When iterating over references, reference priming is used to make sure
that loose references are read into the ref-cache before packed
references, to avoid races. It used to be that the prefix passed to
reference iterators almost always ended in `/`, for example
`refs/heads/`. In that case, the priming code would read all loose
references under `find_containing_dir("refs/heads/")`, which is
"refs/heads/". That's just what we want.
But now that `ref-filter` knows how to pass refname prefixes to
`for_each_fullref_in()`, the prefix might come from user input; for
example,
git for-each-ref refs/heads
Since the argument doesn't include a trailing slash, the reference
iteration code would prime all of the loose references under
`find_containing_dir("refs/heads")`, which is "refs/". Thus we would
unnecessarily read tags, remote-tracking references, etc., when the
user is only interested in branches.
It is a bit awkward to get around this problem. We can't just append a
slash to the argument, because we don't know ab initio whether an
argument like `refs/tags/release` corresponds to a single tag or to a
directory containing tags.
Moreover, until now a `prefix_ref_iterator` was used to make the final
decision about which references fall within the prefix (the
`cache_ref_iterator` only did a rough cut). This is also inefficient,
because the `prefix_ref_iterator` can't know, for example, that while
you are in a subdirectory that is completely within the prefix, you
don't have to do the prefix check.
So:
* Move the responsibility for doing the prefix check directly to
`cache_ref_iterator`. This means that `cache_ref_iterator_begin()`
never has to wrap its return value in a `prefix_ref_iterator`.
* Teach `cache_ref_iterator_begin()` (and `prime_ref_dir()`) to be
stricter about what they iterate over and what directories they
prime.
* Teach `cache_ref_iterator` to keep track of whether the current
`cache_ref_iterator_level` is fully within the prefix. If so, skip
the prefix checks entirely.
The main benefit of these optimizations is for loose references, since
packed references are always read all at once.
Note that after this change, `prefix_ref_iterator` is only ever used
for its trimming feature and not for its "prefix" feature. But I'm not
ripping out the latter yet, because it might be useful for another
patch series that I'm working on.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Only one caller was using it, so move the check to that caller.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Convert many of the internals of the files backend to use struct
object_id. Avoid converting public APIs (except one change to
refs/ref-cache.c) to limit the scope of the changes.
Convert one use of get_sha1_hex to parse_oid_hex, and rely on the fact
that a strbuf will be NUL-terminated and that parse_oid_hex will fail on
truncated input to avoid the need to check the length.
This is a requirement to convert parse_object later on.
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Change `cache_ref_iterator_begin()` to take two new arguments:
* `prefix` -- to iterate only over references with the specified
prefix.
* `prime_dir` -- to "prime" (i.e., pre-load) the cache before starting
the iteration.
The new functionality makes it possible for
`files_ref_iterator_begin()` to be made more ignorant of the internals
of `ref_cache`, and `find_containing_dir()` and `prime_ref_dir()` to
be made private.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
That "refs/bisect/" has to be handled specially when filling the
ref_cache for loose references is a peculiarity of the files backend,
and the ref-cache code shouldn't need to know about it. So move this
code to the callback function, `loose_fill_ref_dir()`.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
It is a leveling violation for `ref_cache` to know about
`files_ref_store` or that it should call `read_loose_refs()` to lazily
fill cache directories. So instead, have its constructor take as an
argument a callback function that it should use for lazy-filling, and
change `files_ref_store` to supply a pointer to function
`read_loose_refs` (renamed to `loose_fill_ref_dir`) when creating the
ref cache for its loose refs.
This means that we can generify the type of the back-pointer in
`struct ref_cache` from `files_ref_store` to `ref_store`.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Instead of keeping a pointer to the `ref_store` in every `ref_dir`
entry, store it once in `struct ref_cache`, and change `struct
ref_dir` to include a pointer to its containing `ref_cache` instead.
This makes it easier to add to the information that is accessible from
a `ref_dir` without increasing the size of every `ref_dir` instance.
Note that previously, every `ref_dir` pointed at the containing
`files_ref_store` regardless of whether it was a part of the loose or
packed reference cache. Now we have to be sure to initialize the
instances to point at the correct containing `ref_cache`. So change
`create_dir_entry()` to take a `ref_cache` parameter, and change its
callers to pass the correct `ref_cache` depending on the purpose of
the new `dir_entry`.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
For now, it just wraps a `ref_entry *` that points at the root of the
tree. Soon it will hold more information.
Add two new functions, `create_ref_cache()` and `free_ref_cache()`.
Make `free_ref_entry()` private.
Change files-backend to use this type to hold its caches.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The `ref_cache` code is currently too tightly coupled to
`files-backend`, making the code harder to understand and making it
awkward for new code to use `ref_cache` (as we indeed have planned).
Start loosening that coupling by splitting `ref_cache` into a separate
module.
This commit moves code, adds declarations, and changes the visibility
of some functions, but doesn't change any code.
The modules are still too tightly coupled, but the situation will be
improved in subsequent commits.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Michael Haggerty
brian m. carlson