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If certain options like --honor-pack-keep, --local, or --incremental are used with pack-objects, then we need to feed each potential object to want_object_in_pack() to see if it should be filtered out. But when the bitmap reuse_packfile optimization is in effect, we do not call that function at all, and in fact skip adding the objects to the to_pack list entirely. This means we have a bug: for certain requests we will silently ignore those options and include objects in that pack that should not be there. The problem has been present since the inception of the pack-reuse code in6b8fda2db(pack-objects: use bitmaps when packing objects, 2013-12-21), but it was unlikely to come up in practice. These options are generally used for on-disk packing, not transfer packs (which go to stdout), but we've never allowed pack reuse for non-stdout packs (until645c432d6, we did not even use bitmaps, which the reuse optimization relies on; after that, we explicitly turned it off when not packing to stdout). We can fix this by just disabling the reuse_packfile optimization when the options are in use. In theory we could teach the pack-reuse code to satisfy these checks, but it's not worth the complexity. The purpose of the optimization is to keep the amount of per-object work we do to a minimum. But these options inherently require us to search for other copies of each object, drowning out any benefit of the pack-reuse optimization. But note that the optimizations from56dfeb626(pack-objects: compute local/ignore_pack_keep early, 2016-07-29) happen before pack-reuse, meaning that specifying "--honor-pack-keep" in a repository with no .keep files can still follow the fast path. There are tests in t5310 that check these options with bitmaps and --stdout, but they didn't catch the bug, and it's hard to adapt them to do so. One problem is that they don't use --delta-base-offset; without that option, we always disable the reuse optimization entirely. It would be fine to add it in (it actually makes the test more realistic), but that still isn't quite enough. The other problem is that the reuse code is very picky; it only kicks in when it can reuse most of a pack, starting from the first byte. So we'd have to start from a fully repacked and bitmapped state to trigger it. But the tests for these options use a much more subtle state; they want to be sure that the want_object_in_pack() code is allowing some objects but not others. Doing a full repack runs counter to that. So this patch adds new tests at the end of the script which create the fully-packed state and make sure that each option is not fooled by reusable pack. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://public-inbox.org/git, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks