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[PATCH v3 1/1] repo: add filtering options to "repo structure"

From
MCMark C. Chu-Carroll <markchucarroll@fastmail.com>
Date
Oct 9, 2026, 18:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20261009180951.1628134-2-markchucarroll@fastmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20261009180951.1628134-1-markchucarroll@fastmail.com>

The current implementation of "git repo stucture" provides summary information about everything in the repository - all of the branches, remotes, tags, stashes, and notes. But sometimes to properly diagnose a problem, it's useful to be able to filter this information to get focused data about the specific part of the repo that's exhibiting a problem.

Update "git repo structure" to use rev expressions to filter the set of objects to be processed.

This implementation makes an awkward trade-off involving "setup_revisions". In order to accept standard the standard revs parameters, it uses `setup_revisions`, which does a ref walk and populates the pending objects list that will be used by "repo structure". But this ref walk doesn't count refs in the way that "repo structure" requires, and because "setup_revisions" doesn't support a custom callback for its ref-walk, that's not changeable.

So in the cases where a user specifies revs, "repo structure" does an initial ref-walk as part of "setup_revisions", and then a second ref-walk in "count_references" in repo.c to count by reference type. Further, if the user doesn't specify a revs parameter, "setup_revisions" is not called, so the "count_references" walk needs to add objects to the pending list. A parameter is added to "count_references" to allow it to distinguish the cases where the pending list is already populated from the case where it needs to populate it.

Signed-off-by: Mark C. Chu-Carroll <markchucarroll@fastmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-repo.adoc     |  37 +++++-
 Documentation/git-rev-list.adoc |   2 +-
 Documentation/revisions.adoc    |   2 +-
 builtin/repo.c                  |  32 +++--
 revision.c                      |   2 +-
 revision.h                      |   2 +-
 t/t1901-repo-structure.sh       | 211 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 7 files changed, 217 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
index ed7d80c690..d2cbabd330 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [synopsis]
 git repo info [--format=(lines|nul) | -z] [--all | <key>...]
 git repo info --keys [--format=(lines|nul) | -z]
-git repo structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z]
+git repo structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z] [<revs>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ supported:
 `nul`:::
 	Similar to `lines`, but using a _NUL_ character after each value.
 
-`structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z]`::
-	Retrieve statistics about the current repository structure. The
-	following kinds of information are reported:
+`structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z] [<revs>...]::
++
+Retrieve statistics about the current repository structure. The
+following kinds of information are reported:
 +
 * Reference counts categorized by type
 * Reachable object counts categorized by type
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@ supported:
 * Total disk size of reachable objects by type
 * Largest reachable objects in the repository by type
 +
+The set of objects counted can be filtered by specifying a collection
+of revisions to select which objects will be counted. These parameters
+follow the same syntax as the parameters to similar commands like
+`git log`. If no includes are specified, then the include set is all
+reachable objects.
++
 The output format can be chosen through the flag `--format`. Three formats are
 supported:
 +
@@ -141,6 +148,28 @@ using the `nul` format:
 git repo info --format=nul layout.bare layout.shallow
 ------------
 
+* Generates information about storage usage in the repository:
++
+------------
+git repo structure
+------------
++
+
+* Generates information about storage usage in the repository omitting
+the branch "foo":
++
+------------
+git repo structure ^foo
+------------
++
+* Generates information about repository objects reachable from
+the references "x" and "y", but omitting anything that can
+only be reached on a path including "xchild":
++
+------------
+git repo structure x y ^xchild
+------------
++
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.adoc b/Documentation/git-rev-list.adoc
index f582491dd4..05f16a1146 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.adoc
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ do
 done |
 sort -n
 ----------
-
+p
 * Compare the on-disk size of branches in one group of refs, excluding
   another. If you co-mingle objects from multiple remotes in a single
   repository, this can show which remotes are contributing to the
diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.adoc b/Documentation/revisions.adoc
index 3fbfbd3d5f..4391f8daa6 100644
--- a/Documentation/revisions.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.adoc
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ existing tag object.
   This is most useful to address a blob or tree from a commit or tree that has
   the same tree structure as the working tree.
 
-':[<n>:]<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README'::
+ ':[<n>:]<path>', e.g. ':0:README', ':README'::
   A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
   colon, followed by a path, names a blob object in the
   index at the given path. A missing stage number (and the colon
diff --git a/builtin/repo.c b/builtin/repo.c
index 84e012f83f..081940a85c 100644
--- a/builtin/repo.c
+++ b/builtin/repo.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	"git repo info --keys [--format=(lines|nul) | -z]"
 
 #define REPO_STRUCTURE_USAGE \
-	"git repo structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z]"
+	"git repo structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z] [<revs>...]"
 
 static const char *const repo_usage[] = {
 	REPO_INFO_USAGE,
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ struct count_references_data {
 	struct ref_stats *stats;
 	struct rev_info *revs;
 	struct progress *progress;
+	bool add_to_pending;
 };
 
 static int count_references(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data)
@@ -766,10 +767,12 @@ static int count_references(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * While iterating through references for counting, also add OIDs in
+	 * While iterating through references for counting, if we didn't already
+	 * populate the pending list in setup_revisions, also add OIDs in
 	 * preparation for the path walk.
 	 */
-	add_pending_oid(data->revs, NULL, ref->oid, 0);
+	if (data->add_to_pending)
+		add_pending_oid(data->revs, NULL, ref->oid, 0);
 
 	ref_count = get_total_reference_count(stats);
 	display_progress(data->progress, ref_count);
@@ -780,11 +783,13 @@ static int count_references(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data)
 static void structure_count_references(struct ref_stats *stats,
 				       struct rev_info *revs,
 				       struct repository *repo,
-				       int show_progress)
+				       int show_progress,
+				       bool add_to_pending)
 {
 	struct count_references_data data = {
 		.stats = stats,
 		.revs = revs,
+		.add_to_pending = add_to_pending
 	};
 
 	if (show_progress)
@@ -935,6 +940,7 @@ static int cmd_repo_structure(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 	struct repo_structure stats = { 0 };
 	struct rev_info revs;
 	int show_progress = -1;
+	bool included_revision_args = false;
 	struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "format", &format, N_("format"),
 			       N_("output format"),
@@ -947,16 +953,20 @@ static int cmd_repo_structure(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
-	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, repo_structure_usage, 0);
-	if (argc)
-		usage(_("too many arguments"));
-
-	repo_init_revisions(repo, &revs, prefix);
-
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, repo_structure_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 | PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT);
 	if (show_progress < 0)
 		show_progress = isatty(2);
 
-	structure_count_references(&stats.refs, &revs, repo, show_progress);
+	repo_init_revisions(repo, &revs, prefix);
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &revs, NULL);
+		included_revision_args = true;
+	}
+	if (argc > 1)
+		usage(_("too many arguments"));
+
+	structure_count_references(&stats.refs, &revs, repo, show_progress, !included_revision_args);
 	structure_count_objects(&stats.objects, &revs, repo, show_progress);
 
 	switch (format) {
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index ee1df92d1d..79d44b58b5 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2837,7 +2837,7 @@ static int handle_revision_pseudo_opt(struct rev_info *revs,
 	 * NOTE!
 	 *
 	 * Commands like "git shortlog" will not accept the options below
-	 * unless parse_revision_opt queues them (as opposed to erroring
+	 * unless parse_revision_op	t queues them (as opposed to erroring
 	 * out).
 	 *
 	 * When implementing your new pseudo-option, remember to
diff --git a/revision.h b/revision.h
index e5dabd18ce..63135c5f88 100644
--- a/revision.h
+++ b/revision.h
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct topo_walk_info;
 
 struct rev_info {
 	/*
-	 * Work queue of commits, stored as either a linked list or a
+~	 * Work queue of commits, stored as either a linked list or a
 	 * priority queue, but never both at the same time.
 	 * rev_info_commit_list_to_queue() converts list to queue.
 	 */
diff --git a/t/t1901-repo-structure.sh b/t/t1901-repo-structure.sh
index 02cc2b594a..e35b46a277 100755
--- a/t/t1901-repo-structure.sh
+++ b/t/t1901-repo-structure.sh
@@ -21,58 +21,6 @@ object_type_disk_usage() {
 	fi
 }
 
-test_expect_success 'empty repository' '
-	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
-	git init repo &&
-	(
-		cd repo &&
-		cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
-		| Repository structure      | Value  |
-		| ------------------------- | ------ |
-		| * References              |        |
-		|   * Count                 |    0   |
-		|     * Branches            |    0   |
-		|     * Tags                |    0   |
-		|     * Remotes             |    0   |
-		|     * Others              |    0   |
-		|                           |        |
-		| * Reachable objects       |        |
-		|   * Count                 |    0   |
-		|     * Commits             |    0   |
-		|     * Trees               |    0   |
-		|     * Blobs               |    0   |
-		|     * Tags                |    0   |
-		|   * Inflated size         |    0 B |
-		|     * Commits             |    0 B |
-		|     * Trees               |    0 B |
-		|     * Blobs               |    0 B |
-		|     * Tags                |    0 B |
-		|   * Disk size             |    0 B |
-		|     * Commits             |    0 B |
-		|     * Trees               |    0 B |
-		|     * Blobs               |    0 B |
-		|     * Tags                |    0 B |
-		|                           |        |
-		| * Largest objects         |        |
-		|   * Commits               |        |
-		|     * Maximum size        |    0 B |
-		|     * Maximum parents     |    0   |
-		|   * Trees                 |        |
-		|     * Maximum size        |    0 B |
-		|     * Maximum entries     |    0   |
-		|   * Blobs                 |        |
-		|     * Maximum size        |    0 B |
-		|   * Tags                  |        |
-		|     * Maximum size        |    0 B |
-		EOF
-
-		git repo structure >out 2>err &&
-
-		test_cmp expect out &&
-		test_line_count = 0 err
-	)
-'
-
 test_expect_success SHA1 'repository with references and objects' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
 	git init repo &&
@@ -144,6 +92,165 @@ test_expect_success SHA1 'repository with references and objects' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success SHA1 'repository with branches' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		test_commit_bulk 1005 &&
+		git tag -a foo -m bar &&
+
+		oid="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
+		git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/foo "$oid" &&
+		git checkout -b grobble &&
+		test_commit_bulk --ref=refs/heads/grobble 20 &&
+		git checkout master &&
+		test_commit_bulk 20 &&
+		# Also creates a commit, tree, and blob.
+		git notes add -m foo &&
+		git repo structure --format=lines  >actual 2>actual-err &&
+		test_line_count = 0 actual-err &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.inflated.size=231976" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.count=1046" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.count=1006" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.count=1006" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.disk_size=284547" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.disk_size=21022" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.tags.disk_size=126" actual &&
+		test_line_count = 0 actual-err
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success SHA1 'filter by a positive rev' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		test_commit_bulk 1005 &&
+		git tag -a foo -m bar &&
+
+		oid="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
+		git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/foo "$oid" &&
+		git checkout -b grobble &&
+		test_commit_bulk --ref=refs/heads/grobble 20 &&
+		git checkout master &&
+		test_commit_bulk 20 &&
+		git notes add -m foo &&
+
+		git repo structure --format=lines grobble >actual 2>actual-err &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.count=1025" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.disk_size=160455" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.inflated.size=227371" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.count=1005" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.disk_size=21003" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.inflated_size=11958" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.count=1005" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.disk_size=284462" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.inflated_size=16578363" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.tags.disk_size=0" actual &&
+		test_line_count = 0 actual-err
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success SHA1 'filter by both positive and negative revs' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		test_commit_bulk 1005 &&
+		git tag -a foo -m bar &&
+
+		oid="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
+		git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/foo "$oid" &&
+		git checkout -b grobble &&
+		test_commit_bulk --ref=refs/heads/grobble 20 &&
+		git checkout master &&
+		test_commit_bulk 20 &&
+		# Also creates a commit, tree, and blob.
+		git notes add -m foo &&
+		git repo structure --format=lines  >actual 2>actual-err &&
+		test_line_count = 0 actual-err &&
+
+		git repo structure --format=lines grobble ^master >actual 2>actual-err &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.count=20" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.disk_size=3122" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.inflated.size=4411" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.count=1005" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.disk_size=21003" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.inflated_size=11958" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.count=1" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.disk_size=53" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.inflated_size=33063" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.tags.disk_size=0" actual &&
+		test_line_count = 0 actual-err
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'filter by object type' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		test_commit_bulk 1005 &&
+		git tag -a foo -m bar &&
+
+		oid="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
+		git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/foo "$oid" &&
+		git checkout -b grobble &&
+		test_commit_bulk --ref=refs/heads/grobble 20 &&
+		git checkout master &&
+		test_commit_bulk 20 &&
+		# Also creates a commit, tree, and blob.
+		git notes add -m foo &&
+		git repo structure --format=lines --objects --all --filter=object:type=blob >actual 2>actual-err &&
+		cp actual /tmp/test-actual-exclude-blob &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.disk_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.max_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.tags.disk_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.tags.inflated_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.disk_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.inflated_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.disk_size=21022" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.count=1006" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.disk_size=21022" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.inflated_size=11962" actual &&
+		test_line_count = 0 actual-err
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'filter using by ref^{tree}' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		test_commit_bulk 1005 &&
+		git tag -a foo -m bar &&
+
+		oid="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
+		git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/foo "$oid" &&
+		git checkout -b grobble &&
+		test_commit_bulk --ref=refs/heads/grobble 20 &&
+		git checkout master &&
+		test_commit_bulk 20 &&
+		# Also creates a commit, tree, and blob.
+		git notes add -m foo &&
+		git repo structure --format=lines HEAD^{tree}  >actual 2>err &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.count=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.count=1" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.count=1005" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.tags.count=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.inflated_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.inflated_size=33063" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.inflated_size=11958" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.tags.inflated_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.commits.disk_size=0" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.trees.disk_size=53" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.blobs.disk_size=21003" actual &&
+		test_grep "objects.tags.disk_size=0" actual &&
+		test_line_count = 0 err
+	)
+'
+
 test_expect_success SHA1 'lines and nul format' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" &&
 	git init repo &&

-- 
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