Re: [PATCH 2/6] packfile: extract logic to count number of objects
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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
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- Mar 11, 2026, 13:55 UTC
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On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 01:41:05PM +0100, Toon Claes wrote:
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> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
>
> > In a subsequent commit we're about to introduce a new
> > `odb_source_count_objects()` function so that we can make the logic
> > pluggable. Prepare for this change by extracting the logic that we have
> > to count packed objects into a standalone function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> > ---
> > packfile.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> > packfile.h | 9 +++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
> > index 215a23e42b..1ee5dd3da3 100644
> > --- a/packfile.c
> > +++ b/packfile.c
> > @@ -1101,6 +1101,36 @@ struct packfile_list_entry *packfile_store_get_packs(struct packfile_store *stor
> > return store->packs.head;
> > }
> >
> > +int packfile_store_count_objects(struct packfile_store *store,
> > + unsigned long *out)
> > +{
> > + struct packfile_list_entry *e;
> > + struct multi_pack_index *m;
> > + unsigned long count = 0;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + m = get_multi_pack_index(store->source);
> > + if (m)
> > + count += m->num_objects + m->num_objects_in_base;
>
> To make sure I understand correctly:
>
> `m->num_objects` indicates how many objects are in the current pack, and
> `m->num_objects_in_base` how many are in it's base (and that accumulates
> what's in the bases of the base?).Yup, that's exactly right, `num_objects_in_base` is basically recursive across the bitmap layers.
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> > + for (e = packfile_store_get_packs(store); e; e = e->next) {
> > + if (e->pack->multi_pack_index)
> > + continue;
>
> Because we added the count through the midx already, we skip any
> packfile that's included in the midx.
>
> But some packfiles are not in the midx so we fall through for those.
>
> Makes sense.Correct.
Patrick