[PATCH 0/2] fetch: write commit-graph using updated refs only
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Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
- Date
- Oct 2, 2026, 08:33 UTC
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- <pull.2239.git.1790930019.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
When fetch.writeCommitGraph is enabled, the commit-graph is currently rebuilt from all reachable refs after every fetch. This is unnecessarily expensive on repositories with many refs, since add_ref_to_set() validates each ref against the odb.
This series optimizes the commit-graph write by using only the newly updated refs as seeds instead of scanning all refs. It introduces a three-mode enum (REACHABLE / TIPS / SKIP) to make the policy explicit:
* No-op fetch: skip the commit-graph write entirely * Updated refs + existing graph: write incrementally from updated tips only * No existing graph or multi-remote fetch: fall back to full reachable scan
Patch 1 adds a commit-info subcommand to test-tool read-graph for verifying graph contents in tests.
Patch 2 implements the optimization in builtin/fetch.c with four tests covering the incremental, unrelated-commit, no-op, and fallback cases.
Kristofer Karlsson (2): test-tool read-graph: add commit-info subcommand fetch: write commit-graph using updated refs only
builtin/fetch.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ commit-graph.c | 2 +- commit-graph.h | 1 + t/helper/test-read-graph.c | 23 +++++++++++++- t/t5510-fetch.sh | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
base-commit: 0f8e75abebff0877cae681a3d5ff31ac47f54220 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2239%2Fspkrka%2Fkrka%2Fincremental-commit-graph-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2239/spkrka/krka/incremental-commit-graph-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2239
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