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[PATCH v3 09/10] repack: honor `-l` when calculating pack geometry

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Apr 13, 2023, 11:16 UTC
Message-ID
<285695deafa5a4a49f774dc484782dd8e4fd4997.1681384405.git.ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1681384405.git.ps@pks.im>

When the user passes `-l` to git-repack(1), then they essentially ask us to only repack objects part of the local object database while ignoring any packfiles part of an alternate object database. And we in fact honor this bit when doing a geometric repack as the resulting packfile will only ever contain local objects.

What we're missing though is that we don't take locality of packfiles into account when computing whether the geometric sequence is intact or not. So even though we would only ever roll up local packfiles anyway, we could end up trying to repack because of non-local packfiles. This does not make much sense, and in the worst case it can cause us to try and do the geometric repack over and over again because we're never able to restore the geometric sequence.

Fix this bug by honoring whether the user has passed `-l`. If so, we skip adding any non-local packfiles to the pack geometry.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 builtin/repack.c            | 13 +++++++--
 t/t7703-repack-geometric.sh | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index 80fc860613..5768aeb1f3 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ static int geometry_cmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
 }
 
 static void init_pack_geometry(struct pack_geometry **geometry_p,
-			       struct string_list *existing_kept_packs)
+			       struct string_list *existing_kept_packs,
+			       const struct pack_objects_args *args)
 {
 	struct packed_git *p;
 	struct pack_geometry *geometry;
@@ -333,6 +334,14 @@ static void init_pack_geometry(struct pack_geometry **geometry_p,
 	geometry = *geometry_p;
 
 	for (p = get_all_packs(the_repository); p; p = p->next) {
+		if (args->local && !p->pack_local)
+			/*
+			 * When asked to only repack local packfiles we skip
+			 * over any packfiles that are borrowed from alternate
+			 * object directories.
+			 */
+			continue;
+
 		if (!pack_kept_objects) {
 			/*
 			 * Any pack that has its pack_keep bit set will appear
@@ -900,7 +909,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (geometric_factor) {
 		if (pack_everything)
 			die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--geometric", "-A/-a");
-		init_pack_geometry(&geometry, &existing_kept_packs);
+		init_pack_geometry(&geometry, &existing_kept_packs, &po_args);
 		split_pack_geometry(geometry, geometric_factor);
 	}
 
diff --git a/t/t7703-repack-geometric.sh b/t/t7703-repack-geometric.sh
index d0823f2eb2..c440956ad5 100755
--- a/t/t7703-repack-geometric.sh
+++ b/t/t7703-repack-geometric.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ objdir=.git/objects
 packdir=$objdir/pack
 midx=$objdir/pack/multi-pack-index
 
+packed_objects() {
+	git show-index <"$1" >tmp-object-list &&
+	cut -d' ' -f2 tmp-object-list &&
+	rm tmp-object-list
+ }
+
 test_expect_success '--geometric with no packs' '
 	git init geometric &&
 	test_when_finished "rm -fr geometric" &&
@@ -361,4 +367,56 @@ test_expect_success '--geometric with same pack in main and alternate ODB' '
 	test_cmp expected-files actual-files
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--geometric -l with non-intact geometric sequence across ODBs' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr shared member" &&
+
+	git init shared &&
+	test_commit_bulk -C shared --start=1 1 &&
+
+	git clone --shared shared member &&
+	test_commit_bulk -C member --start=2 1 &&
+
+	# Verify that our assumptions actually hold: both generated packfiles
+	# should have three objects and should be non-equal.
+	packed_objects shared/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx >packed-objects &&
+	test_line_count = 3 packed-objects &&
+	packed_objects member/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx >packed-objetcs &&
+	test_line_count = 3 packed-objects &&
+	test "$(basename member/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.pack)" != "$(basename shared/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.pack)" &&
+
+	# Perform the geometric repack. With `-l`, we should only see the local
+	# packfile and thus arrive at the conclusion that the geometric
+	# sequence is intact. We thus expect no changes.
+	#
+	# Note that we are tweaking mtimes of the packfiles so that we can
+	# verify they did not change. This is done in order to detect the case
+	# where we do repack objects, but the resulting packfile is the same.
+	test-tool chmtime --verbose =0 member/.git/objects/pack/* >expected-member-packs &&
+	git -C member repack --geometric=2 -l -d &&
+	test-tool chmtime --verbose member/.git/objects/pack/* >actual-member-packs &&
+	test_cmp expected-member-packs actual-member-packs &&
+
+	{
+		packed_objects shared/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx &&
+		packed_objects member/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx
+	} | sort >expected-objects &&
+
+	# On the other hand, when doing a non-local geometric repack we should
+	# see both packfiles and thus repack them. We expect that the shared
+	# object database was not changed.
+	test-tool chmtime --verbose =0 shared/.git/objects/pack/* >expected-shared-packs &&
+	git -C member repack --geometric=2 -d &&
+	test-tool chmtime --verbose shared/.git/objects/pack/* >actual-shared-packs &&
+	test_cmp expected-shared-packs actual-shared-packs &&
+
+	# Furthermore, we expect that the member repository now has a single
+	# packfile that contains the combined shared and non-shared objects.
+	ls member/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx >actual &&
+	test_line_count = 1 actual &&
+	packed_objects member/.git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx >actual-objects &&
+	test_line_count = 6 actual-objects &&
+	sort <actual-objects >actual-objects.sorted &&
+	test_cmp expected-objects actual-objects.sorted
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.40.0
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  1. repack: fix geometric repacking with gitalternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 4, 2023
  2. Taylor BlauApr 4, 2023
  3. Taylor BlauApr 4, 2023
  4. Patrick SteinhardtApr 5, 2023
  5. Derrick StoleeApr 10, 2023
  6. Taylor BlauApr 10, 2023
  7. Patrick SteinhardtApr 11, 2023
  8. Taylor BlauApr 11, 2023
  9. Patrick SteinhardtApr 12, 2023
  10. Patrick SteinhardtApr 11, 2023
  11. Patrick SteinhardtApr 11, 2023
  12. Taylor BlauApr 11, 2023
  13. Taylor BlauApr 10, 2023
  14. 0/8 repack: fix geometric repacking with gitalternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  15. 1/8 midx: fix segfault with no packs and invalid preferred packPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  16. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  17. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  18. 2/8 repack: fix trying to use preferred pack in alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  19. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  20. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  21. 3/8 repack: fix generating multi-pack-index with only non-local packsPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  22. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  23. 4/8 pack-objects: fix error when packing same pack twicePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  24. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  25. 5/8 pack-objects: fix error when same packfile is included and excludedPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  26. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  27. 6/8 pack-objects: extend test coverage of `--stdin-packs` with alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  28. 7/8 repack: honor `-l` when calculating pack geometryPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2023
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2023
  31. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  32. 8/8 repack: disable writing bitmaps when doing a local geometric repackPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 12, 2023
  33. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  34. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  35. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  36. Taylor BlauApr 12, 2023
  37. 00/10 repack: fix geometric repacking with gitalternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  38. 01/10 midx: fix segfault with no packs and invalid preferred packPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  39. Derrick StoleeApr 13, 2023
  40. 02/10 repack: fix trying to use preferred pack in alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  41. 03/10 repack: fix generating multi-pack-index with only non-local packsPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  42. 04/10 pack-objects: split out `--stdin-packs` tests into separate filePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  43. 05/10 pack-objects: fix error when packing same pack twicePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  44. 06/10 pack-objects: fix error when same packfile is included and excludedPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  45. 07/10 pack-objects: extend test coverage of `--stdin-packs` with alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  46. 08/10 t/helper: allow chmtime to print verbosely without modifying mtimePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  47. 09/10 repack: honor `-l` when calculating pack geometryPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  48. Derrick StoleeApr 13, 2023
  49. Patrick SteinhardtApr 13, 2023
  50. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2023
  51. 10/10 repack: disable writing bitmaps when doing a local repackPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 13, 2023
  52. Derrick StoleeApr 13, 2023
  53. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2023
  54. Patrick SteinhardtApr 14, 2023
  55. 00/10 repack: fix geometric repacking with gitalternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  56. 01/10 midx: fix segfault with no packs and invalid preferred packPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  57. 03/10 repack: fix generating multi-pack-index with only non-local packsPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  58. 02/10 repack: fix trying to use preferred pack in alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  59. 04/10 pack-objects: split out `--stdin-packs` tests into separate filePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  60. 05/10 pack-objects: fix error when packing same pack twicePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  61. 06/10 pack-objects: fix error when same packfile is included and excludedPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  62. 07/10 pack-objects: extend test coverage of `--stdin-packs` with alternatesPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  63. 08/10 t/helper: allow chmtime to print verbosely without modifying mtimePatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  64. 09/10 repack: honor `-l` when calculating pack geometryPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  65. 10/10 repack: disable writing bitmaps when doing a local repackPatrick Steinhardt, Apr 14, 2023
  66. Derrick StoleeApr 14, 2023
  67. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2023

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