When 'git repack' creates a pack with the same name as any existing
pack, it moves the existing one to 'old-pack-xxx.{pack,idx,...}' and
then renames the new one into place.
Eventually, it would be nice to have 'git repack' allow for writing a
multi-pack index at the critical time (after the new packs have been
written / moved into place, but before the old ones have been deleted).
Guessing that this option might be called '--write-midx', this makes the
following situation (where repacks are issued back-to-back without any
new objects) impossible:
$ git repack -adb
$ git repack -adb --write-midx
In the second repack, the existing packs are overwritten verbatim with
the same rename-to-old sequence. At that point, the current MIDX is
invalidated, since it refers to now-missing packs. So that code wants to
be run after the MIDX is re-written. But (prior to this patch) the new
MIDX can't be written until the new packs are moved into place. So, we
have a circular dependency.
This is all hypothetical, since no code currently exists to write a MIDX
safely during a 'git repack' (the 'GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX' does so
unsafely). Putting hypothetical aside, though: why do we need to rename
existing packs to be prefixed with 'old-' anyway?
This behavior dates all the way back to 2ad47d6 (git-repack: Be
careful when updating the same pack as an existing one., 2006-06-25).
2ad47d6 is mainly concerned about a case where a newly written pack
would have a different structure than its index. This used to be
possible when the pack name was a hash of the set of objects. Under this
naming scheme, two packs that store the same set of objects could differ
in delta selection, object positioning, or both. If this happened, then
any such packs would be unreadable in the instant between copying the
new pack and new index (i.e., either the index or pack will be stale
depending on the order that they were copied).
But since 1190a1a (pack-objects: name pack files after trailer hash,
2013-12-05), this is no longer possible, since pack files are named not
after their logical contents (i.e., the set of objects), but by the
actual checksum of their contents. So, this old- behavior can safely go,
which allows us to avoid our circular dependency above.
In addition to avoiding the circular dependency, this patch also makes
'git repack' a lot simpler, since we don't have to deal with failures
encountered when renaming existing packs to be prefixed with 'old-'.
This patch is mostly limited to removing code paths that deal with the
'old' prefixing, with the exception of files that include the pack's
name in their own filename, like .idx, .bitmap, and related files. The
exception is that we want to continue to trust what pack-objects wrote.
That is, it is not the case that we pretend as if pack-objects didn't
write files identical to ones that already exist, but rather that we
respect what pack-objects wrote as the source of truth. That cuts two
ways:
- If pack-objects produced an identical pack to one that already
exists with a bitmap, but did not produce a bitmap, we remove the
bitmap that already exists. (This behavior is codified in t7700.14).
- If pack-objects produced an identical pack to one that already
exists, we trust the just-written version of the coresponding .idx,
.promisor, and other files over the ones that already exist. This
ensures that we use the most up-to-date versions of this files,
which is safe even in the face of format changes in, say, the .idx
file (which would not be reflected in the .idx file's name).
Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In the subsequent commit, it will become useful to keep track of which
metadata files were written by pack-objects. We already do this to an
extent with the 'exts' array, which only is used in the context of
existing packs.
Co-authored-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
We'll use it in a helper function soon.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Recently the format of an internal state file "rebase -i" uses has
been tightened up for consistency, which would hurt those who start
"rebase -i" with old git and then continue with new git. Loosen
the reader side a bit (which we may want to tighten again in a year
or so).
* jc/sequencer-stopped-sha-simplify:
sequencer: tolerate abbreviated stopped-sha file
Test code clean-up.
* js/test-whitespace-fixes:
t9603: use tabs for indentation
t5570: remove trailing padding
t5400,t5402: consistently indent with tabs, not with spaces
t3427: adjust stale comment
t3406: indent with tabs, not spaces
t1004: insert missing "branch" in a message
The documentation on the "--abbrev=<n>" option did not say the
output may be longer than "<n>" hexdigits, which has been
clarified.
* jc/abbrev-doc:
doc: clarify that --abbrev=<n> is about the minimum length
Prepare a test script to transition of the default branch name to
'main'.
* js/default-branch-name-adjust-t5411:
t5411: finish preparing for `main` being the default branch name
t5411: adjust the remaining support files for init.defaultBranch=main
t5411: start adjusting the support files for init.defaultBranch=main
t5411: start using the default branch name "main"
The code to detect premature EOF in the sideband demultiplexer has
been cleaned up.
* jk/sideband-more-error-checking:
sideband: diagnose more sideband anomalies
Exit codes from "git remote add" etc. were not usable by scripted
callers.
* ab/git-remote-exit-code:
remote: add meaningful exit code on missing/existing
A commit and tag object may have CR at the end of each and
every line (you can create such an object with hash-object or
using --cleanup=verbatim to decline the default clean-up
action), but it would make it impossible to have a blank line
to separate the title from the body of the message. Be lenient
and accept a line with lone CR on it as a blank line, too.
* pb/ref-filter-with-crlf:
log, show: add tests for messages containing CRLF
ref-filter: handle CRLF at end-of-line more gracefully
"git checkout-index" did not consistently signal an error with its
exit status.
* jk/checkout-index-errors:
checkout-index: propagate errors to exit code
checkout-index: drop error message from empty --stage=all
"git diff" and other commands that share the same machinery to
compare with working tree files have been taught to take advantage
of the fsmonitor data when available.
* nk/diff-files-vs-fsmonitor:
p7519-fsmonitor: add a git add benchmark
p7519-fsmonitor: refactor to avoid code duplication
perf lint: add make test-lint to perf tests
t/perf: add fsmonitor perf test for git diff
t/perf/p7519-fsmonitor.sh: warm cache on first git status
t/perf/README: elaborate on output format
fsmonitor: use fsmonitor data in `git diff`
More preliminary tests have been added to document desired outcome
of various "directory rename" situations.
* en/dir-rename-tests:
t6423: more involved rules for renaming directories into each other
t6423: update directory rename detection tests with new rule
t6423: more involved directory rename test
directory-rename-detection.txt: update references to regression tests
This patch will let the new `check-whitespace` GitHub workflow be happy
with the upcoming patch series that wants to search-and-replace `master`
with `main` in t9603 and some other test scripts.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Two blocks in t5570 want to align the closing double quotes, padding
with spaces if needed. Since the maximum length of those lines is
defined by the branch name `master`, the upcoming rename to `main` would
unalign the quotes.
But then, it is unclear how those aligned closing quotes should help
readability anyway, so let's just remove that padding altogether.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This patch actually prepares for the upcoming patches to replace
`master` with `main` in these tests: we do not want those changes to be
flagged by the new `check-whitespace` GitHub workflow (even if those
changes do not introduce the whitespace issues, they touch lines
affected by those issues without fixing them).
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In b6211b89eb (tests: avoid variations of the `master` branch name,
2020-09-26), the `master[123]` branch names were renamed to
`topic_[123]`. A non-literal mention of the corresponding files was
missed in that commit.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The message in question reads awkward with the name "master", but will
be even more confusing once that is renamed to "main". Let's adjust it
in advance of said rename.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In `git p4 clone`, we hard-code the branch name `master` instead of
looking what the _actual_ initial branch name is. Let's fix that.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In 8de7eeb54b (compression: unify pack.compression configuration
parsing, 2016-11-15), we introduced identical copies of the `file_size`
helper into three test scripts, with the plan to eventually consolidate
them into a single copy.
Let's do that, and adjust the function name to adhere to the `test_*`
naming convention.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Reviewed-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Fix misspelled "specified" and "occurred" in documentation and
comments.
Signed-off-by: Marlon Rac Cambasis <marlonrc08@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Early text written in 2006 explains the "--abbrev=<n>" option to
"show only a partial prefix", without saying that the length of the
partial prefix is not necessarily the number given to the option to
ensure that the output names the object uniquely.
Update documentation for the diff family of commands, "blame",
"branch --verbose", "ls-files" and "ls-tree" to stress that the
short prefix must uniquely refer to an object, and <n> is merely
the mininum number of hexdigits used in the prefix.
Helped-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In 32c83afc2c (ci: github action - add check for whitespace errors,
2020-09-22), we introduced a GitHub workflow that automatically checks
Pull Requests for whitespace problems.
However, when affected lines contain one or more double quote
characters, this workflow failed to attach the informative comment
because the Javascript snippet incorrectly interpreted these quotes
instead of using the `git log` output as-is.
Let's fix that.
While at it, let's `await` the result of the `createComment()` function.
Finally, we enclose the log in the comment with ```...``` to avoid
having the diff marker be misinterpreted as an enumeration bullet.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
In c57b3367be (worktree: teach `list` to annotate locked worktree,
2020-10-11), we introduced a test case that wanted to talk about
"worktrees" but talked about "worktress" instead. Let's fix that.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Adjust tests so that they won't scream when the default initial
branch name is changed to 'main'.
* js/default-branch-name-part-4-minus-1:
t1400: prepare for `main` being default branch name
tests: prepare aligned mentions of the default branch name
t9902: prepare a test for the upcoming default branch name
t3200: prepare for `main` being shorter than `master`
t5703: adjust a test case for the upcoming default branch name
t6200: adjust suppression pattern to also match "main"
tests: start moving to a different default main branch name
t9801: use `--` in preparation for default branch rename
fmt-merge-msg: also suppress "into main" by default
