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Junio C Hamano
f7300cbfdd Merge branch 'jk/ref-symlink-loop'
A stray symbolic link in $GIT_DIR/refs/ directory could make name
resolution loop forever, which has been corrected.

* jk/ref-symlink-loop:
  files_read_raw_ref: prevent infinite retry loops in general
  files_read_raw_ref: avoid infinite loop on broken symlinks
2016-10-17 13:25:20 -07:00
Jeff King
e8c42cb9ce files_read_raw_ref: prevent infinite retry loops in general
Limit the number of retries to 3. That should be adequate to
prevent any races, while preventing the possibility of
infinite loops if the logic fails to handle any other
possible error modes correctly.

After the fix in the previous commit, there's no known way
to trigger an infinite loop, but I did manually verify that
this fixes the test in that commit even when the code change
is not applied.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-10-10 10:53:33 -07:00
Jeff King
3f7bd767ed files_read_raw_ref: avoid infinite loop on broken symlinks
Our ref resolution first runs lstat() on any path we try to
look up, because we want to treat symlinks specially (by
resolving them manually and considering them symrefs). But
if the results of `readlink` do _not_ look like a ref, we
fall through to treating it like a normal file, and just
read the contents of the linked path.

Since fcb7c76 (resolve_ref_unsafe(): close race condition
reading loose refs, 2013-06-19), that "normal file" code
path will stat() the file and if we see ENOENT, will jump
back to the lstat(), thinking we've seen inconsistent
results between the two calls. But for a symbolic ref, this
isn't a race: the lstat() found the symlink, and the stat()
is looking at the path it points to. We end up in an
infinite loop calling lstat() and stat().

We can fix this by avoiding the retry-on-inconsistent jump
when we know that we found a symlink. While we're at it,
let's add a comment explaining why the symlink case gets to
this code in the first place; without that, it is not
obvious that the correct solution isn't to avoid the stat()
code path entirely.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-10-10 10:53:16 -07:00
René Scharfe
9ed0d8d6e6 use QSORT
Apply the semantic patch contrib/coccinelle/qsort.cocci to the code
base, replacing calls of qsort(3) with QSORT.  The resulting code is
shorter and supports empty arrays with NULL pointers.

Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-29 15:42:18 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
4322f3848a Merge branch 'mh/ref-store'
The ref-store abstraction was introduced to the refs API so that we
can plug in different backends to store references.

* mh/ref-store: (38 commits)
  refs: implement iteration over only per-worktree refs
  refs: make lock generic
  refs: add method to rename refs
  refs: add methods to init refs db
  refs: make delete_refs() virtual
  refs: add method for initial ref transaction commit
  refs: add methods for reflog
  refs: add method iterator_begin
  files_ref_iterator_begin(): take a ref_store argument
  split_symref_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
  lock_ref_sha1_basic(): add a files_ref_store argument
  lock_ref_for_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
  commit_ref_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
  lock_raw_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
  repack_without_refs(): add a files_ref_store argument
  refs: make peel_ref() virtual
  refs: make create_symref() virtual
  refs: make pack_refs() virtual
  refs: make verify_refname_available() virtual
  refs: make read_raw_ref() virtual
  ...
2016-09-19 13:47:19 -07:00
David Turner
0c09ec07d1 refs: implement iteration over only per-worktree refs
Alternate refs backends might still use files to store per-worktree
refs. So provide a way to iterate over only the per-worktree references
in a ref_store. The other backend can set up a files ref_store and
iterate using the new DO_FOR_EACH_PER_WORKTREE_ONLY flag when iterating.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:14 -07:00
David Turner
7d61826439 refs: make lock generic
Instead of including a files-backend-specific struct ref_lock, change
the generic ref_update struct to include a void pointer that backends
can use for their own arbitrary data.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:14 -07:00
David Turner
9b6b40d93a refs: add method to rename refs
This removes the last caller of function get_files_ref_store(), so
remove it.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:14 -07:00
David Turner
6fb5acfd8f refs: add methods to init refs db
Alternate refs backends might not need the refs/heads directory and so
on, so we make ref db initialization part of the backend.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:14 -07:00
David Turner
a27dcf89b6 refs: make delete_refs() virtual
In the file-based backend, delete_refs has some special optimization
to deal with packed refs.  In other backends, we might be able to make
ref deletion faster by putting all deletions into a single
transaction.  So we need a special backend function for this.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:14 -07:00
David Turner
fc6814637d refs: add method for initial ref transaction commit
Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <rsahlberg@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:14 -07:00
David Turner
e3688bd6cf refs: add methods for reflog
In the file-based backend, the reflog piggybacks on the ref lock.
Since other backends won't have the same sort of ref lock, ref backends
must also handle reflogs.

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <rsahlberg@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
1a769003c1 refs: add method iterator_begin
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
37b6f6d5f4 files_ref_iterator_begin(): take a ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
fcc42ea0c9 split_symref_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
7eb27cdfe6 lock_ref_sha1_basic(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
b3bbbc5c24 lock_ref_for_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
f18a789250 commit_ref_update(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
f7b0a987b5 lock_raw_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
0a95ac5f63 repack_without_refs(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
bd427cf27f refs: make peel_ref() virtual
For now it only supports the main reference store.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
284689ba0f refs: make create_symref() virtual
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
8231527e15 refs: make pack_refs() virtual
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
62665823d2 refs: make verify_refname_available() virtual
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
e1e33b722c refs: make read_raw_ref() virtual
Reference backends will be able to customize this function to implement
reference reading.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
424dcc7683 resolve_gitlink_ref(): implement using resolve_ref_recursively()
resolve_ref_recursively() can handle references in arbitrary files
reference stores, so use it to resolve "gitlink" (i.e., submodule)
references. Aside from removing redundant code, this allows submodule
lookups to benefit from the much more robust code that we use for
reading non-submodule references. And, since the code is now agnostic
about reference backends, it will work for any future references
backend (so move its definition to refs.c).

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:13 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
34c7ad8ffc read_raw_ref(): take a (struct ref_store *) argument
And make the function work for submodules.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
b9180c9d5d resolve_gitlink_packed_ref(): remove function
Now that resolve_packed_ref() can work with an arbitrary
files_ref_store, there is no need to have a separate
resolve_gitlink_packed_ref() function.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
611118d06e resolve_packed_ref(): rename function from resolve_missing_loose_ref()
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
6356c658e4 refs: reorder definitions
Move resolve_gitlink_ref() and related functions lower in the file to
avoid the need for forward declarations in the next step.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Ronnie Sahlberg
127b42a186 refs: add a transaction_commit() method
Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
49c0df6a68 {lock,commit,rollback}_packed_refs(): add files_ref_store arguments
These functions currently only work in the main repository, so add an
assert_main_repository() check to each function.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
4308651c3c resolve_missing_loose_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
f0d21efc35 get_packed_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
d99825ab73 add_packed_ref(): add a files_ref_store argument
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
00eebe351c refs: create a base class "ref_store" for files_ref_store
We want ref_stores to be polymorphic, so invent a base class of which
files_ref_store is a derived class. For now there is exactly one
ref_store for the main repository and one for any submodules whose
references have been accessed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Ronnie Sahlberg
3dce444f17 refs: add a backend method structure
Add a `struct ref_storage_be` to represent types of reference stores. In
OO notation, this is the class, and will soon hold some class
methods (e.g., a factory to create new ref_store instances) and will
also serve as the vtable for ref_store instances of that type.

As yet, the backends cannot do anything.

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
65a0a8e5fa refs: rename struct ref_cache to files_ref_store
The greater goal of this patch series is to develop the concept of a
reference store, which is a place that references, their values, and
their reflogs are stored, and to virtualize the reference interface so
that different types of ref_stores can be implemented. We will then, for
example, use ref_store instances to access submodule references and
worktree references.

Currently, we keep a ref_cache for each submodule that has had its
references iterated over. It is a far cry from a ref_store, but they are
stored the way we will want to store ref_stores, and ref_stores will
eventually have to hold the reference caches. So let's treat ref_caches
as embryo ref_stores, and build them out from there.

As the first step, simply rename `ref_cache` to `files_ref_store`, and
rename some functions and attributes correspondingly.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
David Turner
ff3a299c45 rename_ref_available(): add docstring
And improve the internal variable names.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
f6e75467ca resolve_gitlink_ref(): eliminate temporary variable
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-09-09 15:28:12 -07:00
Jacob Keller
99b43a61f2 allow do_submodule_path to work even if submodule isn't checked out
Currently, do_submodule_path will attempt locating the .git directory by
using read_gitfile on <path>/.git. If this fails it just assumes the
<path>/.git is actually a git directory.

This is good because it allows for handling submodules which were cloned
in a regular manner first before being added to the superproject.

Unfortunately this fails if the <path> is not actually checked out any
longer, such as by removing the directory.

Fix this by checking if the directory we found is actually a gitdir. In
the case it is not, attempt to lookup the submodule configuration and
find the name of where it is stored in the .git/modules/ directory of
the superproject.

If we can't locate the submodule configuration, this might occur because
for example a submodule gitlink was added but the corresponding
.gitmodules file was not properly updated.  A die() here would not be
pleasant to the users of submodule diff formats, so instead, modify
do_submodule_path() to return an error code:

 - git_pathdup_submodule() returns NULL when we fail to find a path.
 - strbuf_git_path_submodule() propagates the error code to the caller.

Modify the callers of these functions to check the error code and fail
properly. This ensures we don't attempt to use a bad path that doesn't
match the corresponding submodule.

Because this change fixes add_submodule_odb() to work even if the
submodule is not checked out, update the wording of the submodule log
diff format to correctly display that the submodule is "not initialized"
instead of "not checked out"

Add tests to ensure this change works as expected.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-08-31 18:07:10 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
87492cb24d Merge branch 'mh/ref-iterators'
The API to iterate over all the refs (i.e. for_each_ref(), etc.)
has been revamped.

* mh/ref-iterators:
  for_each_reflog(): reimplement using iterators
  dir_iterator: new API for iterating over a directory tree
  for_each_reflog(): don't abort for bad references
  do_for_each_ref(): reimplement using reference iteration
  refs: introduce an iterator interface
  ref_resolves_to_object(): new function
  entry_resolves_to_object(): rename function from ref_resolves_to_object()
  get_ref_cache(): only create an instance if there is a submodule
  remote rm: handle symbolic refs correctly
  delete_refs(): add a flags argument
  refs: use name "prefix" consistently
  do_for_each_ref(): move docstring to the header file
  refs: remove unnecessary "extern" keywords
2016-07-25 14:13:33 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
702ebbf4e2 Merge branch 'mh/update-ref-errors'
Error handling in the codepaths that updates refs has been
improved.

* mh/update-ref-errors:
  lock_ref_for_update(): avoid a symref resolution
  lock_ref_for_update(): make error handling more uniform
  t1404: add more tests of update-ref error handling
  t1404: document function test_update_rejected
  t1404: remove "prefix" argument to test_update_rejected
  t1404: rename file to t1404-update-ref-errors.sh
2016-07-25 14:13:33 -07:00
Junio C Hamano
6b34ce90a7 Merge branch 'mh/split-under-lock'
Further preparatory work on the refs API before the pluggable
backend series can land.

* mh/split-under-lock: (33 commits)
  lock_ref_sha1_basic(): only handle REF_NODEREF mode
  commit_ref_update(): remove the flags parameter
  lock_ref_for_update(): don't resolve symrefs
  lock_ref_for_update(): don't re-read non-symbolic references
  refs: resolve symbolic refs first
  ref_transaction_update(): check refname_is_safe() at a minimum
  unlock_ref(): move definition higher in the file
  lock_ref_for_update(): new function
  add_update(): initialize the whole ref_update
  verify_refname_available(): adjust constness in declaration
  refs: don't dereference on rename
  refs: allow log-only updates
  delete_branches(): use resolve_refdup()
  ref_transaction_commit(): correctly report close_ref() failure
  ref_transaction_create(): disallow recursive pruning
  refs: make error messages more consistent
  lock_ref_sha1_basic(): remove unneeded local variable
  read_raw_ref(): move docstring to header file
  read_raw_ref(): improve docstring
  read_raw_ref(): rename symref argument to referent
  ...
2016-07-25 14:13:32 -07:00
brian m. carlson
c368dde924 coccinelle: apply object_id Coccinelle transformations
Apply the set of semantic patches from contrib/coccinelle to convert
some leftover places using struct object_id's hash member to instead
use the wrapper functions that take struct object_id natively.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-28 11:39:02 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
841caad903 lock_ref_for_update(): avoid a symref resolution
If we're overwriting a symref with a SHA-1, we need to resolve the value
of the symref (1) to check against update->old_sha1 and (2) to write to
its reflog. However, we've already read the symref itself and know its
referent. So there is no need to read the symref's value through the
symref; we can read the referent directly.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-20 11:49:00 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
e3f510393c lock_ref_for_update(): make error handling more uniform
To aid the effort, extract a new function, check_old_oid(), and use it
in the two places where the read value of the reference has to be
checked against update->old_sha1.

Update tests to reflect the improvements.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-20 11:49:00 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
2880d16f09 for_each_reflog(): reimplement using iterators
Allow references with reflogs to be iterated over using a ref_iterator.
The latter is implemented as a files_reflog_iterator, which in turn uses
dir_iterator to read the "logs" directory.

Note that reflog iteration doesn't correctly handle per-worktree
reflogs (either before or after this patch).

Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-20 11:38:21 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
d24b21e9fc for_each_reflog(): don't abort for bad references
If there is a file under "$GIT_DIR/logs" with no corresponding
reference, the old code was emitting an error message, aborting the
reflog iteration, and returning -1. But

* None of the callers was checking the exit value

* The callers all want to find all legitimate reflogs (sometimes for the
  purpose of determining object reachability!) and wouldn't benefit from
  a truncated iteration anyway.

So instead, emit an error message and skip the "broken" reflog, but
continue with the iteration.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-20 11:38:20 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
4c4de89573 do_for_each_ref(): reimplement using reference iteration
Use the reference iterator interface to implement do_for_each_ref().
Delete a bunch of code supporting the old for_each_ref() implementation.
And now that do_for_each_ref() is generic code (it is no longer tied to
the files backend), move it to refs.c.

The implementation is via a new function, do_for_each_ref_iterator(),
which takes a reference iterator as argument and calls a callback
function for each of the references in the iterator.

This change requires the current_ref performance hack for peel_ref() to
be implemented via ref_iterator_peel() rather than peel_entry() because
we don't have a ref_entry handy (it is hidden under three layers:
file_ref_iterator, merge_ref_iterator, and cache_ref_iterator). So:

* do_for_each_ref_iterator() records the active iterator in
  current_ref_iter while it is running.

* peel_ref() checks whether current_ref_iter is pointing at the
  requested reference. If so, it asks the iterator to peel the
  reference (which it can do efficiently via its "peel" virtual
  function). For extra safety, we do the optimization only if the
  refname *addresses* are the same, not only if the refname *strings*
  are the same, to forestall possible mixups between refnames that come
  from different ref_iterators.

Please note that this optimization of peel_ref() is only available when
iterating via do_for_each_ref_iterator() (including all of the
for_each_ref() functions, which call it indirectly). It would be
complicated to implement a similar optimization when iterating directly
using a reference iterator, because multiple reference iterators can be
in use at the same time, with interleaved calls to
ref_iterator_advance(). (In fact we do exactly that in
merge_ref_iterator.)

But that is not necessary. peel_ref() is only called while iterating
over references. Callers who iterate using the for_each_ref() functions
benefit from the optimization described above. Callers who iterate using
reference iterators directly have access to the ref_iterator, so they
can call ref_iterator_peel() themselves to get an analogous optimization
in a more straightforward manner.

If we rewrite all callers to use the reference iteration API, then we
can remove the current_ref_iter hack permanently.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2016-06-20 11:38:20 -07:00