[PATCH v3 0/3] [RFC] Create 'core.featureAdoptionRate' setting to update config defaults

Here is a second run at this RFC, which aims to create a "meta" config setting that automatically turns on other settings according to a user's willingness to trade new Git behavior or new feature risk for performance benefits. The new name for the setting is "core.featureAdoptionRate" and is an integer scale from 0 to 10. There will be multiple "categories" of settings, and the intention is to allow more granular levels as necessary.

The first category is "3 or higher" which means that the user is willing to adopt features that have been tested in multiple major releases. The settings to include here are core.commitGraph=true, gc.writeCommitGraph=true, and index.version=4.

The second category is "5 or higher" which means the user is willing to adopt features that have not been out for multiple major releases. The setting included here is pack.useSparse=true.

In the future, I would add a "7 or higher" setting which means the user is willing to have a change of behavior in exchange for performance benefits. The two settings to place here are 'status.aheadBehind=false' and 'fetch.showForcedUpdates=false'. Instead of including these settings in the current series, I've submitted them independently for full review [1, 2].

Hopefully this direction is amenable to allow "early adopters" gain access to new performance features even if they are not necessary reading every line of the release notes.

Thanks, -Stolee

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/pull.272.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/

[2] https://public-inbox.org/git/pull.273.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/

Derrick Stolee (3):
  repo-settings: create core.featureAdoptionRate setting
  repo-settings: use index.version=4 by default
  repo-settings: pack.useSparse=true

 Documentation/config/core.txt  | 34 +++++++++++++++++++-
 Documentation/config/gc.txt    |  4 +--
 Documentation/config/index.txt |  2 ++
 Documentation/config/pack.txt  |  3 +-
 Makefile                       |  1 +
 builtin/gc.c                   |  6 ++--
 builtin/pack-objects.c         |  9 +++---
 commit-graph.c                 |  7 ++--
 read-cache.c                   | 12 ++++---
 repo-settings.c                | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 repo-settings.h                | 15 +++++++++
 repository.h                   |  3 ++
 t/t1600-index.sh               | 34 +++++++++++++++++---
 13 files changed, 164 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 repo-settings.c
 create mode 100644 repo-settings.h

base-commit: aa25c82427ae70aebf3b8f970f2afd54e9a2a8c6
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-254%2Fderrickstolee%2Fconfig-large%2Fupstream-v3
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-254/derrickstolee/config-large/upstream-v3
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/254

Range-diff vs v2:

 1:  bdaee3ea9d ! 1:  13b9e71b38 repo-settings: create core.featureAdoptionRate setting
     @@ -71,8 +71,9 @@
      ++
      +If the value is at least 3, then the following defaults are modified.
      +These represent relatively new features that have existed for multiple
     -+major releases, and present significant performance benefits. They do
     -+not modify the user-facing output of porcelain commands.
     ++major releases, and may present performance benefits. These benefits
     ++depend on the amount and kind of data in your repo and how you use it.
     ++The settings do not modify the user-facing output of porcelain commands.
      ++
      +* `core.commitGraph=true` enables reading commit-graph files.
      ++
     @@ -236,8 +237,8 @@
      +#define REPO_SETTINGS_H
      +
      +struct repo_settings {
     -+	char core_commit_graph;
     -+	char gc_write_commit_graph;
     ++	int core_commit_graph;
     ++	int gc_write_commit_graph;
      +};
      +
      +struct repository;
 2:  02c89415fe ! 2:  4fe896e423 repo-settings: use index.version=4 by default
     @@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
          This means the index could be compressed using version 4. Set this as
          a default when core.featureAdoptionRate is at least three.
      
     +    Since the index version is written to a file, this is an excellent
     +    opportunity to test that the config settings are working correctly
     +    with the different precedence rules. Adapt a test from t1600-index.sh
     +    to verify the version is set properly with different values of
     +    index.version config, core.featureAdoptionRate, and GIT_INDEX_VERSION.
     +
          Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
      
       diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
     @@ -108,9 +114,60 @@
       +++ b/repo-settings.h
      @@
       struct repo_settings {
     - 	char core_commit_graph;
     - 	char gc_write_commit_graph;
     + 	int core_commit_graph;
     + 	int gc_write_commit_graph;
      +	int index_version;
       };
       
       struct repository;
     +
     + diff --git a/t/t1600-index.sh b/t/t1600-index.sh
     + --- a/t/t1600-index.sh
     + +++ b/t/t1600-index.sh
     +@@
     + 	)
     + '
     + 
     +-test_expect_success 'GIT_INDEX_VERSION takes precedence over config' '
     ++test_index_version () {
     ++	INDEX_VERSION_CONFIG=$1 &&
     ++	REPO_ADOPTION_RATE=$2 &&
     ++	ENV_VAR_VERSION=$3
     ++	EXPECTED_OUTPUT_VERSION=$4 &&
     + 	(
     + 		rm -f .git/index &&
     +-		GIT_INDEX_VERSION=4 &&
     +-		export GIT_INDEX_VERSION &&
     +-		git config --add index.version 2 &&
     ++		rm -f .git/config &&
     ++		if test "$INDEX_VERSION_CONFIG" -ne 0
     ++		then
     ++			git config --add index.version $INDEX_VERSION_CONFIG
     ++		fi &&
     ++		if test "$REPO_ADOPTION_RATE" -ne 0
     ++		then
     ++			git config --add core.featureAdoptionRate $REPO_ADOPTION_RATE
     ++		fi &&
     ++		if test "$ENV_VAR_VERSION" -ne 0
     ++		then
     ++			GIT_INDEX_VERSION=$ENV_VAR_VERSION &&
     ++			export GIT_INDEX_VERSION
     ++		else
     ++			unset GIT_INDEX_VERSION
     ++		fi &&
     + 		git add a 2>&1 &&
     +-		echo 4 >expect &&
     ++		echo $EXPECTED_OUTPUT_VERSION >expect &&
     + 		test-tool index-version <.git/index >actual &&
     + 		test_cmp expect actual
     + 	)
     ++}
     ++
     ++test_expect_success 'index version config precedence' '
     ++	test_index_version 2 0 4 4 &&
     ++	test_index_version 2 3 0 2 &&
     ++	test_index_version 0 3 0 4 &&
     ++	test_index_version 0 3 2 2
     + '
     + 
     + test_done
 3:  5bba9062f4 ! 3:  d080065a92 repo-settings: pack.useSparse=true
     @@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
       +++ b/repo-settings.h
      @@
       struct repo_settings {
     - 	char core_commit_graph;
     - 	char gc_write_commit_graph;
     -+	char pack_use_sparse;
     + 	int core_commit_graph;
     + 	int gc_write_commit_graph;
     ++	int pack_use_sparse;
       	int index_version;
       };