[PATCH v6 0/5] Introduce libgit-rs, a Rust wrapper around libgit.a
- From
Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
- Date
- Jan 15, 2025, 20:05 UTC
- Message-ID
- <cover.1736971328.git.steadmon@google.com>
- In-Reply-To
- <cover.1723054623.git.steadmon@google.com>
Apologies for the long delay on V6; I am finally back after several months of $DAYJOB firefighting, holidays, and sick leave. I should have time to devote to this series again, but given the lack of feedback on V5 I am hopeful that this will be the final iteration of this series.
This series provides two small Rust wrapper libraries around parts of Git: "libgit-sys", which exposes a few functions from libgit.a, and "libgit", which provides a more Rust-friendly interface to some of those functions. In addition to included unit tests, at $DAYJOB we have tested building JJ[1] with our library and used it to replace some of the libgit2-rs uses.
[1] https://github.com/martinvonz/jj
There is known NEEDSWORK, but I feel that they can be addressed in follow-up changes, rather than in this series. If you feel otherwise, please let me know:
* Investigate alternative methods of managing symbol visibility & renaming.
* Figure out symbol versioning
Changes in V6: * Rebased onto current master, since V5 was several months old.
* Move libgit-sys out of libgit-rs; while this sort of nesting is common in Rust crates with standalone repositories, it doesn't make as much sense when they're contained in the larger Git project's repo.
* Standardize the naming of some of the Makefile targets to always include a dash in the "-rs" or "-sys" suffixes.
* Clean up READMEs and crate descriptions in preparation for uploading to crates.io.
Changes in V5: * When building with INCLUDE_LIBGIT_RS defined, add "-fvisibility=hidden" to CFLAGS. This allows us to manage symbol visibility in libgitpub.a without causing `make all` to rebuild from scratch due to changing CFLAGS.
* Avoid using c_int in the higher-level Rust API.
* Remove libgitpub.a and intermediate files with `make clean`.
Changes in V4: * Drop V3 patch #3, which added wrappers around repository initialization and config access. These are not well-libified, and they are not necessary for JJ's proof-of-concept use case, so let's avoid exporting them for now.
* Set a minimum supported Rust version of 1.63. Autodetect whether our Rust version has c_int and c_char types; if not, define them ourselves.
* When building libgitpub.a via build.rs, set DEVELOPER=1 to catch additional errors at build time.
* In build.rs, use the make_cmd crate to portable select the correct invocation of GNU Make.
* Follow naming standards for _alloc() and _free() functions.
* Use String instead of CString in higher-level API.
* Move libgit_configset_alloc() and libgit_configset_free() out of upstream Git, to the libgitpub shim library.
* In libgitpub, initialize libgit_config_set structs in the _alloc() function rather than with a separate _init() function.
* Remove unnecessary comments in libgit-sys showing where the wrapped functions were originally defined.
* Fix clippy lint: don't reborrow configfile path references.
* Various typo fixes and `cargo fmt` fixes.
Changes in V3: * Renamed cgit-rs to libgit-rs and cgit-sys to libgit-sys
* Makefile cleanup, particularly adding config.mak options that developers can set to run Rust builds and tests by default (Patch 6)
* Provide testdata configs for unit tests
* ConfigSet API now uses &Path instead of &str -- more ergonomic for Rust users to pass in and errors out if the path string isn't UTF-8
* Fixed unresolved dependency on libz in Cargo.toml
Calvin Wan (2): libgit: add higher-level libgit crate Makefile: add option to build and test libgit-rs and libgit-rs-sys
Josh Steadmon (3): common-main: split init and exit code into new files libgit-sys: introduce Rust wrapper for libgit.a libgit-sys: also export some config_set functions
.gitignore | 2 + Makefile | 44 +++++++++++ common-exit.c | 26 +++++++ common-init.c | 63 +++++++++++++++ common-init.h | 6 ++ common-main.c | 83 +------------------- contrib/libgit-rs/Cargo.lock | 77 ++++++++++++++++++ contrib/libgit-rs/Cargo.toml | 15 ++++ contrib/libgit-rs/README.md | 13 ++++ contrib/libgit-rs/build.rs | 4 + contrib/libgit-rs/src/lib.rs | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++ contrib/libgit-rs/testdata/config1 | 2 + contrib/libgit-rs/testdata/config2 | 2 + contrib/libgit-rs/testdata/config3 | 2 + contrib/libgit-sys/Cargo.lock | 69 ++++++++++++++++ contrib/libgit-sys/Cargo.toml | 18 +++++ contrib/libgit-sys/README.md | 4 + contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs | 35 +++++++++ contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c | 50 ++++++++++++ contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h | 18 +++++ contrib/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs | 79 +++++++++++++++++++ t/Makefile | 16 ++++ 22 files changed, 642 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-) create mode 100644 common-exit.c create mode 100644 common-init.c create mode 100644 common-init.h create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-rs/Cargo.lock create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-rs/Cargo.toml create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-rs/README.md create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-rs/build.rs create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-rs/src/lib.rs create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-rs/testdata/config1 create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-rs/testdata/config2 create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-rs/testdata/config3 create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-sys/Cargo.lock create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-sys/Cargo.toml create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-sys/README.md create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h create mode 100644 contrib/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs
Range-diff against v5:
1: 1ae14207f6 = 1: ff6cd62397 common-main: split init and exit code into new files
2: 1ed010c378 ! 2: 5fc66cdb16 libgit-sys: introduce Rust wrapper for libgit.a
@@ .gitignore: Release/
/git.VC.db
*.dSYM
/contrib/buildsystems/out
-+/contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/target
++/contrib/libgit-sys/target
## Makefile ##
@@ Makefile: CURL_CONFIG = curl-config
@@ Makefile: CURL_CONFIG = curl-config
export TCL_PATH TCLTK_PATH
-@@ Makefile: OBJECTS += $(XDIFF_OBJS)
- OBJECTS += $(FUZZ_OBJS)
- OBJECTS += $(REFTABLE_OBJS) $(REFTABLE_TEST_OBJS)
+@@ Makefile: OBJECTS += $(REFTABLE_OBJS) $(REFTABLE_TEST_OBJS)
OBJECTS += $(UNIT_TEST_OBJS)
-+OBJECTS += contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.o
+ OBJECTS += $(CLAR_TEST_OBJS)
+ OBJECTS += $(patsubst %,$(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/%.o,$(UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS))
++OBJECTS += contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.o
ifndef NO_CURL
OBJECTS += http.o http-walker.o remote-curl.o
@@ Makefile: clean: profile-clean coverage-clean cocciclean
$(RM) $(htmldocs).tar.gz $(manpages).tar.gz
$(MAKE) -C Documentation/ clean
$(RM) Documentation/GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS
-+ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/target
-+ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o
-+ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o
-+ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a
++ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/target
++ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o
++ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o
++ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a
ifndef NO_PERL
$(RM) -r perl/build/
endif
-@@ Makefile: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS): $(UNIT_TEST_BIN)/%$X: $(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/%.o \
- build-unit-tests: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS)
- unit-tests: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) t/helper/test-tool$X
+@@ Makefile: $(CLAR_TEST_PROG): $(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/clar.suite $(CLAR_TEST_OBJS) $(GITLIBS) GIT-
+ build-unit-tests: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) $(CLAR_TEST_PROG)
+ unit-tests: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) $(CLAR_TEST_PROG) t/helper/test-tool$X
$(MAKE) -C t/ unit-tests
+
-+contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o: contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.o libgit.a reftable/libreftable.a xdiff/lib.a
++contrib/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o: contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.o libgit.a reftable/libreftable.a xdiff/lib.a
+ $(LD) -r $^ -o $@
+
-+contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o: contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o
++contrib/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o: contrib/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o
+ $(OBJCOPY) --localize-hidden $^ $@
+
-+contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a: contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o
++contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a: contrib/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o
+ $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/Cargo.lock (new) ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/Cargo.lock (new) ##
@@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/Cargo.lock (new)
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/Cargo.toml (new) ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/Cargo.toml (new) ##
@@
+[package]
+name = "libgit-sys"
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/Cargo.toml (new)
+build = "build.rs"
+links = "gitpub"
+rust-version = "1.63"
++description = "Native bindings to a portion of libgit"
+
+[lib]
+path = "src/lib.rs"
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/Cargo.toml (new)
+autocfg = "1.4.0"
+make-cmd = "0.1.0"
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/README.md (new) ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/README.md (new) ##
@@
-+# cgit-info
++# libgit-sys
+
-+A small hacky proof-of-concept showing how to provide a Rust FFI for the Git
-+library.
-+
-+## Building
-+
-+`cargo build` automatically builds and picks up on changes made to both
-+the Rust wrapper and git.git code so there is no need to run `make`
-+beforehand.
-+
-+## Running
-+
-+Assuming you don't make any changes to the Git source, you can just work from
-+`contrib/cgit-rs` and use `cargo build` or `cargo run` as usual.
++A small proof-of-concept crate showing how to provide a Rust FFI to Git
++internals.
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/build.rs (new) ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs (new) ##
@@
+use std::env;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/build.rs (new)
+ ac.emit_has_path("std::ffi::c_char");
+
+ let crate_root = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap());
-+ let git_root = crate_root.join("../../..");
++ let git_root = crate_root.join("../..");
+ let dst = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+
+ let make_output = make_cmd::gnu_make()
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/build.rs (new)
+ .current_dir(git_root.clone())
+ .args([
+ "CFLAGS=-fvisibility=hidden",
-+ "contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a",
++ "contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a",
+ ])
+ .output()
+ .expect("Make failed to run");
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/build.rs (new)
+ Ok(())
+}
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c (new) ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c (new) ##
@@
+// Shim to publicly export Git symbols. These must be renamed so that the
+// original symbols can be hidden. Renaming these with a "libgit_" prefix also
+// avoids conflicts with other libraries such as libgit2.
+
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
-+#include "contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h"
++#include "contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h"
+#include "version.h"
+
+#pragma GCC visibility push(default)
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c (new)
+
+#pragma GCC visibility pop
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h (new) ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h (new) ##
@@
+#ifndef PUBLIC_SYMBOL_EXPORT_H
+#define PUBLIC_SYMBOL_EXPORT_H
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h (new)
+
+#endif /* PUBLIC_SYMBOL_EXPORT_H */
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs (new) ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs (new) ##
@@
+#[cfg(has_std__ffi__c_char)]
+use std::ffi::c_char;
3: 00762b57d0 ! 3: 03f39b6c3a libgit-sys: also export some config_set functions
@@ Commit message
Signed-off-by: Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c ##
@@
// avoids conflicts with other libraries such as libgit2.
#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "config.h"
- #include "contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h"
+ #include "contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h"
#include "version.h"
#pragma GCC visibility push(default)
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c
{
return git_user_agent();
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h ##
@@
#ifndef PUBLIC_SYMBOL_EXPORT_H
#define PUBLIC_SYMBOL_EXPORT_H
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h
const char *libgit_user_agent_sanitized(void);
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs ##
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs ##
@@
#[cfg(has_std__ffi__c_char)]
-use std::ffi::c_char;
4: 4e5360931b ! 4: 65166ea0c0 libgit: add higher-level libgit crate
@@ .gitignore: Release/
*.dSYM
/contrib/buildsystems/out
+/contrib/libgit-rs/target
- /contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/target
+ /contrib/libgit-sys/target
## Makefile ##
@@ Makefile: clean: profile-clean coverage-clean cocciclean
$(RM) $(htmldocs).tar.gz $(manpages).tar.gz
$(MAKE) -C Documentation/ clean
$(RM) Documentation/GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS
-- $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/target
-+ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/target contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/target
- $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o
- $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o
- $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a
+- $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/target
++ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-rs/target contrib/libgit-sys/target
+ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o
+ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o
+ $(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a
## contrib/libgit-rs/Cargo.lock (new) ##
@@
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/Cargo.toml (new)
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
-+libgit-sys = { version = "0.1.0", path = "libgit-sys" }
++libgit-sys = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../libgit-sys" }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+autocfg = "1.4.0"
+ ## contrib/libgit-rs/README.md (new) ##
+@@
++# libgit-rs
++
++Proof-of-concept Git bindings for Rust.
++
++```toml
++[dependencies]
++libgit = "0.1.0"
++```
++
++## Rust version requirements
++
++libgit-rs should support Rust versions at least as old as the version included
++in Debian stable (currently 1.63).
+
## contrib/libgit-rs/build.rs (new) ##
@@
+pub fn main() {
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/build.rs (new)
+ ac.emit_has_path("std::ffi::c_char");
+}
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs ##
-@@
-+use std::ffi::c_void;
-+
- #[cfg(has_std__ffi__c_char)]
- use std::ffi::{c_char, c_int};
-
-@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs: pub struct libgit_config_set {
- }
-
- extern "C" {
-+ pub fn free(ptr: *mut c_void);
-+
- pub fn libgit_user_agent() -> *const c_char;
- pub fn libgit_user_agent_sanitized() -> *const c_char;
-
-
## contrib/libgit-rs/src/lib.rs (new) ##
@@
+use std::ffi::{c_void, CStr, CString};
@@ contrib/libgit-rs/testdata/config3 (new)
@@
+[trace2]
+ eventNesting = 3
+
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs ##
+@@
++use std::ffi::c_void;
++
+ #[cfg(has_std__ffi__c_char)]
+ use std::ffi::{c_char, c_int};
+
+@@ contrib/libgit-sys/src/lib.rs: pub struct libgit_config_set {
+ }
+
+ extern "C" {
++ pub fn free(ptr: *mut c_void);
++
+ pub fn libgit_user_agent() -> *const c_char;
+ pub fn libgit_user_agent_sanitized() -> *const c_char;
+
5: 15ce989de8 ! 5: 84706f0db7 Makefile: add option to build and test libgit-rs and libgit-rs-sys
@@ Makefile: ifdef FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS
ifeq ($(TCLTK_PATH),)
NO_TCLTK = NoThanks
endif
-@@ Makefile: build-unit-tests: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS)
- unit-tests: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) t/helper/test-tool$X
+@@ Makefile: build-unit-tests: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) $(CLAR_TEST_PROG)
+ unit-tests: $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) $(CLAR_TEST_PROG) t/helper/test-tool$X
$(MAKE) -C t/ unit-tests
-+.PHONY: libgitrs-sys
-+libgitrs-sys:
++.PHONY: libgit-sys
++libgit-sys:
+ $(QUIET)(\
-+ cd contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys && \
++ cd contrib/libgit-sys && \
+ cargo build \
+ )
-+.PHONY: libgitrs
-+libgitrs:
++.PHONY: libgit-rs
++libgit-rs:
+ $(QUIET)(\
+ cd contrib/libgit-rs && \
+ cargo build \
+ )
+ifdef INCLUDE_LIBGIT_RS
-+all:: libgitrs
++all:: libgit-rs
+endif
+
- contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o: contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.o libgit.a reftable/libreftable.a xdiff/lib.a
+ contrib/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o: contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.o libgit.a reftable/libreftable.a xdiff/lib.a
$(LD) -r $^ -o $@
- ## contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/build.rs ##
-@@ contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/build.rs: pub fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+ ## contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs ##
+@@ contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs: pub fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
.env_remove("PROFILE")
.current_dir(git_root.clone())
.args([
- "CFLAGS=-fvisibility=hidden",
+ "INCLUDE_LIBGIT_RS=YesPlease",
- "contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a",
+ "contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a",
])
.output()
@@ t/Makefile: perf:
.PHONY: pre-clean $(T) aggregate-results clean valgrind perf \
check-chainlint clean-chainlint test-chainlint $(UNIT_TESTS)
+
-+.PHONY: libgitrs-sys-test
-+libgitrs-sys-test:
++.PHONY: libgit-sys-test
++libgit-sys-test:
+ $(QUIET)(\
-+ cd ../contrib/libgit-rs/libgit-sys && \
++ cd ../contrib/libgit-sys && \
+ cargo test \
+ )
-+.PHONY: libgitrs-test
-+libgitrs-test:
++.PHONY: libgit-rs-test
++libgit-rs-test:
+ $(QUIET)(\
+ cd ../contrib/libgit-rs && \
+ cargo test \
+ )
+ifdef INCLUDE_LIBGIT_RS
-+all:: libgitrs-sys-test libgitrs-test
++all:: libgit-sys-test libgit-rs-test
+endifbase-commit: 757161efcca150a9a96b312d9e780a071e601a03
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