty
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  1. 0/3 Fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 28, 2026
  2. 1/3 pack-bitmap: deduplicate logic to iterate over preferred bitmap tipsPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 28, 2026
  3. Karthik NayakJan 28, 2026
  4. Taylor BlauJan 29, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2026
  6. Patrick SteinhardtJan 30, 2026
  7. 2/3 pack-bitmap: fix bug with exact ref match in "pack.preferBitmapTips"Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 28, 2026
  8. Karthik NayakJan 28, 2026
  9. Taylor BlauJan 29, 2026
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2026
  11. Taylor BlauJan 29, 2026
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2026
  13. Patrick SteinhardtJan 30, 2026
  14. 3/3 bisect: fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 28, 2026
  15. Jeff KingJan 29, 2026
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2026
  17. Patrick SteinhardtJan 30, 2026
  18. Karthik NayakJan 28, 2026
  19. 0/4 Fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 30, 2026
  20. 1/4 pack-bitmap: deduplicate logic to iterate over preferred bitmap tipsPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 30, 2026
  21. 2/4 pack-bitmap: fix bug with exact ref match in "pack.preferBitmapTips"Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 30, 2026
  22. Taylor BlauFeb 2, 2026
  23. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 6, 2026
  24. 3/4 bisect: fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 30, 2026
  25. 4/4 bisect: simplify string_list memory handlingPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 30, 2026
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2026
  27. Taylor BlauFeb 2, 2026
  28. 0/4 Fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 6, 2026
  29. 1/4 pack-bitmap: deduplicate logic to iterate over preferred bitmap tipsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 6, 2026
  30. 2/4 pack-bitmap: fix bug with exact ref match in "pack.preferBitmapTips"Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 6, 2026
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2026
  32. 3/4 bisect: fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 6, 2026
  33. 4/4 bisect: simplify string_list memory handlingPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 6, 2026
  34. Taylor BlauFeb 18, 2026
  35. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2026
  36. 0/4 Fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 19, 2026
  37. 1/4 pack-bitmap: deduplicate logic to iterate over preferred bitmap tipsPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 19, 2026
  38. 2/4 pack-bitmap: fix bug with exact ref match in "pack.preferBitmapTips"Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 19, 2026
  39. 3/4 bisect: fix misuse of `refs_for_each_ref_in()`Patrick Steinhardt, Feb 19, 2026
  40. 4/4 bisect: simplify string_list memory handlingPatrick Steinhardt, Feb 19, 2026
  41. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2026
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