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Re: [PATCH 3/2] batch check whether submodule needs pushing into one call

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 16, 2016, 17:59 UTC
Message-ID
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<20160915121044.GA96648@book.hvoigt.net>
Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net> writes:
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> +static void append_hash_to_argv(const unsigned char sha1[20], void *data)
>  {
> -	if (add_submodule_odb(path) || !lookup_commit_reference(sha1))
> +	struct argv_array *argv = (struct argv_array *) data;
> +	argv_array_push(argv, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
> +}
Hmph, why do I think I've seen this before in the previous patch?
    ... scans through this patch and finds that a similar one is
    removed ;-)
OK.  This makes sense.
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> +static void check_has_hash(const unsigned char sha1[20], void *data)
> +{
> +	int *has_hash = (int *) data;
> +
> +	if (!lookup_commit_reference(sha1))
> +		*has_hash = 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int submodule_has_hashes(const char *path, struct sha1_array *hashes)
> +{
> +	int has_hash = 1;
> +
> +	if (add_submodule_odb(path))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	sha1_array_for_each_unique(hashes, check_has_hash, &has_hash);
> +	return has_hash;
> +}
> +
> +static int submodule_needs_pushing(const char *path, struct sha1_array *hashes)
> +{
> +	if (!submodule_has_hashes(path, hashes))
>  		return 0;

I think you meant well, but this optimization is wrong. A mere presence of an object does not mean that the current tip can reach that object. Imagine you pushed commit A earlier to them at the tip, then pushed commit A~ to them at the tip, which is the current state of the remote of the submodule, and since them they may have GC'ed. They no longer have the commit A.

For that matter, because you are doing this check by pretending as if all the submodule objects are in the object store of the current superproject you are working in, and saying "it exists there in the submodule repository" when the only thing you know is it exists in an object store of either the submodule repository, the superproject repository, or any of the other submodule repositories, you really cannot tell much from a mere presence of an object. Not just the remote of the submodule repository you are interested in, but the submodule repository you are interested in itself, may not have that object.

Drop the previous two helper functions and this short-cut.
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>  	if (for_each_remote_ref_submodule(path, has_remote, NULL) > 0) {
>  		struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
> -		const char *argv[] = {"rev-list", NULL, "--not", "--remotes", "-n", "1" , NULL};
> +
> +		argv_array_push(&cp.args, "rev-list");
> +		sha1_array_for_each_unique(hashes, append_hash_to_argv, &cp.args);
> +		argv_array_pushl(&cp.args, "--not", "--remotes", "-n", "1" , NULL);
> +
>  		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
>  		int needs_pushing = 0;
>  
> -		argv[1] = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
> -		cp.argv = argv;
>  		prepare_submodule_repo_env(&cp.env_array);
>  		cp.git_cmd = 1;
>  		cp.no_stdin = 1;
>  		cp.out = -1;
>  		cp.dir = path;
>  		if (start_command(&cp))
> -			die("Could not run 'git rev-list %s --not --remotes -n 1' command in submodule %s",
> -				sha1_to_hex(sha1), path);
> +			die("Could not run 'git rev-list <hashes> --not --remotes -n 1' command in submodule %s",
> +					path);
>  		if (strbuf_read(&buf, cp.out, 41))
>  			needs_pushing = 1;
>  		finish_command(&cp);
> @@ -601,21 +628,6 @@ static void find_unpushed_submodule_commits(struct commit *commit,
>  	diff_tree_combined_merge(commit, 1, &rev);
>  }

Good. This is the optimization I alluded to in the review of the first one in the series.

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  1. Stefan BellerAug 24, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2016
  5. Stefan BellerAug 24, 2016
  6. Jeff KingAug 24, 2016
  7. 1/2 serialize collection of changed submodulesHeiko Voigt, Sep 14, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 14, 2016
  9. 3/2 batch check whether submodule needs pushing into one callHeiko Voigt, Sep 15, 2016
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 15, 2016
  11. Heiko VoigtSep 16, 2016
  12. Heiko VoigtSep 16, 2016
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2016
  14. Heiko VoigtSep 19, 2016
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2016
  16. Heiko VoigtSep 19, 2016
  17. 4/2 use actual start hashes for submodule push check instead of local refsHeiko Voigt, Sep 15, 2016
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2016
  19. Heiko VoigtSep 19, 2016
  20. 2/2 serialize collection of refs that contain submodule changesHeiko Voigt, Sep 14, 2016
  21. Heiko VoigtSep 14, 2016
  22. Stefan BellerSep 14, 2016
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 16, 2016
  24. Heiko VoigtSep 19, 2016
  25. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2016

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