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Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] midx: access pack names through `nth_midxed_pack_name()`

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Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date
Jun 3, 2025, 22:23 UTC
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On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 01:51:03PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> > Accessing a MIDX's 'pack_names' array is somewhat error-prone when
> > dealing with incremental MIDX chains, where the (global) pack_int_id for
> > some pack may differ from the containing layer's index for that pack.
> >
> > Introduce `nth_midxed_pack_name()` in an effort to reduce a common
> > source of errors by discouraging external callers from accessing a
> > layer's `pack_names` array directly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
> > ---
> >  midx.c                    | 7 +++++++
> >  midx.h                    | 2 ++
> >  pack-bitmap.c             | 4 ++--
> >  t/helper/test-read-midx.c | 7 ++++---
> >  4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> One thing I forgot to ask.  Should we expect that
>
> 	$ git grep -E -e '(\.|->)pack_names\['
>
> to give hits only from the implementation of nth_midxed_pack_name()?

I waffled on this a bit... and I think the answer is "almost". Certainly callers outside of midx.c or midx-write.c should not be touching "pack_names" directly.

But there are a couple of spots in midx-write.c that are really more convenient to directly look at the pack_names array rather than going through the accessor.

Thanks, Taylor

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  1. packfile: avoid access(3p) calls for missing packsPatrick Steinhardt, May 16, 2025
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2025
  3. Jeff KingMay 19, 2025
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2025
  5. Patrick SteinhardtMay 20, 2025
  6. Jeff KingMay 22, 2025
  7. Taylor BlauMay 23, 2025
  8. Jeff KingMay 23, 2025
  9. 0/2 packfile: avoid access(3p) calls for missing packsPatrick Steinhardt, May 20, 2025
  10. 1/2 packfile: explain ordering of how we look up auxiliary pack filesPatrick Steinhardt, May 20, 2025
  11. Taylor BlauMay 23, 2025
  12. 2/2 midx: stop repeatedly looking up nonexistent packfilesPatrick Steinhardt, May 20, 2025
  13. Jeff KingMay 22, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 22, 2025
  15. Jeff KingMay 22, 2025
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 22, 2025
  17. Taylor BlauMay 23, 2025
  18. Jeff KingMay 23, 2025
  19. Taylor BlauMay 23, 2025
  20. 0/5 midx: improve prepare_midx_pack() ergonomicsTaylor Blau, May 25, 2025
  21. 1/5 pack-bitmap.c: fix broken warning() when missing MIDX'd packTaylor Blau, May 25, 2025
  22. Patrick SteinhardtMay 26, 2025
  23. Taylor BlauMay 28, 2025
  24. 2/5 midx-write.c: guard against incremental MIDXs in want_included_pack()Taylor Blau, May 25, 2025
  25. Patrick SteinhardtMay 26, 2025
  26. Taylor BlauMay 28, 2025
  27. 3/5 midx-write.c: simplify fill_packs_from_midx()Taylor Blau, May 25, 2025
  28. Patrick SteinhardtMay 26, 2025
  29. Taylor BlauMay 28, 2025
  30. 4/5 midx-write.c: extract inner loop from fill_packs_from_midx()Taylor Blau, May 25, 2025
  31. 5/5 midx: return a `packed_git` pointer from `prepare_midx_pack()`Taylor Blau, May 25, 2025
  32. Patrick SteinhardtMay 26, 2025
  33. Taylor BlauMay 28, 2025
  34. Patrick SteinhardtMay 28, 2025
  35. 0/4 midx: improve prepare_midx_pack() ergonomicsTaylor Blau, May 28, 2025
  36. 1/4 midx: access pack names through `nth_midxed_pack_name()`Taylor Blau, May 28, 2025
  37. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2025
  38. Taylor BlauJun 3, 2025
  39. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2025
  40. Taylor BlauJun 3, 2025
  41. 2/4 midx-write.c: guard against incremental MIDXs in want_included_pack()Taylor Blau, May 28, 2025
  42. 3/4 midx-write.c: extract inner loop from fill_packs_from_midx()Taylor Blau, May 28, 2025
  43. 4/4 midx: return a `packed_git` pointer from `prepare_midx_pack()`Taylor Blau, May 28, 2025
  44. Jeff KingMay 30, 2025
  45. Taylor BlauJun 3, 2025
  46. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2025
  47. Taylor BlauMay 23, 2025
  48. Jeff KingMay 23, 2025
  49. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2025
  50. 0/2 packfile: avoid access(3p) calls for missing packsPatrick Steinhardt, May 28, 2025
  51. 2/2 midx: stop repeatedly looking up nonexistent packfilesPatrick Steinhardt, May 28, 2025
  52. 1/2 packfile: explain ordering of how we look up auxiliary pack filesPatrick Steinhardt, May 28, 2025
  53. Jeff KingMay 30, 2025

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