Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes:
> From: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
>
> Older versions of pack-refs did not write peel lines for
> refs outside of refs/tags. This meant that on reading the
> pack-refs file, we might set the REF_KNOWS_PEELED flag for
> such a ref, even though we do not know anything about its
> peeled value.
>
> The previous commit updated the writer to always peel, no
> matter what the ref is. That means that packed-refs files
> written by newer versions of git are fine to be read by both
> old and new versions of git. However, we still have the
> problem of reading packed-refs files written by older
> versions of git, or by other implementations which have not
> yet learned the same trick.
>
> The simplest fix would be to always unset the
> REF_KNOWS_PEELED flag for refs outside of refs/tags that do
> not have a peel line (if it has a peel line, we know it is
> valid, but we cannot assume a missing peel line means
> anything). But that loses an important optimization, as
> upload-pack should not need to load the object pointed to by
> refs/heads/foo to determine that it is not a tag.
>
> Instead, we add a "fully-peeled" trait to the packed-refs
> file. If it is set, we know that we can trust a missing peel
> line to mean that a ref cannot be peeled. Otherwise, we fall
> back to assuming nothing.
>
> [commit message and tests by Jeff King <p...@peff.net>]
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <p...@peff.net>
> ---
> This uses Michael's approach for managing the flags within
> read_packed_refs, which is more readable. As I picked up his
> code and comments, I realized that there was basically
> nothing of mine left, so I switched the authorship. But do
> note:
>
> 1. It should have Michael's signoff, which was not present
> in the commit I lifted the code from.
>
> 2. I tweaked the big comment above read_packed_refs to
> reduce some ambiguities. Please double-check that I am
> not putting inaccurate words in your mouth. :)
>
> pack-refs.c | 2 +-
> refs.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> t/t3211-peel-ref.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/pack-refs.c b/pack-refs.c
> index ebde785..4461f71 100644
> --- a/pack-refs.c
> +++ b/pack-refs.c
> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int pack_refs(unsigned int flags)
> die_errno("unable to create ref-pack file structure");
>
> /* perhaps other traits later as well */
> - fprintf(cbdata.refs_file, "# pack-refs with: peeled \n");
> + fprintf(cbdata.refs_file, "# pack-refs with: peeled fully-peeled \n");
>
> for_each_ref(handle_one_ref, &cbdata);
> if (ferror(cbdata.refs_file))
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index 175b9fc..bdeac28 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -803,11 +803,39 @@ static void read_packed_refs(FILE *f, struct ref_dir
> *dir)
> return line;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Read f, which is a packed-refs file, into dir.
> + *
> + * A comment line of the form "# pack-refs with: " may contain zero or
> + * more traits. We interpret the traits as follows:
> + *
> + * No traits:
> + *
> + * Probably no references are peeled. But if the file contains a
> + * peeled value for a reference, we will use it.
> + *
> + * peeled:
> + *
> + * References under "refs/tags/", if they *can* be peeled, *are*
> + * peeled in this file. References outside of "refs/tags/" are
> + * probably not peeled even if they could have been, but if we find
> + * a peeled value for such a reference we will use it.
> + *
> + * fully-peeled:
> + *
> + * All references in the file that can be peeled are peeled.
> + * Inversely (and this is more important, any references in the
A missing closing paren after "more important". Also the e-mail
quote reveals there is some inconsistent indentation (HTs vs runs of
SPs) here.
> + * file for which no peeled value is recorded is not peelable. This
> + * trait should typically be written alongside "fully-peeled" for
Alongside "peeled", no?
> @@ -816,8 +844,10 @@ static void read_packed_refs(FILE *f, struct ref_dir
> *dir)
>
> if (!strncmp(refline, header, sizeof(header)-1)) {
> const char *traits = refline + sizeof(header) - 1;
> - if (strstr(traits, " peeled "))
> + if (strstr(traits, " fully-peeled "))
> flag |= REF_KNOWS_PEELED;
> + else if (strstr(traits, " peeled "))
> + refs_tags_peeled = 1;
> /* perhaps other traits later as well */
> continue;
> }
> @@ -825,6 +855,8 @@ static void read_packed_refs(FILE *f, struct ref_dir *dir)
> refname = parse_ref_line(refline, sha1);
> if (refname) {
> last = create_ref_entry(refname, sha1, flag, 1);
> + if (refs_tags_peeled && !prefixcmp(refname,
> "refs/tags/"))
> + last->flag |= REF_KNOWS_PEELED;
I am not sure why you find this any more readable.
The "flag" is set earlier to contain REF_KNOWS_PEELED only when we
have fully-peeled trait, and peeled trait is recorded as a separate
local variable. The fully-peeled case sets the flag by passing the
flag to create_ref_entry() but the peeled case adds it to last->flag
manually after the fact.
If you set two local variables when you read the traits (iow, no
futzing with "flag" there), this part would become either:
last = create_ref_entry(refname, sha1, REF_ISPACKED, 1);
if (refs_fully_peeled ||
(refs_tags_peeled && !prefixcmp(refname, "refs/tags/")))
last->flag |= REF_KNOWS_PEELED;
or
flag = REF_ISPACKED;
if (refs_fully_peeled ||
(refs_tags_peeled && !prefixcmp(refname, "refs/tags/")))
flag |= REF_KNOWS_PEELED;
last = create_ref_entry(refname, sha1, flag, 1);
either of which would be much more readable at least to me.
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