[PATCH v3 1/3] commit-reach: handle cycles in contains walk
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Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jun 12, 2026, 03:00 UTC
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- <20260611-ref-filter-memoized-contains-v3-1-b26af3dba285@gmail.com>
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The memoized contains traversal used by git tag assumes that commit ancestry is acyclic. Replacement refs can violate that assumption, causing it to keep pushing an already active commit until memory is exhausted.
Mark commits while they are active. If the traversal encounters an active commit, discard the cache and retry the candidate with the cycle-safe reachability walk. Cache the candidate's result so a later walk that reaches it can reuse the answer. Die if the fallback cannot read ancestry.
Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com> --- commit-reach.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---- commit-reach.h | 3 ++- t/t7004-tag.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/commit-reach.c b/commit-reach.c index 9b3ea46d6f..1d34d66fe8 100644 --- a/commit-reach.c +++ b/commit-reach.c @@ -708,7 +708,8 @@ static int in_commit_list(const struct commit_list *want, struct commit *c) /* * Test whether the candidate is contained in the list. - * Do not recurse to find out, though, but return -1 if inconclusive. + * Do not recurse to find out, though, but return CONTAINS_UNKNOWN if + * inconclusive. */ static enum contains_result contains_test(struct commit *candidate, const struct commit_list *want, @@ -744,7 +745,7 @@ static void push_to_contains_stack(struct commit *candidate, struct contains_sta } static enum contains_result contains_tag_algo(struct commit *candidate, - const struct commit_list *want, + struct commit_list *want, struct contains_cache *cache) { struct contains_stack contains_stack = { 0, 0, NULL }; @@ -765,6 +766,7 @@ static enum contains_result contains_tag_algo(struct commit *candidate, if (result != CONTAINS_UNKNOWN) return result; + *contains_cache_at(cache, candidate) = CONTAINS_IN_PROGRESS; push_to_contains_stack(candidate, &contains_stack); while (contains_stack.nr) { struct contains_stack_entry *entry = &contains_stack.contains_stack[contains_stack.nr - 1]; @@ -776,8 +778,8 @@ static enum contains_result contains_tag_algo(struct commit *candidate, contains_stack.nr--; } /* - * If we just popped the stack, parents->item has been marked, - * therefore contains_test will return a meaningful yes/no. + * A parent may have just been popped and marked, or may still + * be active when replacement refs create a cycle. */ else switch (contains_test(parents->item, want, cache, cutoff)) { case CONTAINS_YES: @@ -787,13 +789,32 @@ static enum contains_result contains_tag_algo(struct commit *candidate, case CONTAINS_NO: entry->parents = parents->next; break; + case CONTAINS_IN_PROGRESS: + /* + * Partial negative answers are not safe across a cycle. + * Discard them and use the cycle-safe reachability walk. + */ + goto cycle; case CONTAINS_UNKNOWN: + *contains_cache_at(cache, parents->item) = + CONTAINS_IN_PROGRESS; push_to_contains_stack(parents->item, &contains_stack); break; } } free(contains_stack.contains_stack); return contains_test(candidate, want, cache, cutoff); + +cycle: + free(contains_stack.contains_stack); + clear_contains_cache(cache); + + result = repo_is_descendant_of(the_repository, candidate, want); + if (result < 0) + die(_("failed to check reachability after detecting a cycle")); + *contains_cache_at(cache, candidate) = + result ? CONTAINS_YES : CONTAINS_NO; + return result ? CONTAINS_YES : CONTAINS_NO; } int commit_contains(struct ref_filter *filter, struct commit *commit, diff --git a/commit-reach.h b/commit-reach.h index 3f3a563d8a..f908d305b1 100644 --- a/commit-reach.h +++ b/commit-reach.h @@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ int ref_newer(const struct object_id *new_oid, const struct object_id *old_oid); enum contains_result { CONTAINS_UNKNOWN = 0, CONTAINS_NO, - CONTAINS_YES + CONTAINS_YES, + CONTAINS_IN_PROGRESS }; define_commit_slab(contains_cache, enum contains_result); diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh index d918005dd9..4044bab006 100755 --- a/t/t7004-tag.sh +++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh @@ -1611,6 +1611,27 @@ test_expect_success 'checking that first commit is in all tags (hash)' ' test_cmp expected actual ' +test_expect_success 'tag --contains handles cyclic replacement histories' ' + first=$(git rev-parse HEAD~2) && + second=$(git rev-parse HEAD~) && + third=$(git rev-parse HEAD) && + test_when_finished " + git replace -d $first && + git replace -d $third && + git tag -d cycle-a cycle-b + " && + git tag cycle-a "$first" && + git tag cycle-b "$third" && + git replace --graft "$first" "$third" "$second" && + git replace --graft "$third" "$first" && + cat >expected <<-\EOF && + cycle-a + cycle-b + EOF + git tag --contains="$second" --list "cycle-*" >actual && + test_cmp expected actual +' + # other ways of specifying the commit test_expect_success 'checking that first commit is in all tags (tag)' ' cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
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