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Re: [PATCH v6] subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees present

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 12, 2023, 16:06 UTC
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 4:39 PM Zach FettersMoore <zach.fetters@apollographql.com> wrote:

>
> >>
> >> From: Zach FettersMoore <zach.fetters@apollographql.com>
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> >> To see this in practice you can use the open source GitHub repo
> >> 'apollo-ios-dev' and do the following in order:
> >>
> >> -Make a changes to a file in 'apollo-ios' and 'apollo-ios-codegen'
> >> directories
> >> -Create a commit containing these changes
> >> -Do a split on apollo-ios-codegen
> >> - Do a fetch on the subtree repo
> >> - git fetch git@github.com:apollographql/apollo-ios-codegen.git
> >> - git subtree split --prefix=apollo-ios-codegen --squash --rejoin
>
> > Now I get the following without your patch at this step:
> >
> > $ git subtree split --prefix=apollo-ios-codegen --squash --rejoin
> > [...]/libexec/git-core/git-subtree: 318: Maximum function recursion
> > depth (1000) reached
> >
> > Line 318 in git-subtree.sh contains the following:
> >
> > missed=$(cache_miss "$@") || exit $?
> >
> > With your patch it seems to work:
> >
> > $ git subtree split --prefix=apollo-ios-codegen --squash --rejoin
> > Merge made by the 'ort' strategy.
> > e274aed3ba6d0659fb4cc014587cf31c1e8df7f4
>
> Looking into this some it looks like it could be a bash config
> difference? My machine always runs it all the way through vs
> failing for recursion depth. Although that would also be an issue
> which is solved by this fix.

I use Ubuntu where /bin/sh is dash so my current guess is that dash might have a smaller recursion limit than bash.

I just found https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69493528/git-subtree-maximum-function-recursion-depth which seems to agree.

I will try to test using bash soon.
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> >> - Depending on the current state of the 'apollo-ios-dev' repo
> >> you may see the issue at this point if the last split was on
> >> apollo-ios
>
> > I guess I see it, but it seems a bit different for me than what you describe.
> >
> > Otherwise your patch looks good to me now.
>
> Yea I hadn't accounted for/realized that some folks may see a recursion
> depth error vs it just taking a long time like it does for me. Also what
> I was saying with the apollo-ios-dev repo is you may not need all the steps
> to see the issue, because its possible the state of the repo is already
> in a position to display the issue just by doing a split on
> apollo-ios-codegen.
>
> Great! Thanks again for all the feedback and guidance! Is there anything
> else I need to do to get this across the finish line and merged in?

Hopefully I will be able to confirm I see the same error as you with bash soon, and it will be enough to get it merged.

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Message 21 of 30 in “subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees present”
  1. subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees presentZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Sep 18, 2023
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2023
  4. Zach FettersMooreOct 26, 2023
  5. 0/2 subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees presentZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Sep 22, 2023
  6. 2/2 subtree: changing location of commit ignore processingZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Sep 22, 2023
  7. 1/2 subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees presentZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Sep 22, 2023
  8. 0/3 subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees presentZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Sep 29, 2023
  9. 2/3 subtree: changing location of commit ignore processingZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Sep 29, 2023
  10. 3/3 subtree: adding test to validate fixZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Sep 29, 2023
  11. 1/3 subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees presentZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Sep 29, 2023
  12. subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees presentZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Oct 26, 2023
  13. Christian CouderNov 18, 2023
  14. Zach FettersMooreNov 28, 2023
  15. subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees presentZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Nov 28, 2023
  16. Christian CouderNov 30, 2023
  17. Zach FettersMooreNov 30, 2023
  18. subtree: fix split processing with multiple subtrees presentZach FettersMoore via GitGitGadget, Dec 1, 2023
  19. Christian CouderDec 4, 2023
  20. Zach FettersMooreDec 11, 2023
  21. Christian CouderDec 12, 2023
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2023
  23. Zach FettersMooreDec 13, 2023
  24. Christian CouderJan 3, 2024
  25. Christian CouderDec 20, 2023
  26. Christian CouderJan 25, 2024
  27. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2024
  28. Christian CouderJan 25, 2024
  29. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2024
  30. subtree: [v2.44 regression] split may produce different historyColin Stagner, Aug 21, 2025

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