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[PATCH v2.5 02/11] bundle: verify using connected()

From
Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date
Jan 24, 2023, 14:16 UTC
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On 1/24/2023 7:27 AM, Derrick Stolee wrote:
> I'll focus on this area today and see what I can learn and how I
> can approach this problem in a different way.
>  2. Find out how to modify verify_bundle() so it can do the more
>     relaxed connectivity check.

And here is the modification to verify_bundle() to depend on check_connected() instead. This also improves (in my opinion) the error reporting from this situation, as seen in the test edits.

Again, this is a placeholder before I re-roll this series into an inevitable v3, so don't bother applying this patch until then.

Thanks, -Stolee

--- >8 ---
From 6a3d64761e9691994f9310b9ce2338f49aa72d48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:47:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v2.5 02/11] bundle: verify using connected()

When Git verifies a bundle to see if it is safe for unbundling, it first looks to see if the prerequisite commits are in the object store. This is usually a sufficient filter, and those missing commits are indicated clearly in the error messages. However, if the commits are present in the object store, then there could still be issues if those commits are not reachable from the repository's references. The repository only has guarantees that its object store is closed under reachability for the objects that are reachable from references.

Thus, the code in verify_bundle() has previously had the additional check that all prerequisite commits are reachable from repository references. This is done via a revision walk from all references, stopping only if all prerequisite commits are discovered or all commits are walked. This uses a custom walk to verify_bundle().

This check is more strict than what Git applies even to fetched pack-files. In the fetch case, Git guarantees that the new references are closed under reachability by walking from the new references until walking commits that are reachable from repository refs. This is done through the well-used check_connected() method.

To better align with the restrictions required by 'git fetch', reimplement this check in verify_bundle() to use check_connected(). This also simplifies the code significantly.

The previous change added a test that verified the behavior of 'git bundle verify' and 'git bundle unbundle' in this case, and the error messages looked like this:

  error: Could not read <missing-commit>
  fatal: Failed to traverse parents of commit <extant-commit>

However, by changing the revision walk slightly within check_connected() and using its quiet mode, we can omit those messages. Instead, we get only this message, tailored to describing the current state of the repository:

  error: some prerequisite commits exist in the object store,
         but are not connected to the repository's history
(Line break added here for the commit message formatting, only.)

While this message does not include any object IDs, there is no guarantee that those object IDs would help the user diagnose what is going on, as they could be separated from the prerequisite commits by some distance. At minimum, this situation describes the situation in a more informative way than the previous error messages.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
---
 bundle.c               | 75 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh |  8 ++---
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
diff --git a/bundle.c b/bundle.c
index 4ef7256aa11..76c3a904898 100644
--- a/bundle.c
+++ b/bundle.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "refs.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 #include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
+#include "connected.h"

 static const char v2_bundle_signature[] = "# v2 git bundle\n";
 static const char v3_bundle_signature[] = "# v3 git bundle\n";
@@ -187,6 +188,21 @@ static int list_refs(struct string_list *r, int argc, const char **argv)
 /* Remember to update object flag allocation in object.h */
 #define PREREQ_MARK (1u<<16)

+struct string_list_iterator {
+	struct string_list *list;
+	size_t cur;
+};
+
+static const struct object_id *iterate_ref_map(void *cb_data)
+{
+	struct string_list_iterator *iter = cb_data;
+
+	if (iter->cur >= iter->list->nr)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return iter->list->items[iter->cur++].util;
+}
+
 int verify_bundle(struct repository *r,
 		  struct bundle_header *header,
 		  enum verify_bundle_flags flags)
@@ -196,26 +212,25 @@ int verify_bundle(struct repository *r,
 	 * to be verbose about the errors
 	 */
 	struct string_list *p = &header->prerequisites;
-	struct rev_info revs = REV_INFO_INIT;
-	const char *argv[] = {NULL, "--all", NULL};
-	struct commit *commit;
-	int i, ret = 0, req_nr;
+	int i, ret = 0;
 	const char *message = _("Repository lacks these prerequisite commits:");
+	struct string_list_iterator iter = {
+		.list = p,
+	};
+	struct check_connected_options opts = {
+		.quiet = 1,
+	};

 	if (!r || !r->objects || !r->objects->odb)
 		return error(_("need a repository to verify a bundle"));

-	repo_init_revisions(r, &revs, NULL);
 	for (i = 0; i < p->nr; i++) {
 		struct string_list_item *e = p->items + i;
 		const char *name = e->string;
 		struct object_id *oid = e->util;
 		struct object *o = parse_object(r, oid);
-		if (o) {
-			o->flags |= PREREQ_MARK;
-			add_pending_object(&revs, o, name);
+		if (o)
 			continue;
-		}
 		ret++;
 		if (flags & VERIFY_BUNDLE_QUIET)
 			continue;
@@ -223,37 +238,14 @@ int verify_bundle(struct repository *r,
 			error("%s", message);
 		error("%s %s", oid_to_hex(oid), name);
 	}
-	if (revs.pending.nr != p->nr)
+	if (ret)
 		goto cleanup;
-	req_nr = revs.pending.nr;
-	setup_revisions(2, argv, &revs, NULL);
-
-	list_objects_filter_copy(&revs.filter, &header->filter);
-
-	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
-		die(_("revision walk setup failed"));

-	i = req_nr;
-	while (i && (commit = get_revision(&revs)))
-		if (commit->object.flags & PREREQ_MARK)
-			i--;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < p->nr; i++) {
-		struct string_list_item *e = p->items + i;
-		const char *name = e->string;
-		const struct object_id *oid = e->util;
-		struct object *o = parse_object(r, oid);
-		assert(o); /* otherwise we'd have returned early */
-		if (o->flags & SHOWN)
-			continue;
-		ret++;
-		if (flags & VERIFY_BUNDLE_QUIET)
-			continue;
-		if (ret == 1)
-			error("%s", message);
-		error("%s %s", oid_to_hex(oid), name);
-	}
+	if ((ret = check_connected(iterate_ref_map, &iter, &opts)))
+		error(_("some prerequisite commits exist in the object store, "
+			"but are not connected to the repository's history"));

+	/* TODO: preserve this verbose language. */
 	if (flags & VERIFY_BUNDLE_VERBOSE) {
 		struct string_list *r;

@@ -282,15 +274,6 @@ int verify_bundle(struct repository *r,
 				  list_objects_filter_spec(&header->filter));
 	}
 cleanup:
-	/* Clean up objects used, as they will be reused. */
-	for (i = 0; i < p->nr; i++) {
-		struct string_list_item *e = p->items + i;
-		struct object_id *oid = e->util;
-		commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(r, oid, 1);
-		if (commit)
-			clear_commit_marks(commit, ALL_REV_FLAGS | PREREQ_MARK);
-	}
-	release_revisions(&revs);
 	return ret;
 }

diff --git a/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh b/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
index 38dbbf89155..7d40994991e 100755
--- a/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t6020-bundle-misc.sh
@@ -595,14 +595,14 @@ test_expect_success 'verify catches unreachable, broken prerequisites' '
 		# Verify should fail
 		test_must_fail git bundle verify \
 			../clone-from/tip.bundle 2>err &&
-		grep "Could not read $BAD_OID" err &&
-		grep "Failed to traverse parents of commit $TIP_OID" err &&
+		grep "some prerequisite commits .* are not connected" err &&
+		test_line_count = 1 err &&

 		# Unbundling should fail
 		test_must_fail git bundle unbundle \
 			../clone-from/tip.bundle 2>err &&
-		grep "Could not read $BAD_OID" err &&
-		grep "Failed to traverse parents of commit $TIP_OID" err
+		grep "some prerequisite commits .* are not connected" err &&
+		test_line_count = 1 err
 	)
 '

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