In most builtins ('rev-parse <revision>^{}', 'show-ref --dereference'),
"dereferencing" a tag refers to a recursive peel of the tag object. Unlike
these cases, the dereferencing prefix ('*') in 'for-each-ref' format
specifiers triggers only a single, non-recursive dereference of a given tag
object. For most annotated tags, a single dereference is all that is needed
to access the tag's associated commit or tree; "recursive" and
"non-recursive" dereferencing are functionally equivalent in these cases.
However, nested tags (annotated tags whose target is another annotated tag)
dereferenced once return another tag, where a recursive dereference would
return the commit or tree.
Currently, if a user wants to filter & format refs and include information
about a recursively-dereferenced tag, they can do so with something like
'cat-file --batch-check':
git for-each-ref --format="%(objectname)^{} %(refname)" <pattern> |
git cat-file --batch-check="%(objectname) %(rest)"
But the combination of commands is inefficient. So, to improve the
performance of this use case and align the defererencing behavior of
'for-each-ref' with that of other commands, update the ref formatting code
to use the peeled tag (from 'peel_iterated_oid()') to populate '*' fields
rather than the tag's immediate target object (from 'get_tagged_oid()').
Additionally, add a test to 't6300-for-each-ref' to verify new nested tag
behavior and update 't6302-for-each-ref-filter.sh' to print the correct
value for nested dereferenced fields.
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Move the description of the `*` prefix from the --format option
documentation to the part of the command documentation that deals with other
object type-specific modifiers. Also reorganize and reword the remaining
--format documentation so that the explanation of the default format doesn't
interrupt the details on format string interpolation.
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Update 'filter_and_format_refs()' to try to perform ref filtering &
formatting in a single ref iteration, without an intermediate 'struct
ref_array'. This can only be done if no operations need to be performed on a
pre-filtered array; specifically, if the refs are
- filtered on reachability,
- sorted, or
- formatted with ahead-behind information
they cannot be filtered & formatted in the same iteration. In that case,
fall back on the current filter-then-sort-then-format flow.
This optimization substantially improves memory usage due to no longer
storing a ref array in memory. In some cases, it also dramatically reduces
runtime (e.g. 'git for-each-ref --no-sort --count=1', which no longer loads
all refs into a 'struct ref_array' to printing only the first ref).
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Factor out parts of 'ref_array_push()', 'ref_filter_handler()', and
'filter_refs()' into new helper functions:
* Extract the code to grow a 'struct ref_array' and append a given 'struct
ref_array_item *' to it from 'ref_array_push()' into 'ref_array_append()'.
* Extract the code to filter a given ref by refname & object ID then create
a new 'struct ref_array_item *' from 'filter_one()' into
'apply_ref_filter()'.
* Extract the code for filter pre-processing, contains cache creation, and
ref iteration from 'filter_refs()' into 'do_filter_refs()'.
In later patches, these helpers will be used by new ref-filter API
functions. This patch does not result in any user-facing behavior changes or
changes to callers outside of 'ref-filter.c'.
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Rename 'ref_filter_handler()' to 'filter_one()' to more clearly distinguish
it from other ref filtering callbacks that will be added in later patches.
The "*_one()" naming convention is common throughout the codebase for
iteration callbacks.
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Add two new public methods to 'ref-filter.h':
* 'print_formatted_ref_array()' which, given a format specification & array
of ref items, formats and prints the items to stdout.
* 'filter_and_format_refs()' which combines 'filter_refs()',
'ref_array_sort()', and 'print_formatted_ref_array()' into a single
function.
This consolidates much of the code used to filter and format refs in
'builtin/for-each-ref.c', 'builtin/tag.c', and 'builtin/branch.c', reducing
duplication and simplifying the future changes needed to optimize the filter
& format process.
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Move the 'contains_cache' and 'no_contains_cache' used in filter_refs into
an 'internal' struct of the 'struct ref_filter'. In later patches, the
'struct ref_filter *' will be a common data structure across multiple
filtering functions. These caches are part of the common functionality the
filter struct will support, so they are updated to be internally accessible
wherever the filter is used.
The design used here mirrors what was introduced in 576de3d956
(unpack_trees: start splitting internal fields from public API, 2023-02-27)
for 'unpack_trees_options'.
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Add an internal 'array_opts' struct to 'struct ref_format' containing
formatting options that pertain to the formatting of an entire ref array:
'max_count' and 'omit_empty'. These values are specified by the '--count'
and '--omit-empty' options, respectively, to 'for-each-ref'/'tag'/'branch'.
Storing these values in the 'ref_format' will simplify the consolidation of
ref array formatting logic across builtins in later patches.
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When '--no-sort' is passed to 'for-each-ref', 'tag', and 'branch', the
printed refs are still sorted by ascending refname. Change the handling of
sort options in these commands so that '--no-sort' to truly disables
sorting.
'--no-sort' does not disable sorting in these commands is because their
option parsing does not distinguish between "the absence of '--sort'"
(and/or values for tag.sort & branch.sort) and '--no-sort'. Both result in
an empty 'sorting_options' string list, which is parsed by
'ref_sorting_options()' to create the 'struct ref_sorting *' for the
command. If the string list is empty, 'ref_sorting_options()' interprets
that as "the absence of '--sort'" and returns the default ref sorting
structure (equivalent to "refname" sort).
To handle '--no-sort' properly while preserving the "refname" sort in the
"absence of --sort'" case, first explicitly add "refname" to the string list
*before* parsing options. This alone doesn't actually change any behavior,
since 'compare_refs()' already falls back on comparing refnames if two refs
are equal w.r.t all other sort keys.
Now that the string list is populated by default, '--no-sort' is the only
way to empty the 'sorting_options' string list. Update
'ref_sorting_options()' to return a NULL 'struct ref_sorting *' if the
string list is empty, and add a condition to 'ref_array_sort()' to skip the
sort altogether if the sort structure is NULL. Note that other functions
using 'struct ref_sorting *' do not need any changes because they already
ignore NULL values.
Finally, remove the condition around sorting in 'ls-remote', since it's no
longer necessary. Unlike 'for-each-ref' et. al., it does *not* do any
sorting by default. This default is preserved by simply leaving its sort key
string list empty before parsing options; if no additional sort keys are
set, 'struct ref_sorting *' is NULL and sorting is skipped.
Signed-off-by: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Update an error message (which would probably never been seen).
* ob/sequencer-reword-error-message:
sequencer: fix error message on failure to copy SQUASH_MSG
UBSAN options were not propagated through the test framework to git
run via the httpd, unlike ASAN options, which has been corrected.
* jk/test-pass-ubsan-options-to-http-test:
test-lib: set UBSAN_OPTIONS to match ASan
An error message given by "git send-email" when given a malformed
address did not give correct information, which has been corrected.
* tb/send-email-extract-valid-address-error-message-fix:
git-send-email.perl: avoid printing undef when validating addresses
HTTP Header redaction code has been adjusted for a newer version of
cURL library that shows its traces differently from earlier
versions.
* jk/redact-h2h3-headers-fix:
http: update curl http/2 info matching for curl 8.3.0
http: factor out matching of curl http/2 trace lines
Clarify how "alias.foo = : git cmd ; aliased-command-string" should
be spelled with necessary whitespaces around punctuation marks to
work.
* pb/completion-aliases-doc:
completion: improve doc for complex aliases
"git diff --cached" codepath did not fill the necessary stat
information for a file when fsmonitor knows it is clean and ended
up behaving as if it is not clean, which has been corrected.
* js/diff-cached-fsmonitor-fix:
diff-lib: fix check_removed when fsmonitor is on
Update "git maintainance" timers' implementation based on systemd
timers to work with WSL.
* js/systemd-timers-wsl-fix:
maintenance(systemd): support the Windows Subsystem for Linux
"git diff --no-index -R <(one) <(two)" did not work correctly,
which has been corrected.
* pw/diff-no-index-from-named-pipes:
diff --no-index: fix -R with stdin
The completion script (in contrib/) has been taught to treat the
"-t" option to "git checkout" and "git switch" just like the
"--track" option, to complete remote-tracking branches.
* js/complete-checkout-t:
completion(switch/checkout): treat --track and -t the same
"git grep -e A --no-or -e B" is accepted, even though the negation
of "or" did not mean anything, which has been tightened.
* rs/grep-no-no-or:
grep: reject --no-or
References from description of the `--patch` option in various
manual pages have been simplified and improved.
* so/diff-doc-for-patch-update:
doc/diff-options: fix link to generating patch section
