bulk-checkin: rebrand plug/unplug APIs as 'odb transactions'

Make it clearer in the naming and documentation of the plug_bulk_checkin
and unplug_bulk_checkin APIs that they can be thought of as
a "transaction" to optimize operations on the object database. These
transactions may be nested so that subsystems like the cache-tree
writing code can optimize their operations without caring whether the
top-level code has a transaction active.

Add a flush_odb_transaction API that will be used in update-index to
make objects visible even if a transaction is active. The flush call may
also be useful in future cases if we hold a transaction active around
calling hooks.

Signed-off-by: Neeraj Singh <neerajsi@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

builtin/add.c

@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		string_list_clear(&only_match_skip_worktree, 0);
 	}
 
-	plug_bulk_checkin();
+	begin_odb_transaction();
 
 	if (add_renormalize)
 		exit_status |= renormalize_tracked_files(&pathspec, flags);
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (chmod_arg && pathspec.nr)
 		exit_status |= chmod_pathspec(&pathspec, chmod_arg[0], show_only);
-	unplug_bulk_checkin();
+	end_odb_transaction();
 
 finish:
 	if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock_file,

bulk-checkin.c

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "packfile.h"
 #include "object-store.h"
 
-static int bulk_checkin_plugged;
+static int odb_transaction_nesting;
 
 static struct bulk_checkin_packfile {
 	char *pack_tmp_name;
@@ -280,20 +280,29 @@ int index_bulk_checkin(struct object_id *oid,
 {
 	int status = deflate_to_pack(&bulk_checkin_packfile, oid, fd, size, type,
 				     path, flags);
-	if (!bulk_checkin_plugged)
+	if (!odb_transaction_nesting)
 		flush_bulk_checkin_packfile(&bulk_checkin_packfile);
 	return status;
 }
 
-void plug_bulk_checkin(void)
+void begin_odb_transaction(void)
 {
-	assert(!bulk_checkin_plugged);
+	odb_transaction_nesting += 1;
-	bulk_checkin_plugged = 1;
 }
 
-void unplug_bulk_checkin(void)
+void flush_odb_transaction(void)
 {
-	assert(bulk_checkin_plugged);
-	bulk_checkin_plugged = 0;
 	flush_bulk_checkin_packfile(&bulk_checkin_packfile);
 }
+
+void end_odb_transaction(void)
+{
+	odb_transaction_nesting -= 1;
+	if (odb_transaction_nesting < 0)
+		BUG("Unbalanced ODB transaction nesting");
+
+	if (odb_transaction_nesting)
+		return;
+
+	flush_odb_transaction();
+}

bulk-checkin.h

@@ -10,7 +10,27 @@ int index_bulk_checkin(struct object_id *oid,
 		       int fd, size_t size, enum object_type type,
 		       const char *path, unsigned flags);
 
-void plug_bulk_checkin(void);
+/*
-void unplug_bulk_checkin(void);
+ * Tell the object database to optimize for adding
+ * multiple objects. end_odb_transaction must be called
+ * to make new objects visible. Transactions can be nested,
+ * and objects are only visible after the outermost transaction
+ * is complete or the transaction is flushed.
+ */
+void begin_odb_transaction(void);
+
+/*
+ * Make any objects that are currently part of a pending object
+ * database transaction visible. It is valid to call this function
+ * even if no transaction is active.
+ */
+void flush_odb_transaction(void);
+
+/*
+ * Tell the object database to make any objects from the
+ * current transaction visible if this is the final nested
+ * transaction.
+ */
+void end_odb_transaction(void);
 
 #endif