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Re: git clone of empty repositories doesn't preserve hash

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 5, 2023, 21:15 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> I guess we only need to touch "git clone" then.  Without being
> asked, it advertsizes object-format=sha256 already, and when the
> maestro repository is prepared without --object-format=sha256,
> upload-pack advertises object-format=sha1 instead.  So it probably
> is just the matter of capturing it and using it to populate the
> extensions.objectformat with an appropriate value.

It turns out that there was a readily mimickable example in 3d8314f8 (clone: propagate empty remote HEAD even with other branches, 2022-07-07). The commit lifted code out of a block, in which we know we are copying from a non-empty repository, to execute also when talking with an empty repository. The recording of the hash-algorithm in the extensions section is done in the same way, so we can do the same "fix".

----- >8 -----
Subject: [PATCH] clone: propagate object-format when cloning from void

A user could prepare an empty repository and set it to use SHA256 as the object format. The new repository created by "git clone" from such a repository however would not record that it is expecting objects in the same SHA256 format. This works as expected if the source repository is not empty.

Just like we started copying the name of the primary branch from the remote repository even if it is unborn in 3d8314f8 (clone: propagate empty remote HEAD even with other branches, 2022-07-07), lift the code that records the object format out of the block executed only when cloning from an instantiated repository, so that it works also when cloning from an empty repository.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 builtin/clone.c        | 11 ++++++-----
 t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git c/builtin/clone.c w/builtin/clone.c
index 462c286274..8f16d18a43 100644
--- c/builtin/clone.c
+++ w/builtin/clone.c
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int err = 0, complete_refs_before_fetch = 1;
 	int submodule_progress;
 	int filter_submodules = 0;
+	int hash_algo;
 
 	struct transport_ls_refs_options transport_ls_refs_options =
 		TRANSPORT_LS_REFS_OPTIONS_INIT;
@@ -1298,15 +1299,15 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (mapped_refs) {
-		int hash_algo = hash_algo_by_ptr(transport_get_hash_algo(transport));
-
 		/*
 		 * Now that we know what algorithm the remote side is using,
 		 * let's set ours to the same thing.
 		 */
-		initialize_repository_version(hash_algo, 1);
-		repo_set_hash_algo(the_repository, hash_algo);
+	hash_algo = hash_algo_by_ptr(transport_get_hash_algo(transport));
+	initialize_repository_version(hash_algo, 1);
+	repo_set_hash_algo(the_repository, hash_algo);
+
+	if (mapped_refs) {
 		/*
 		 * transport_get_remote_refs() may return refs with null sha-1
 		 * in mapped_refs (see struct transport->get_refs_list
diff --git c/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh w/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
index 71aabe30b7..6af5c2062f 100755
--- c/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
+++ w/t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh
@@ -269,6 +269,17 @@ test_expect_success 'clone propagates unborn HEAD from non-empty repo' '
 	grep "warning: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref" stderr
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'clone propagates object-format from empty repo' '
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr src256 dst256" &&
+
+	echo sha256 >expect &&
+	git init --object-format=sha256 src256 &&
+	git clone src256 dst256 &&
+	git -C dst256 rev-parse --show-object-format >actual &&
+
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'bare clone propagates unborn HEAD from non-empty repo' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf file_unborn_parent file_unborn_child.git" &&
 
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  2. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2023
  3. Adam MajerApr 5, 2023
  4. Jeff KingApr 5, 2023
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2023
  7. Jeff KingApr 5, 2023
  8. brian m. carlsonApr 5, 2023
  9. Adam MajerApr 6, 2023
  10. brian m. carlsonApr 25, 2023
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2023
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2023
  13. brian m. carlsonApr 26, 2023
  14. Jeff KingApr 26, 2023
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2023
  16. doc: GIT_DEFAULT_HASH is and will be ignored during "clone"Junio C Hamano, Apr 26, 2023
  17. brian m. carlsonApr 26, 2023
  18. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  19. Jeff KingApr 26, 2023
  20. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2023
  21. brian m. carlsonApr 26, 2023
  22. 0/2 Fix empty SHA-256 clones with v0 and v1brian m. carlson, Apr 26, 2023
  23. 1/2 http: advertise capabilities when cloning empty reposbrian m. carlson, Apr 26, 2023
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2023
  25. brian m. carlsonApr 26, 2023
  26. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  27. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  28. Junio C HamanoApr 27, 2023
  29. 2/2 Honor GIT_DEFAULT_HASH for empty clones without remote algobrian m. carlson, Apr 26, 2023
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2023
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2023
  32. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  33. Is GIT_DEFAULT_HASH flawed?Felipe Contreras, May 2, 2023
  34. Adam MajerMay 3, 2023
  35. Felipe ContrerasMay 3, 2023
  36. Adam MajerMay 3, 2023
  37. Felipe ContrerasMay 8, 2023
  38. demerphqMay 3, 2023
  39. Felipe ContrerasMay 3, 2023
  40. brian m. carlsonMay 3, 2023
  41. Felipe ContrerasMay 8, 2023
  42. brian m. carlsonMay 8, 2023
  43. Oswald BuddenhagenMay 9, 2023
  44. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2023
  45. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2023
  46. Jeff KingApr 27, 2023
  47. 0/1 Fix empty SHA-256 clones with v0 and v1brian m. carlson, May 1, 2023
  48. 1/1 upload-pack: advertise capabilities when cloning empty reposbrian m. carlson, May 1, 2023
  49. Jeff KingMay 1, 2023
  50. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2023
  51. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2023
  52. 0/1 Fix empty SHA-256 clones with v0 and v1brian m. carlson, May 17, 2023
  53. 1/1 upload-pack: advertise capabilities when cloning empty reposbrian m. carlson, May 17, 2023
  54. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2023
  55. brian m. carlsonMay 17, 2023
  56. Jeff KingMay 18, 2023
  57. brian m. carlsonMay 19, 2023
  58. Jeff KingApr 5, 2023

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