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[PATCH 23/25] transport: add connections for 'features' capability

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Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 23, 2022, 18:31 UTC
Message-ID
<f327ade8e461689d62088df8fb6fdda749154438.1645641063.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>

To allow 'git clone' to check the 'features' capability, we need to fill in some boilerplate methods that help detect if the capability exists and then to execute the get_recommended_features() method with the proper context. This involves jumping through some vtables.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
---
 transport-helper.c   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 transport-internal.h |  9 +++++++++
 transport.c          | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 transport.h          |  5 +++++
 4 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index a0297b0986c..642472e2adb 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -1264,11 +1264,25 @@ static struct ref *get_refs_list_using_list(struct transport *transport,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int get_features(struct transport *transport,
+		      struct string_list *list)
+{
+	get_helper(transport);
+
+	if (process_connect(transport, 0)) {
+		do_take_over(transport);
+		return transport->vtable->get_features(transport, list);
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static struct transport_vtable vtable = {
 	.set_option	= set_helper_option,
 	.get_refs_list	= get_refs_list,
 	.fetch_refs	= fetch_refs,
 	.push_refs	= push_refs,
+	.get_features	= get_features,
 	.connect	= connect_helper,
 	.disconnect	= release_helper
 };
diff --git a/transport-internal.h b/transport-internal.h
index c4ca0b733ac..759c79148db 100644
--- a/transport-internal.h
+++ b/transport-internal.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ struct ref;
 struct transport;
 struct strvec;
 struct transport_ls_refs_options;
+struct string_list;
 
 struct transport_vtable {
 	/**
@@ -51,6 +52,14 @@ struct transport_vtable {
 	 * process involved generating new commits.
 	 **/
 	int (*push_refs)(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs, int flags);
+
+	/**
+	 * get_features() requests a list of recommended features and
+	 * populates the given string_list with those 'key=value' pairs.
+	 */
+	int (*get_features)(struct transport *transport,
+			    struct string_list *list);
+
 	int (*connect)(struct transport *connection, const char *name,
 		       const char *executable, int fd[2]);
 
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 2a3e3241545..99d6b719f35 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -349,6 +349,20 @@ static struct ref *get_refs_via_connect(struct transport *transport, int for_pus
 	return handshake(transport, for_push, options, 1);
 }
 
+static int get_features(struct transport *transport,
+		      struct string_list *list)
+{
+	struct git_transport_data *data = transport->data;
+	struct packet_reader reader;
+
+	packet_reader_init(&reader, data->fd[0], NULL, 0,
+			   PACKET_READ_CHOMP_NEWLINE |
+			   PACKET_READ_GENTLE_ON_EOF);
+
+	return get_recommended_features(data->fd[1], &reader, list,
+					transport->stateless_rpc);
+}
+
 static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
 			       int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch)
 {
@@ -890,6 +904,7 @@ static struct transport_vtable taken_over_vtable = {
 	.get_refs_list	= get_refs_via_connect,
 	.fetch_refs	= fetch_refs_via_pack,
 	.push_refs	= git_transport_push,
+	.get_features	= get_features,
 	.disconnect	= disconnect_git
 };
 
@@ -1043,6 +1058,7 @@ static struct transport_vtable builtin_smart_vtable = {
 	.get_refs_list	= get_refs_via_connect,
 	.fetch_refs	= fetch_refs_via_pack,
 	.push_refs	= git_transport_push,
+	.get_features	= get_features,
 	.connect	= connect_git,
 	.disconnect	= disconnect_git
 };
@@ -1456,6 +1472,28 @@ int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+struct string_list *transport_remote_features(struct transport *transport)
+{
+	const struct transport_vtable *vtable = transport->vtable;
+	struct string_list *list = NULL;
+
+	if (!server_supports_v2("features", 0))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!vtable->get_features) {
+		warning(_("'features' not supported by this remote"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	CALLOC_ARRAY(list, 1);
+	string_list_init_dup(list);
+
+	if (vtable->get_features(transport, list))
+		warning(_("failed to get recommended features from remote"));
+
+	return list;
+}
+
 void transport_unlock_pack(struct transport *transport, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int in_signal_handler = !!(flags & TRANSPORT_UNLOCK_PACK_IN_SIGNAL_HANDLER);
diff --git a/transport.h b/transport.h
index 3f16e50c196..bfa2dd48d85 100644
--- a/transport.h
+++ b/transport.h
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ struct transport_ls_refs_options {
 const struct ref *transport_get_remote_refs(struct transport *transport,
 					    struct transport_ls_refs_options *transport_options);
 
+/**
+ * Get recommended config from remote.
+ */
+struct string_list *transport_remote_features(struct transport *transport);
+
 /*
  * Fetch the hash algorithm used by a remote.
  *
-- 
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