Re: [PATCH v6] clone: add clone.<url>.defaultObjectFilter config
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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
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- Mar 16, 2026, 07:47 UTC
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On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 05:37:02AM +0000, Alan Braithwaite via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> 1: fa1ea69bdb ! 1: 480453b2e7 clone: add clone.<url>.defaultObjectFilter config > @@ t/t5616-partial-clone.sh: test_expect_success 'after fetching descendants of non > +test_expect_success 'setup for clone.defaultObjectFilter tests' ' > + git init default-filter-src && > + echo "small" >default-filter-src/small.txt && > -+ dd if=/dev/zero of=default-filter-src/large.bin bs=1024 count=100 2>/dev/null && > + git -C default-filter-src add . && > + git -C default-filter-src commit -m "initial" && > +
As Junio already pointed out, this change here is a bit puzzling. Not that I think it's a problem, but one wonders why this existed in the first place if it seemed to not be necessary.
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> diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
> index 45d8fa0eed..18316a7da9 100644
> --- a/builtin/clone.c
> +++ b/builtin/clone.c
> @@ -757,6 +758,51 @@ static int git_clone_config(const char *k, const char *v,
> return git_default_config(k, v, ctx, cb);
> }
>
> +static int clone_filter_collect(const char *var, const char *value,
> + const struct config_context *ctx UNUSED,
> + void *cb)
> +{
> + char **filter_spec_p = cb;
> +
> + if (!strcmp(var, "clone.defaultobjectfilter")) {
> + if (!value)
> + return config_error_nonbool(var);
> + free(*filter_spec_p);
> + *filter_spec_p = xstrdup(value);
> + }
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Look up clone.defaultObjectFilter or clone.<url>.defaultObjectFilter
> + * using the urlmatch infrastructure. A URL-qualified entry that matches
> + * the clone URL takes precedence over the bare form, following the same
> + * rules as http.<url>.* configuration variables.
> + */
> +static char *get_default_object_filter(const char *url)
> +{
> + struct urlmatch_config config = URLMATCH_CONFIG_INIT;
> + char *filter_spec = NULL;
> + char *normalized_url;
> +
> + config.section = "clone";
> + config.key = "defaultobjectfilter";
> + config.collect_fn = clone_filter_collect;
> + config.cb = &filter_spec;
> +
> + normalized_url = url_normalize(url, &config.url);
> + if (!normalized_url) {
> + urlmatch_config_release(&config);
> + return NULL;
> + }We haven't allocated anything, right? So in theory, we should be able to return early without calling `urlmatch_config_release()`. This could be stressed further by moving the error path earlier, so that it's the first thing we do in the function.
Patrick