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Re: [PATCH 08/19] loose: write loose objects map via their source

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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Jul 15, 2025, 10:50 UTC
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On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 05:25:51AM -0500, Karthik Nayak wrote:
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> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> 
> > When a repository is configured to have a compatibility hash algorithm
> > we keep track of object ID mappings for loose objects via the loose
> > object map. This map simply maps an object ID of the actual hash to the
> > object ID of the compatibility hash. This loose object map is an
> > inherent property of the loose files backend and thus of one specific
> > object source.
> >
> > Refactor the interfaces to reflect this by requiring a `struct
> > odb_source` as input instead of a repository. This prepares for
> > subsequent commits where we will refactor writing of loose objects to
> > work on a `struct odb_source`, as well.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> > ---
> >  loose.c       | 16 +++++++++-------
> >  loose.h       |  4 +++-
> >  object-file.c |  6 +++---
> >  3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/loose.c b/loose.c
> > index 519f5db7935..e8ea6e7e24b 100644
> > --- a/loose.c
> > +++ b/loose.c
> > @@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ int repo_write_loose_object_map(struct repository *repo)
> >  	return -1;
> >  }
> >
> > -static int write_one_object(struct repository *repo, const struct object_id *oid,
> > +static int write_one_object(struct odb_source *source,
> 
> Nit: In one of the earlier commits, we renamed a function working on a
> particular source to have the '_source' suffix. Should we do the same
> here?
> 
> I understand that this is related to a specific source (loose files) and
> probably would move into its own file under the objects namespace. But
> perhaps something to think about.

Yeah, things are still wildly inconsistent right now. This will change once we can finally carve out the actual object source backends, at which point we'll have to move around a bunch of functions anyway. So I'm not yet polishing up every function.

Patrick
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Message 13 of 60 in “object-file: get rid of `the_repository`”
  1. 00/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  2. 01/19 object-file: fix -Wsign-compare warningsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  3. 02/19 object-file: stop using `the_hash_algo`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  4. Karthik NayakJul 11, 2025
  5. 03/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `has_loose_object()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  6. 04/19 object-file: inline `check_and_freshen()` functionsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  7. 05/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` when freshening objectsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  8. Karthik NayakJul 11, 2025
  9. 06/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `loose_object_info()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  10. 07/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  11. 08/19 loose: write loose objects map via their sourcePatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  12. Karthik NayakJul 11, 2025
  13. Patrick SteinhardtJul 15, 2025
  14. 09/19 odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  15. Toon ClaesJul 10, 2025
  16. Patrick SteinhardtJul 15, 2025
  17. 10/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` when writing objectsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  18. 11/19 object-file: inline `for_each_loose_file_in_objdir_buf()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  19. 12/19 object-file: remove declaration for `for_each_file_in_obj_subdir()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  20. 13/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in loose object iteratorsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  21. Toon ClaesJul 10, 2025
  22. 14/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `read_loose_object()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  23. 15/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `force_object_loose()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  24. Toon ClaesJul 10, 2025
  25. Karthik NayakJul 11, 2025
  26. Patrick SteinhardtJul 15, 2025
  27. Toon ClaesJul 15, 2025
  28. 16/19 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in index-related functionsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  29. 17/19 environment: move compression level into repo settingsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  30. Phillip WoodJul 9, 2025
  31. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2025
  32. Patrick SteinhardtJul 15, 2025
  33. Patrick SteinhardtJul 15, 2025
  34. Phillip WoodJul 15, 2025
  35. Patrick SteinhardtJul 15, 2025
  36. Patrick SteinhardtJul 16, 2025
  37. Phillip WoodJul 17, 2025
  38. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2025
  39. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2025
  40. Ayush ChandekarJul 17, 2025
  41. 18/19 environment: move object creation mode into repo settingsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  42. 19/19 object-file: drop USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLEPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 9, 2025
  43. 00/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  44. 01/16 object-file: fix -Wsign-compare warningsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  45. Jeff KingApr 5, 2026
  46. 02/16 object-file: stop using `the_hash_algo`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  47. 03/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `has_loose_object()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  48. 04/16 object-file: inline `check_and_freshen()` functionsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  49. 05/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` when freshening objectsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  50. 06/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `loose_object_info()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  51. 07/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `finalize_object_file()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  52. 08/16 loose: write loose objects map via their sourcePatrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  53. 09/16 odb: introduce `odb_write_object()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  54. 10/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` when writing objectsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  55. 11/16 object-file: inline `for_each_loose_file_in_objdir_buf()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  56. 12/16 object-file: remove declaration for `for_each_file_in_obj_subdir()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  57. 13/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in loose object iteratorsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  58. 14/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `read_loose_object()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  59. 15/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in `force_object_loose()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025
  60. 16/16 object-file: get rid of `the_repository` in index-related functionsPatrick Steinhardt, Jul 17, 2025

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