# [PATCH 1/2] t7700: demonstrate repack flaw which may loosen objects unnecessarily

1 messages from 2009-03-21 to 2009-03-21. Participants: Brandon Casey.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/18453

## Brandon Casey, 2009-03-21 22:22

Subject: [PATCH 1/2] t7700: demonstrate repack flaw which may loosen objects unnecessarily
Message-ID: <ee63ef30903211522k5694b936ma558513d35ac98d9@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ee63ef30903211522k5694b936ma558513d35ac98d9%40mail.gmail.com

```
If an unreferenced object exists in both a local pack and in either a pack
residing in an alternate object database or a local kept pack, then the
pack-objects call made by repack will loosen that object only to have it
immediately pruned by repack's call to prune-packed.
---
 t/t7700-repack.sh |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t7700-repack.sh b/t/t7700-repack.sh
index 1ef3892..013e488 100755
--- a/t/t7700-repack.sh
+++ b/t/t7700-repack.sh
@@ -113,5 +113,22 @@ test_expect_success 'packed unreachable obs in
alternate ODB are not loosened' '
 	test_must_fail git show $csha1
 '

+test_expect_failure 'local packed unreachable obs that exist in
alternate ODB are not loosened' '
+	echo `pwd`/alt_objects > .git/objects/info/alternates &&
+	echo "$csha1" | git pack-objects --non-empty --all --reflog pack &&
+	rm -f .git/objects/pack/* &&
+	mv pack-* .git/objects/pack/ &&
+	# The pack-objects call on the next line is equivalent to
+	# git repack -A -d without the call to prune-packed
+	git pack-objects --honor-pack-keep --non-empty --all --reflog \
+	    --unpack-unreachable </dev/null pack &&
+	rm -f .git/objects/pack/* &&
+	mv pack-* .git/objects/pack/ &&
+	test 0 = $(git verify-pack -v -- .git/objects/pack/*.idx |
+		egrep "^$csha1 " | sort | uniq | wc -l) &&
+	echo > .git/objects/info/alternates &&
+	test_must_fail git show $csha1
+'
+
 test_done

-- 
1.6.2.12.g83676

```