Re: [PATCH v2] upload-pack: add tracing for fetches

> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 09:12:47PM +0000, Robert Coup via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
> > Information on how users are accessing hosted repositories can be
> > helpful to server operators. For example, being able to broadly
> > differentiate between fetches and initial clones; the use of shallow
> > repository features; or partial clone filters.
> >
> > a29263c (fetch-pack: add tracing for negotiation rounds, 2022-08-02)
> > added some information on have counts to fetch-pack itself to help
> > diagnose negotiation; but from a git-upload-pack (server) perspective,
> > there's no means of accessing such information without using
> > GIT_TRACE_PACKET to examine the protocol packets.
> >
> > Improve this by emitting a Trace2 JSON event from upload-pack with
> > summary information on the contents of a fetch request.
> >
> > * haves, wants, and want-ref counts can help determine (broadly) between
> >   fetches and clones, and the use of single-branch, etc.
> > * shallow clone depth, tip counts, and deepening options.
> > * any partial clone filter type.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert Coup <robert@coup.net.nz>
> > ---
> >     upload-pack: add tracing for fetches
> >
> >
> >     Changes since V1
> >     ================
> >
> >      * Don't generate the JSON event unless Trace2 is active.
> >      * Code style fix.
>
> Thanks, the first bullet point there addressed my only concern.