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2026-06-22win32: ensure that `localtime_r()` is declared even in i686 buildsJohannes Schindelin1-1/+1
The `__MINGW64__` constant is defined, surprise, surprise, only when building for a 64-bit CPU architecture. Therefore using it as a guard to define `_POSIX_C_SOURCE` (so that `localtime_r()` is declared, among other functions) is not enough, we also need to check `__MINGW32__`. Technically, the latter constant is defined even for 64-bit builds. But let's make things a bit easier to understand by testing for both constants. Making it so fixes this compile warning (turned error in GCC v14.1): archive-zip.c: In function 'dos_time': archive-zip.c:612:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'localtime_r'; did you mean 'localtime_s'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 612 | localtime_r(&time, &tm); | ^~~~~~~~~~~ | localtime_s Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-21Merge branch 'js/objects-larger-than-4gb-on-windows-more'Junio C Hamano1-1/+23
* js/objects-larger-than-4gb-on-windows-more: odb: use size_t for object_info.sizep and the size APIs packfile,delta: drop the `cast_size_t_to_ulong()` wrappers pack-objects: use size_t for in-core object sizes packfile: widen unpack_entry()'s size out-parameter to size_t pack-objects(check_pack_inflate()): use size_t instead of unsigned long patch-delta: use size_t for sizes compat/msvc: use _chsize_s for ftruncate
2026-06-17Merge branch 'dl/posix-unused-warning-clang'Junio C Hamano1-12/+23
The UNUSED macro in 'compat/posix.h' has been updated to use a newly introduced GIT_CLANG_PREREQ macro for compiler version checks, and the existing GIT_GNUC_PREREQ macro has been modernized to use explicit major/minor comparisons rather than bit-shifting. * dl/posix-unused-warning-clang: compat/posix.h: simplify GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() comparison compat/posix.h: clean up GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() and UNUSED compat/posix.h: enable UNUSED warning messages for Clang
2026-06-16Merge branch 'js/win-kill-child-more-gently'Junio C Hamano2-7/+194
Advanced emulation of kill() used on Windows in GfW has been upstreamed to improve the symptoms like left-behind .lock files and that fails to let the child clean-up itself when it gets killed. * js/win-kill-child-more-gently: mingw: really handle SIGINT mingw: kill child processes in a gentler way
2026-06-15compat/msvc: use _chsize_s for ftruncateJohannes Schindelin1-1/+23
On Windows, `unsigned long` and `long` are 32 bits even on 64-bit builds. The MSVC compatibility header has shimmed `ftruncate()` with #define ftruncate _chsize ever since `compat/msvc-posix.h` was introduced. `_chsize()` takes a 32-bit `long` for the new length, which silently truncates files (and the requested size) to 2 GiB. That is enough to make t7508 test 126 "git add fails gracefully with 4 GiB and 8 GiB files" fail under MSVC: `test-tool truncate` creates a sparse 4 GiB or 8 GiB file via the shimmed `ftruncate()`, and the test never gets off the ground. `_chsize_s()` is the modern replacement, accepts a 64-bit `__int64` length, and is the only sensible target on Windows. The catch is that it does not follow the POSIX `-1` + `errno` convention: it returns `0` on success and an errno value (a small positive integer) on failure. A plain `#define ftruncate _chsize_s` would therefore silently break callers that test the return value as `< 0` or against `-1`, of which there are several: `http.c`, `parallel-checkout.c`, and `t/helper/test-truncate.c` among them. Introduce a `static inline` wrapper that calls `_chsize_s()`, copies its errno return into `errno`, and translates the result to the familiar `-1` / `0` convention, then point `ftruncate` at the wrapper. Place the wrapper after `#include "mingw-posix.h"` so the `off_t` parameter resolves to the already-widened `off64_t` rather than the 32-bit `_off_t` from `compat/vcbuild/include/unistd.h`. MinGW is unaffected: its `ftruncate()` already takes `off_t` and routes through `ftruncate64()` when `_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64`, which is the default in our build. Assisted-by: Opus 4.7 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-15Merge branch 'ak/typofixes'Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Typofixes. * ak/typofixes: doc: fix typos via codespell
2026-06-15Merge branch 'ob/more-repo-config-values'Junio C Hamano1-7/+13
Many core configuration variables have been migrated from global variables into 'repo_config_values' to tie them to a specific repository instance, avoiding cross-repository state leakage. * ob/more-repo-config-values: environment: move "warn_on_object_refname_ambiguity" into `struct repo_config_values` environment: move "sparse_expect_files_outside_of_patterns" into `struct repo_config_values` environment: move "core_sparse_checkout_cone" into `struct repo_config_values` environment: move "precomposed_unicode" into `struct repo_config_values` environment: move "pack_compression_level" into `struct repo_config_values` environment: move `zlib_compression_level` into `struct repo_config_values` environment: move "check_stat" into `struct repo_config_values` environment: move "trust_ctime" into `struct repo_config_values`
2026-06-13compat/posix.h: simplify GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() comparisonDominik Loidolt1-2/+2
GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() uses a glibc-style bit-shift version comparison, which is harder to read than an explicit major/minor comparison. Use an explicit comparison, as in many BSD <sys/cdefs.h> headers, and drop the Linux header attribution comment because it no longer applies. Signed-off-by: Dominik Loidolt <dominik.loidolt@univie.ac.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-13compat/posix.h: clean up GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() and UNUSEDDominik Loidolt1-9/+8
Fix the preprocessor indentation of the GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() and UNUSED macros according to the CodingGuidelines, without changing their behavior. Adjust the spelling in the GIT_GNUC_PREREQ() comment block. Signed-off-by: Dominik Loidolt <dominik.loidolt@univie.ac.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-13compat/posix.h: enable UNUSED warning messages for ClangDominik Loidolt1-1/+13
Use a dedicated Clang version check for the UNUSED macro. Commit 7c07f36ad2 (git-compat-util.h: GCC deprecated message arg only in GCC 4.5+, 2022-10-05) restricted use of the deprecated attribute's message argument in the UNUSED macro to GCC 4.5 or newer. Clang identifies itself as GNUC 4.2.1 for compatibility, so GIT_GNUC_PREREQ(4, 5) does not detect whether Clang supports the deprecated("...") form. Add GIT_CLANG_PREREQ() macro and use it to enable the UNUSED warning message for Clang 2.9 and newer. Signed-off-by: Dominik Loidolt <dominik.loidolt@univie.ac.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-08doc: fix typos via codespellAndrew Kreimer1-1/+1
There are some typos in the documentation, comments, etc. Fix them via codespell, and then adjust the "dump" files used by the subversion tests to match the updated contents. Signed-off-by: Andrew Kreimer <algonell@gmail.com> [dscho noticed and fixed the problems in svn test] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> [jc did final assembling of the three patches] Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-05mingw: really handle SIGINTJohannes Schindelin1-0/+9
Previously, we did not install any handler for Ctrl+C, but now we really want to because the MSYS2 runtime learned the trick to call the ConsoleCtrlHandler when Ctrl+C was pressed. With this, hitting Ctrl+C while `git log` is running will only terminate the Git process, but not the pager. This finally matches the behavior on Linux and on macOS. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-05mingw: kill child processes in a gentler wayJohannes Schindelin2-7/+185
The TerminateProcess() function does not actually leave the child processes any chance to perform any cleanup operations. This is bad insofar as Git itself expects its signal handlers to run. A symptom is e.g. a left-behind .lock file that would not be left behind if the same operation was run, say, on Linux. To remedy this situation, we use an obscure trick: we inject a thread into the process that needs to be killed and to let that thread run the ExitProcess() function with the desired exit status. Thanks J Wyman for describing this trick. The advantage is that the ExitProcess() function lets the atexit handlers run. While this is still different from what Git expects (i.e. running a signal handler), in practice Git sets up signal handlers and atexit handlers that call the same code to clean up after itself. In case that the gentle method to terminate the process failed, we still fall back to calling TerminateProcess(), but in that case we now also make sure that processes spawned by the spawned process are terminated; TerminateProcess() does not give the spawned process a chance to do so itself. Please note that this change only affects how Git for Windows tries to terminate processes spawned by Git's own executables. Third-party software that *calls* Git and wants to terminate it *still* need to make sure to imitate this gentle method, otherwise this patch will not have any effect. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-06-03environment: move "precomposed_unicode" into `struct repo_config_values`Olamide Caleb Bello1-7/+13
The `core.precomposeunicode` configuration is currently stored in the global variable `precomposed_unicode`, which makes it shared across repository instances within a single process. Store it instead in `repo_config_values`, where eagerly‑parsed repository configuration lives. `core.precomposeunicode` is parsed eagerly because it controls Unicode path normalization on macOS, a fundamental filesystem‑level behavior that many operations depend on; a lazy parse could lead to inconsistent results and hamper libification. This preserves the existing behavior while tying the value to the repository from which it was read, avoiding cross‑ repository state leakage and continuing the effort to reduce reliance on global configuration state. Update all references to use `repo_config_values()`. Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> Mentored-by: Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Olamide Caleb Bello <belkid98@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-31Merge branch 'pt/fsmonitor-linux'Junio C Hamano7-0/+1024
The fsmonitor daemon has been implemented for Linux. * pt/fsmonitor-linux: fsmonitor: convert shown khash to strset in do_handle_client fsmonitor: add tests for Linux fsmonitor: add timeout to daemon stop command fsmonitor: close inherited file descriptors and detach in daemon run-command: add close_fd_above_stderr option fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux fsmonitor: rename fsm-settings-darwin.c to fsm-settings-unix.c fsmonitor: rename fsm-ipc-darwin.c to fsm-ipc-unix.c fsmonitor: use pthread_cond_timedwait for cookie wait compat/win32: add pthread_cond_timedwait fsmonitor: fix hashmap memory leak in fsmonitor_run_daemon fsmonitor: fix khash memory leak in do_handle_client t9210, t9211: disable GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX for scalar clone tests
2026-05-21Merge branch 'js/mingw-no-nedmalloc' into maint-2.54Junio C Hamano5-7054/+0
Stop using unmaintained custom allocator in Windows build which was the last user of the code. * js/mingw-no-nedmalloc: mingw: remove the vendored compat/nedmalloc/ subtree mingw: drop the build-system plumbing for nedmalloc mingw: stop using nedmalloc
2026-05-20Merge branch 'js/mingw-no-nedmalloc'Junio C Hamano5-7054/+0
Stop using unmaintained custom allocator in Windows build which was the last user of the code. * js/mingw-no-nedmalloc: mingw: remove the vendored compat/nedmalloc/ subtree mingw: drop the build-system plumbing for nedmalloc mingw: stop using nedmalloc
2026-05-20Merge branch 'js/objects-larger-than-4gb-on-windows'Junio C Hamano1-0/+2
Update code paths that assumed "unsigned long" was long enough for "size_t". * js/objects-larger-than-4gb-on-windows: ci: run expensive tests on push builds to integration branches t5608: mark >4GB tests as EXPENSIVE test-tool synthesize: add precomputed SHA-256 pack for 4 GiB + 1 test-tool synthesize: precompute pack for 4 GiB + 1 test-tool synthesize: use the unsafe hash for speed t5608: add regression test for >4GB object clone test-tool: add a helper to synthesize large packfiles delta, packfile: use size_t for delta header sizes odb, packfile: use size_t for streaming object sizes git-zlib: handle data streams larger than 4GB index-pack, unpack-objects: use size_t for object size
2026-05-09test-tool: add a helper to synthesize large packfilesJohannes Schindelin1-0/+2
To test Git's behavior with very large pack files, we need a way to generate such files quickly. A naive approach using only readily-available Git commands would take over 10 hours for a 4GB pack file, which is prohibitive. Side-stepping Git's machinery and actual zlib compression by writing uncompressed content with the appropriate zlib header makes things much faster. The fastest method using this approach generates many small, unreachable blob objects and takes about 1.5 minutes for 4GB. However, this cannot be used because we need to test git clone, which requires a reachable commit history. Generating many reachable commits with small, uncompressed blobs takes about 4 minutes for 4GB. But this approach 1) does not reproduce the issues we want to fix (which require individual objects larger than 4GB) and 2) is comparatively slow because of the many SHA-1 calculations. The approach taken here generates a single large blob (filled with NUL bytes), along with the trees and commits needed to make it reachable. This takes about 2.5 minutes for 4.5GB, which is the fastest option that produces a valid, clonable repository with an object large enough to trigger the bugs we want to test. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-09mingw: remove the vendored compat/nedmalloc/ subtreeJohannes Schindelin5-7054/+0
The previous two commits stopped opting into nedmalloc on Windows and stripped out the build-system plumbing that referenced it; the compat/nedmalloc/ subtree now has no callers and no consumers in the build, so retire it from the tree. Note that this patch is larger than can be sent via the mailing list, and was originally sent in three-pieces and merged back on the receiving end. Assisted-by: Opus 4.7 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-08mingw: optionally use legacy (non-POSIX) delete semanticsJohannes Schindelin1-2/+45
At some point between Windows 10 Build 17134.1304 and Build 18363.657, the default behavior of `DeleteFileW()` was changed to use POSIX semantics (https://stackoverflow.com/a/60512798). Under those semantics, a file can be deleted even when another process holds an active `MapViewOfFile` view on it: the directory entry is removed immediately, but the underlying data persists until the last handle is closed. On older Windows versions (and Windows 10 builds before that change), `DeleteFileW()` uses legacy semantics where deletion fails outright if any process holds a file mapping. To allow testing code paths that depend on the legacy behavior, introduce a `GIT_TEST_LEGACY_DELETE` environment variable. When set, `mingw_unlink()` uses `SetFileInformationByHandle()` with `FileDispositionInfo` (the non-POSIX variant) instead of `DeleteFileW()`, forcing legacy delete semantics regardless of the Windows version. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-15fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for LinuxPaul Tarjan3-0/+996
Implement the built-in fsmonitor daemon for Linux using the inotify API, bringing it to feature parity with the existing Windows and macOS implementations. The implementation uses inotify rather than fanotify because fanotify requires either CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_PERFMON capabilities, making it unsuitable for an unprivileged user-space daemon. While inotify has the limitation of requiring a separate watch on every directory (unlike macOS's FSEvents, which can monitor an entire directory tree with a single watch), it operates without elevated privileges and provides the per-file event granularity needed for fsmonitor. The listener uses inotify_init1(O_NONBLOCK) with a poll loop that checks for events with a 50-millisecond timeout, keeping the inotify queue well-drained to minimize the risk of overflows. Bidirectional hashmaps map between watch descriptors and directory paths for efficient event resolution. Directory renames are tracked using inotify's cookie mechanism to correlate IN_MOVED_FROM and IN_MOVED_TO event pairs; a periodic check detects stale renames where the matching IN_MOVED_TO never arrived, forcing a resync. New directory creation triggers recursive watch registration to ensure all subdirectories are monitored. The IN_MASK_CREATE flag is used where available to prevent modifying existing watches, with a fallback for older kernels. When IN_MASK_CREATE is available and inotify_add_watch returns EEXIST, it means another thread or recursive scan has already registered the watch, so it is safe to ignore. Remote filesystem detection uses statfs() to identify network-mounted filesystems (NFS, CIFS, SMB, FUSE, etc.) via their magic numbers. Mount point information is read from /proc/mounts and matched against the statfs f_fsid to get accurate, human-readable filesystem type names for logging. When the .git directory is on a remote filesystem, the IPC socket falls back to $HOME or a user-configured directory via the fsmonitor.socketDir setting. Based-on-patch-by: Eric DeCosta <edecosta@mathworks.com> Based-on-patch-by: Marziyeh Esipreh <marziyeh.esipreh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-15fsmonitor: rename fsm-settings-darwin.c to fsm-settings-unix.cPaul Tarjan1-0/+0
The fsmonitor settings logic in fsm-settings-darwin.c is not Darwin-specific and will be reused by the upcoming Linux implementation. Rename it to fsm-settings-unix.c to reflect that it is shared by all Unix platforms. Update the build files (meson.build and CMakeLists.txt) to use FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS for fsm-settings, matching the approach already used for fsm-ipc. Based-on-patch-by: Eric DeCosta <edecosta@mathworks.com> Based-on-patch-by: Marziyeh Esipreh <marziyeh.esipreh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-15fsmonitor: rename fsm-ipc-darwin.c to fsm-ipc-unix.cPaul Tarjan1-0/+0
The fsmonitor IPC path logic in fsm-ipc-darwin.c is not Darwin-specific and will be reused by the upcoming Linux implementation. Rename it to fsm-ipc-unix.c to reflect that it is shared by all Unix platforms. Introduce FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS (set to "unix" for non-Windows, "win32" for Windows) as a separate variable from FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND so that the build files can distinguish between platform-specific files (listen, health, path-utils) and shared Unix files (ipc, settings). Move fsm-ipc to the FSMONITOR_OS_SETTINGS section in the Makefile, and switch fsm-path-utils to use FSMONITOR_DAEMON_BACKEND since path-utils is platform-specific (there will be separate darwin and linux versions). Based-on-patch-by: Eric DeCosta <edecosta@mathworks.com> Based-on-patch-by: Marziyeh Esipreh <marziyeh.esipreh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-15compat/win32: add pthread_cond_timedwaitPaul Tarjan2-0/+28
Add a pthread_cond_timedwait() implementation to the Windows pthread compatibility layer using SleepConditionVariableCS() with a millisecond timeout computed from the absolute deadline. Signed-off-by: Paul Tarjan <github@paulisageek.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-09Revert "compat/posix: introduce writev(3p) wrapper"Junio C Hamano2-58/+0
This reverts commit 3b9b2c2a29a1d529ca9884fa0a6529f6e2496abe; let's not use writev() for now.
2026-04-06compat/winansi: drop pre-Vista workaroundMatthias Aßhauer1-33/+4
1edeb9a (Win32: warn if the console font doesn't support Unicode, 2014-06-10) introduced both code to detect the current console font on Windows Vista and newer and a fallback for older systems to detect the default console font and issue a warning if that font doesn't support unicode. Since we haven't supported any Windows older than Vista in almost a decade, we don't need to keep the workaround. Signed-off-by: Matthias Aßhauer <mha1993@live.de> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-06unify and bump _WIN32_WINNT definition to Windows 8.1Matthias Aßhauer5-5/+7
Git for Windows doesn't support anything prior to Windows 8.1 since 2.47.0 and Git followed along with commits like ce6ccba (mingw: drop Windows 7-specific work-around, 2025-08-04). There is no need to pretend to the compiler that we still support Windows Vista, just to lock us out of easy access to newer APIs. There is also no need to have conflicting and unused definitions claiming we support some versions of Windows XP or even Windows NT 4.0. Bump all definitions of _WIN32_WINNT to a realistic value of Windows 8.1. This will also simplify code for a followup commit that will improve cpu core detection on multi-socket systems. Signed-off-by: Matthias Aßhauer <mha1993@live.de> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-03mingw: use strftime() directly in UCRT buildsJohannes Schindelin1-0/+4
The `mingw_strftime()` wrapper exists to work around msvcrt.dll's incomplete `strftime()` implementation by dynamically loading the version from ucrtbase.dll at runtime via `LoadLibrary()` + `GetProcAddress()`. When the binary is already linked against UCRT (i.e. when building in the UCRT64 environment), the linked-in `strftime()` is the ucrtbase.dll version, making the dynamic loading needless churn: It's calling the very same code. Simply guard both the declaration and implementation so that the unnecessary work-around is skipped in UCRT builds. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-25regexp: leave a pointer to resurrect workaround for HomebrewJunio C Hamano1-0/+5
Recently some GitHub CI jobs were broken by update on the platform side, which was eventually resolved by image rollback, but in the meantime Dscho invented a workaround patch to sidestep the broken part of the platform. Their future image update may contain the same bug, in which case the workaround may again become needed. As we do not want to be building with workaround that avoids system regexp library altogether unless the system is known to be broken, so short of an automated "detect broken system and apply workaround" mechanism, let's use the folks who are compiling the code to detect breakage on their system and cope with the breakage ;-) Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-24Merge branch 'ps/upload-pack-buffer-more-writes'Junio C Hamano2-0/+58
Reduce system overhead "git upload-pack" spends on relaying "git pack-objects" output to the "git fetch" running on the other end of the connection. * ps/upload-pack-buffer-more-writes: builtin/pack-objects: reduce lock contention when writing packfile data csum-file: drop `hashfd_throughput()` csum-file: introduce `hashfd_ext()` sideband: use writev(3p) to send pktlines wrapper: introduce writev(3p) wrappers compat/posix: introduce writev(3p) wrapper upload-pack: reduce lock contention when writing packfile data upload-pack: prefer flushing data over sending keepalive upload-pack: adapt keepalives based on buffering upload-pack: fix debug statement when flushing packfile data
2026-03-13compat/posix: introduce writev(3p) wrapperPatrick Steinhardt2-0/+58
In a subsequent commit we're going to add the first caller to writev(3p). Introduce a compatibility wrapper for this syscall that we can use on systems that don't have this syscall. The syscall exists on modern Unixes like Linux and macOS, and seemingly even for NonStop according to [1]. It doesn't seem to exist on Windows though. [1]: http://nonstoptools.com/manuals/OSS-SystemCalls.pdf [2]: https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/writev.html Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-25Merge branch 'mc/tr2-process-ancestry-cleanup'Junio C Hamano2-25/+130
Add process ancestry data to trace2 on macOS to match what we already do on Linux and Windows. Also adjust the way Windows implementation reports this information to match the other two. * mc/tr2-process-ancestry-cleanup: t0213: add trace2 cmd_ancestry tests test-tool: extend trace2 helper with 400ancestry trace2: emit cmd_ancestry data for Windows trace2: refactor Windows process ancestry trace2 event build: include procinfo.c impl for macOS trace2: add macOS process ancestry tracing
2026-02-17Merge branch 'pc/lockfile-pid'Junio C Hamano1-0/+10
Allow recording process ID of the process that holds the lock next to a lockfile for diagnosis. * pc/lockfile-pid: lockfile: add PID file for debugging stale locks
2026-02-13trace2: emit cmd_ancestry data for WindowsMatthew John Cheetham1-0/+8
Since 2f732bf15e (tr2: log parent process name, 2021-07-21) it is now now possible to emit a specific process ancestry event in TRACE2. We should emit the Windows process ancestry data with the correct event type. To not break existing consumers of the data_json "windows/ancestry" event, we continue to emit the ancestry data as a JSON event. Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-13trace2: refactor Windows process ancestry trace2 eventMatthew John Cheetham1-25/+25
In 353d3d77f4 (trace2: collect Windows-specific process information, 2019-02-22) we added process ancestry information for Windows to TRACE2 via a data_json event. It was only later in 2f732bf15e (tr2: log parent process name, 2021-07-21) that the specific cmd_ancestry event was added to TRACE2. In a future commit we will emit the ancestry information with the newer cmd_ancestry TRACE2 event. Right now, we rework this implementation of trace2_collect_process_info to separate the calculation of ancestors from building and emiting the JSON array via a data_json event. Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-13trace2: add macOS process ancestry tracingMatthew John Cheetham1-0/+97
In 353d3d77f4 (trace2: collect Windows-specific process information, 2019-02-22) Windows-specific process ancestry information was added as a data_json event to TRACE2. Furthermore in 2f732bf15e (tr2: log parent process name, 2021-07-21) similar functionality was added for Linux-based systems, using procfs. Teach Git to also log process ancestry on macOS using the sysctl with KERN_PROC to get process information (PPID and process name). Like the Linux implementation, we use the cmd_ancestry TRACE2 event rather than using a data_json event and creating another custom data point. Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-23Merge branch 'js/symlink-windows'Junio C Hamano4-156/+496
Upstream symbolic link support on Windows from Git-for-Windows. * js/symlink-windows: mingw: special-case index entries for symlinks with buggy size mingw: emulate `stat()` a little more faithfully mingw: try to create symlinks without elevated permissions mingw: add support for symlinks to directories mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only) mingw: implement `readlink()` mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directories mingw: support renaming symlinks mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()` mingw: add symlink-specific error codes mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to false mingw: factor out the retry logic mingw: compute the correct size for symlinks in `mingw_lstat()` mingw: teach dirent about symlinks mingw: let `mingw_lstat()` error early upon problems with reparse points mingw: drop the separate `do_lstat()` function mingw: implement `stat()` with symlink support mingw: don't call `GetFileAttributes()` twice in `mingw_lstat()`
2026-01-22lockfile: add PID file for debugging stale locksPaulo Casaretto1-0/+10
When a lock file is held, it can be helpful to know which process owns it, especially when debugging stale locks left behind by crashed processes. Add an optional feature that creates a companion PID file alongside each lock file, containing the PID of the lock holder. For a lock file "foo.lock", the PID file is named "foo~pid.lock". The tilde character is forbidden in refnames and allowed in Windows filenames, which guarantees no collision with the refs namespace (e.g., refs "foo" and "foo~pid" cannot both exist). The file contains a single line in the format "pid <value>" followed by a newline. The PID file is created when a lock is acquired (if enabled), and automatically cleaned up when the lock is released (via commit or rollback). The file is registered as a tempfile so it gets cleaned up by signal and atexit handlers if the process terminates abnormally. When a lock conflict occurs, the code checks for an existing PID file and, if found, uses kill(pid, 0) to determine if the process is still running. This allows providing context-aware error messages: Lock is held by process 12345. Wait for it to finish, or remove the lock file to continue. Or for a stale lock: Lock was held by process 12345, which is no longer running. Remove the stale lock file to continue. The feature is controlled via core.lockfilePid configuration (boolean). Defaults to false. When enabled, PID files are created for all lock operations. Existing PID files are always read when displaying lock errors, regardless of the core.lockfilePid setting. This ensures helpful diagnostics even when the feature was previously enabled and later disabled. Signed-off-by: Paulo Casaretto <pcasaretto@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-21Merge branch 'js/prep-symlink-windows'Junio C Hamano1-11/+7
Further preparation to upstream symbolic link support on Windows. * js/prep-symlink-windows: trim_last_path_component(): avoid hard-coding the directory separator strbuf_readlink(): support link targets that exceed 2*PATH_MAX strbuf_readlink(): avoid calling `readlink()` twice in corner-cases init: do parse _all_ core.* settings early mingw: do resolve symlinks in `getcwd()`
2026-01-09mingw: emulate `stat()` a little more faithfullyJohannes Schindelin1-1/+13
When creating directories via `safe_create_leading_directories()`, we might encounter an already-existing directory which is not readable by the current user. To handle that situation, Git's code calls `stat()` to determine whether we're looking at a directory. In such a case, `CreateFile()` will fail, though, no matter what, and consequently `mingw_stat()` will fail, too. But POSIX semantics seem to still allow `stat()` to go forward. So let's call `mingw_lstat()` to the rescue if we fail to get a file handle due to denied permission in `mingw_stat()`, and fill the stat info that way. We need to be careful to not allow this to go forward in case that we're looking at a symbolic link: to resolve the link, we would still have to create a file handle, and we just found out that we cannot. Therefore, `stat()` still needs to fail with `EACCES` in that case. This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2531. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: try to create symlinks without elevated permissionsJohannes Schindelin1-2/+24
As of Windows 10 Build 14972 in Developer Mode, a new flag is supported by `CreateSymbolicLink()` to create symbolic links even when running outside of an elevated session (which was previously required). This new flag is called `SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE` and has the numeric value 0x02. Previous Windows 10 versions will not understand that flag and return an `ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER`, therefore we have to be careful to try passing that flag only when the build number indicates that it is supported. For more information about the new flag, see this blog post: https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/12/02/symlinks-windows-10/ Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: add support for symlinks to directoriesKarsten Blees1-0/+164
Symlinks on Windows have a flag that indicates whether the target is a file or a directory. Symlinks of wrong type simply don't work. This even affects core Win32 APIs (e.g. `DeleteFile()` refuses to delete directory symlinks). However, `CreateFile()` with FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS does work. Check the target type by first creating a tentative file symlink, opening it, and checking the type of the resulting handle. If it is a directory, recreate the symlink with the directory flag set. It is possible to create symlinks before the target exists (or in case of symlinks to symlinks: before the target type is known). If this happens, create a tentative file symlink and postpone the directory decision: keep a list of phantom symlinks to be processed whenever a new directory is created in `mingw_mkdir()`. Limitations: This algorithm may fail if a link target changes from file to directory or vice versa, or if the target directory is created in another process. It's the best Git can do, though. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: implement basic `symlink()` functionality (file symlinks only)Karsten Blees2-2/+29
Implement `symlink()`. This implementation always creates _file_ symlinks (remember: Windows discerns between symlinks pointing to directories and those pointing to files). Support for directory symlinks will be added in a subseqeuent commit. This implementation fails with `ENOSYS` if symlinks are disabled or unsupported. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: implement `readlink()`Karsten Blees2-2/+25
Implement `readlink()` by reading NTFS reparse points via the `read_reparse_point()` function that was introduced earlier to determine the length of symlink targets. Works for symlinks and directory junctions. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: allow `mingw_chdir()` to change to symlink-resolved directoriesKarsten Blees1-1/+19
If symlinks are enabled, resolve all symlinks when changing directories, as required by POSIX. Note: Git's `real_path()` function bases its link resolution algorithm on this property of `chdir()`. Unfortunately, the current directory on Windows is limited to only MAX_PATH (260) characters. Therefore using symlinks and long paths in combination may be problematic. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: support renaming symlinksKarsten Blees1-22/+16
Older MSVCRT's `_wrename()` function cannot rename symlinks over existing files: it returns success without doing anything. Newer MSVCR*.dll versions probably do not share this problem: according to CRT sources, they just call `MoveFileEx()` with the `MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED` flag. Avoid the `_wrename()` call, and go with directly calling `MoveFileEx()`, with proper error handling of course. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: handle symlinks to directories in `mingw_unlink()`Karsten Blees1-1/+8
The `_wunlink()` and `DeleteFileW()` functions refuse to delete symlinks to directories on Windows; The error code would be `ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED` in that case. Take that error code as an indicator that we need to try `_wrmdir()` as well. In the best case, it will remove a symlink. In the worst case, it will fail with the same error code again. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: add symlink-specific error codesKarsten Blees1-0/+5
The Win32 API calls do not set `errno`; Instead, error codes for failed operations must be obtained via the `GetLastError()` function. Git would not know what to do with those error values, though, which is why Git's Windows compatibility layer translates them to `errno` values. Let's handle a couple of symlink-related error codes that will become relevant with the upcoming support for symlinks on Windows. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-09mingw: change default of `core.symlinks` to falseKarsten Blees1-0/+9
Symlinks on Windows don't work the same way as on Unix systems. For example, there are different types of symlinks for directories and files, and unless using a recent-ish Windows version in Developer Mode, creating symlinks requires administrative privileges. By default, disable symlink support on Windows. That is, users explicitly have to enable it with `git config [--system|--global] core.symlinks true`; For convenience, `git init` (and `git clone`) will perform a test whether the current setup allows creating symlinks and will configure that setting in the repository config. The test suite ignores system / global config files. Allow testing *with* symlink support by checking if native symlinks are enabled in MSYS2 (via setting the special environment variable `MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict` to ask the MSYS2 runtime to enable creating symlinks). Note: This assumes that Git's test suite is run in MSYS2's Bash, which is true for the time being (an experiment to switch to BusyBox-w32 failed due to the experimental nature of BusyBox-w32). Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>