Re: [PATCH GSoC 1/5] protocol-caps: add type support to object-info
- From
- Chandra Pratap <chandrapratap3519@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jul 29, 2026, 09:53 UTC
- Message-ID
- <CA+J6zkQFAqZvi-6UaQi6v_OBiT4ihZtCN45vyGCGTbo9TJLJbg@mail.gmail.com>
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- <20260725-objecttype-support-v1-1-2d4ca3bbabf1@gmail.com>
On Sat, 25 Jul 2026 at 17:25, Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> Teach the server-side object-info handler to accept type as a requested
> field. When the client includes type in its object-info request, the
> server returns the requested object type.
>
> While at it, fix requested_info->size bit field style.
>
> Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
> Mentored-by: Chandra Pratap <chandrapratap3519@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
> ---
> protocol-caps.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
> t/t5701-git-serve.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/protocol-caps.c b/protocol-caps.c
> index 02261be14d..5531d388f0 100644
> --- a/protocol-caps.c
> +++ b/protocol-caps.c
> @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
> #include "strbuf.h"
>
> struct requested_info {
> - unsigned size : 1;
> + unsigned size:1;
> + unsigned type:1;
> };
>
> /*
> @@ -73,15 +74,20 @@ static void send_info(struct repository *r, struct packet_writer *writer,
> if (info->size)
> packet_writer_write(writer, "size");
>
> + if (info->type)
> + packet_writer_write(writer, "type");
> +
> for_each_string_list_item (item, oid_str_list) {
> const char *oid_str = item->string;
> struct object_id oid;
> size_t object_size;
> + enum object_type object_type;
>
> if (get_oid_hex_algop(oid_str, &oid, r->hash_algo) < 0) {
> packet_writer_error(
> writer,
> - "object-info: protocol error, expected to get oid, not '%s'",
> + "object-info: protocol error, expected to get "
> + "oid, not '%s'",I assume this is a style change? The original line doesn't seem long enough to wrap though.
Also, this would break the grep-ability of this error string.
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> oid_str);
> continue;
> }
> @@ -93,7 +99,8 @@ static void send_info(struct repository *r, struct packet_writer *writer,
> * If an object is not recognized by the server append SP to
> * the response.
> */
> - if (get_object_info(r->objects, &oid, &object_size) <= OBJ_NONE) {
> + object_type = get_object_info(r->objects, &oid, &object_size);
> + if (object_type <= OBJ_NONE) {
> strbuf_addstr(&send_buffer, " ");
> goto write;
> }
> @@ -103,6 +110,9 @@ static void send_info(struct repository *r, struct packet_writer *writer,
> (uintmax_t)object_size);
> }
>
> + if (info->type)
> + strbuf_addf(&send_buffer, " %s", type_name(object_type));
> +
> write:
> packet_writer_write(writer, "%s", send_buffer.buf);
> strbuf_reset(&send_buffer);
> @@ -124,6 +134,11 @@ int cap_object_info(struct repository *r, struct packet_reader *request)
> continue;
> }
>
> + if (!strcmp("type", request->line)) {
> + info.type = 1;
> + continue;
> + }
> +
> if (parse_oid(request->line, &oid_str_list))
> continue;
>
> diff --git a/t/t5701-git-serve.sh b/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
> index 9a575aa098..d7c93b5b55 100755
> --- a/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
> +++ b/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
> @@ -366,6 +366,33 @@ test_expect_success 'basics of object-info' '
> test_cmp expect actual
> '
>
> +test_expect_success 'type' '
> + test_config transfer.advertiseObjectInfo true &&
> +
> + test-tool pkt-line pack >in <<-EOF &&
> + command=object-info
> + object-format=$(test_oid algo)
> + 0001
> + size
> + type
> + oid $(git rev-parse two:two.t)
> + oid $(git rev-parse two:two.t)
> + 0000
> + EOF
> +
> + cat >expect <<-EOF &&
> + size
> + type
> + $(git rev-parse two:two.t) $(wc -c <two.t | xargs) blob
> + $(git rev-parse two:two.t) $(wc -c <two.t | xargs) blobCan we not use the `test_file_size` tool to do this instead? That should also be much more portable.