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Re: [PATCH] fetch-pack should not ask for a ref which is already there

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 29, 2005, 09:30 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.63.0509291129220.29969@wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To
<7vhdc4grrf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
Hi,
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I suspect it would be cleaner to return (struct ref *) from
> fetch_pack (ideally use NULL to signal failure but there is no
> need -- it just dies) and print the refs from main() only after
> seeing the last close and finish_connect succeed.
Here's my next try:
[PATCH] fetch-pack should not ask for a ref which is already there
From: Johannes Schindelin <gene099@localhost>
Date: 1127950437 +0200

With this patch, instead of blindly asking for every remote ref, fetch-pack first looks in the local repository if that ref is already there.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 fetch-pack.c |   56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
210c4c6fe4a353d59e4ca2871d7f2a3c1b9b1238
diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -16,20 +16,27 @@ static int find_common(int fd[2], unsign
 	int count = 0, flushes = 0, retval;
 	FILE *revs;
 
-	revs = popen("git-rev-list $(git-rev-parse --all)", "r");
-	if (!revs)
-		die("unable to run 'git-rev-list'");
-
 	while (refs) {
 		unsigned char *remote = refs->old_sha1;
-		if (verbose)
-			fprintf(stderr,
-				"want %s (%s)\n", sha1_to_hex(remote),
-				refs->name);
-		packet_write(fd[1], "want %s\n", sha1_to_hex(remote));
+		if(!has_sha1_file(remote)) {
+			if (verbose)
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"want %s (%s)\n", sha1_to_hex(remote),
+					refs->name);
+			packet_write(fd[1], "want %s\n", sha1_to_hex(remote));
+			count++;
+		}
 		refs = refs->next;
 	}
 	packet_flush(fd[1]);
+
+	if(count==0)
+		return 1;
+
+	revs = popen("git-rev-list $(git-rev-parse --all)", "r");
+	if (!revs)
+		die("unable to run 'git-rev-list'");
+
 	flushes = 1;
 	retval = -1;
 	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), revs) != NULL) {
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ static int find_common(int fd[2], unsign
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int fetch_pack(int fd[2], int nr_match, char **match)
+static struct ref *fetch_pack(int fd[2], int nr_match, char **match)
 {
 	struct ref *ref;
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
@@ -86,7 +93,10 @@ static int fetch_pack(int fd[2], int nr_
 		packet_flush(fd[1]);
 		die("no matching remote head");
 	}
-	if (find_common(fd, sha1, ref) < 0)
+	status = find_common(fd, sha1, ref);
+	if(status > 0)
+		return ref;
+	if(status < 0)
 		fprintf(stderr, "warning: no common commits\n");
 	pid = fork();
 	if (pid < 0)
@@ -109,12 +119,7 @@ static int fetch_pack(int fd[2], int nr_
 		int code = WEXITSTATUS(status);
 		if (code)
 			die("git-unpack-objects died with error code %d", code);
-		while (ref) {
-			printf("%s %s\n",
-			       sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1), ref->name);
-			ref = ref->next;
-		}
-		return 0;
+		return ref;
 	}
 	if (WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
 		int sig = WTERMSIG(status);
@@ -125,10 +130,11 @@ static int fetch_pack(int fd[2], int nr_
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int i, ret, nr_heads;
+	int i, nr_heads;
 	char *dest = NULL, **heads;
 	int fd[2];
 	pid_t pid;
+	struct ref *ref;
 
 	nr_heads = 0;
 	heads = NULL;
@@ -160,9 +166,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	pid = git_connect(fd, dest, exec);
 	if (pid < 0)
 		return 1;
-	ret = fetch_pack(fd, nr_heads, heads);
+	ref = fetch_pack(fd, nr_heads, heads);
+	if(!ref)
+		return 1;
+
+	while (ref) {
+		printf("%s %s\n",
+		       sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1), ref->name);
+		ref = ref->next;
+	}
+
 	close(fd[0]);
 	close(fd[1]);
 	finish_connect(pid);
-	return ret;
+
+	return 0;
 }
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  1. fetch-pack should not ask for a ref which is already thereJohannes Schindelin, Sep 28, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2005
  3. Johannes SchindelinSep 29, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2005
  5. Johannes SchindelinSep 29, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsSep 29, 2005
  7. Johannes SchindelinSep 29, 2005
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  10. Johannes SchindelinSep 30, 2005

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