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2026-05-27Merge branch 'kn/refs-fsck-skip-lock-files'Junio C Hamano1-11/+11
The consistency checks for the files reference backend have been updated to skip lock files earlier, avoiding unnecessary parsing of intermediate files. * kn/refs-fsck-skip-lock-files: refs/files: skip lock files during consistency checks
2026-05-21Merge branch 'kn/refs-generic-helpers'Junio C Hamano5-82/+64
Refactor service routines in the ref subsystem backends. * kn/refs-generic-helpers: refs: use peeled tag values in reference backends refs: add peeled object ID to the `ref_update` struct refs: move object parsing to the generic layer update-ref: handle rejections while adding updates update-ref: move `print_rejected_refs()` up refs: return `ref_transaction_error` from `ref_transaction_update()` refs: extract out reflog config to generic layer refs: introduce `ref_store_init_options` refs: remove unused typedef 'ref_transaction_commit_fn'
2026-05-18refs/files: skip lock files during consistency checksKarthik Nayak1-11/+11
Consistency checks in the files reference backend involve two steps: 1. Iterate over all entries within the 'refs/' directory and call `files_fsck_ref()` on each. 2. Iterate over all root refs via `for_each_root_ref()` and call `files_fsck_ref()` on each. `files_fsck_ref()` then runs all fsck checks defined in `fsck_refs_fn[]`. Step 2 goes through the refs API and only sees valid refs, but step 1 iterates the directory directly and may also encounter intermediate '*.lock' files. Currently, `files_fsck_refs_name()`, one of the functions in `fsck_refs_fn[]`, filters out lock files itself. The other function, `files_fsck_refs_content()`, has no such check and would parse the lock file. Any new function added to `fsck_refs_fn[]` would have the same problem. Move the filter up into `files_fsck_refs_dir()`, where the directory iteration happens. Since step 2 cannot produce lock files, this is the only site where the filter is needed, and individual checks no longer have to re-implement it. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-11Merge branch 'sp/refs-reduce-the-repository'Junio C Hamano3-10/+17
Code clean-up to use the right instance of a repository instance in calls inside refs subsystem. * sp/refs-reduce-the-repository: refs/reftable-backend: drop uses of the_repository refs: remove the_hash_algo global state refs: add struct repository parameter in get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms()
2026-05-05refs: use peeled tag values in reference backendsKarthik Nayak2-11/+4
The reference backends peel tag objects when storing references to them. This is to provide optimized reads which avoids hitting the odb. The previous commits ensures that the peeled value is now propagated via the generic layer. So modify the packed and reftable backend to directly use this value instead of calling `peel_object()` independently. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-05refs: add peeled object ID to the `ref_update` structKarthik Nayak3-11/+29
Certain reference backends {packed, reftable}, have the ability to also store the peeled object ID for a reference pointing to a tag object. This has the added benefit that during retrieval of such references, we also obtain the peeled object ID without having to use the ODB. To provide this functionality, each backend independently calls the ODB to obtain the peeled OID. To move this functionality to the generic layer, there must be support infrastructure to pass in a peeled OID for reference updates. Add a `peeled` field to the `ref_update` structure and modify `ref_transaction_add_update()` to receive and copy this object ID to the `ref_update` structure. Finally, modify `ref_transaction_update()` to peel tag objects and pass the peeled OID to `ref_transaction_add_update()`. Update all callers of these functions with the new function parameters. Callers which only add reflog updates, need to only pass in NULL, since for reflogs, we don't store peeled OIDs. Reference deletions also only need to pass in NULL. For others, pass along the peeled OID if available. In a following commit, we'll modify the backends to use this peeled OID instead of parsing it themselves. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-05refs: move object parsing to the generic layerKarthik Nayak2-45/+2
Regular reference updates made via reference transactions validate that the provided object ID exists in the object database, which is done by calling 'parse_object()'. This check is done independently by the backends which leads to duplicated logic. Let's move this to the generic layer, ensuring the backends only have to care about reference storage and not about validation of the object IDs. With this also remove the 'REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_INVALID_NEW_VALUE' error type as its no longer used. Since we don't iterate over individual references in `ref_transaction_prepare()`, we add this check to `ref_transaction_update()`. This means that the validation is done as soon as an update is queued, without needing to prepare the transaction. It can be argued that this is more ideal, since this validation has no dependency on the reference transaction being prepared. It must be noted that the change in behavior means that this error cannot be ignored even with usage of batched updates, since this happens when the update is being added to the transaction. But since the caller gets specific error codes, they can either abort the transaction or continue adding other updates to the transaction. Modify 'builtin/receive-pack.c' to now capture the error type so that the error propagated to the client stays the same. Also remove two of the tests which validates batch-updates with invalid new_oid. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-05refs: extract out reflog config to generic layerKarthik Nayak3-2/+8
The reference backends need to know when to create reflog entries, this is dictated by the 'core.logallrefupdates' config. Instead of relying on the backends to call `repo_settings_get_log_all_ref_updates()` to obtain this config value, let's do this in the generic layer and pass down the value to the backends. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-05refs: introduce `ref_store_init_options`Karthik Nayak5-9/+21
Reference backends are initiated via the `init()` function. When initiating the function, the backend is also provided flags which denote the access levels of the initiator. Create a new structure `ref_store_init_options` to house such options and move the access flags to this structure. This allows easier extension of providing further options to the backends. In the following commit, we'll also provide config around reflog creation to the backends via the same structure. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-05-05refs: remove unused typedef 'ref_transaction_commit_fn'Karthik Nayak1-4/+0
The typedef 'ref_transaction_commit_fn' is not used anywhere in our code, let's remove it. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-09Merge branch 'jk/c23-const-preserving-fixes-more'Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Further work to adjust the codebase for C23 that changes functions like strchr() that discarded constness when they return a pointer into a const string to preserve constness. * jk/c23-const-preserving-fixes-more: git-compat-util: fix CONST_OUTPARAM typo and indentation refs/files-backend: drop const to fix strchr() warning http: drop const to fix strstr() warning range-diff: drop const to fix strstr() warnings pkt-line: make packet_reader.line non-const skip_prefix(): check const match between in and out params pseudo-merge: fix disk reads from find_pseudo_merge() find_last_dir_sep(): convert inline function to macro run-command: explicitly cast away constness when assigning to void pager: explicitly cast away strchr() constness transport-helper: drop const to fix strchr() warnings http: add const to fix strchr() warnings convert: add const to fix strchr() warnings
2026-04-08Merge branch 'ps/reftable-portability'Junio C Hamano1-6/+0
Update reftable library part with what is used in libgit2 to improve portability to different target codebases and platforms. * ps/reftable-portability: reftable/system: add abstraction to mmap files reftable/system: add abstraction to retrieve time in milliseconds reftable/fsck: use REFTABLE_UNUSED instead of UNUSED reftable/stack: provide fsync(3p) via system header reftable: introduce "reftable-system.h" header
2026-04-08refs/reftable-backend: drop uses of the_repositoryShreyansh Paliwal1-3/+3
reftable_be_init() and reftable_be_create_on_disk() use the_repository even though a repository instance is already available, either directly or via struct ref_store. Replace these uses with the appropriate local repository instance (repo or ref_store->repo) to avoid relying on global state. Note that USE_THE_REPOSITORY_VARIABLE cannot be removed yet, as is_bare_repository() is still there in the file. Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Paliwal <shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com> Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-08refs: add struct repository parameter in get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms()Shreyansh Paliwal2-7/+14
get_files_ref_lock_timeout_ms() calls repo_config_get_int() using the_repository, as no repository instance is available in its scope. Add a struct repository parameter and use it instead of the_repository. Update all callers accordingly. In files-backend.c, lock_raw_ref() can obtain repository instance from the struct ref_transaction via transaction->ref_store->repo and pass it down. For create_reflock(), which is used as a callback, introduce a small wrapper struct to pass both struct lock_file and struct repository through the callback data. This reduces reliance on the_repository global, though the function still uses static variables and is not yet fully repository-scoped. This can be addressed in a follow-up change. Signed-off-by: Shreyansh Paliwal <shreyanshpaliwalcmsmn@gmail.com> Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-02reftable/stack: provide fsync(3p) via system headerPatrick Steinhardt1-6/+0
Users of the reftable library are expected to provide their own function callback in cases they want to sync(3p) data to disk via the reftable write options. But if no such function was provided we end up calling fsync(3p) directly, which may not even be available on some systems. While dropping the explicit call to fsync(3p) would work, it would lead to an unsafe default behaviour where a project may have forgotten to set up the callback function, and that could lead to potential data loss. So this is not a great solution. Instead, drop the callback function and make it mandatory for the project to define fsync(3p). In the case of Git, we can then easily inject our custom implementation via the "reftable-system.h" header so that we continue to use `fsync_component()`. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-01refs/files-backend: drop const to fix strchr() warningJeff King1-1/+1
In show_one_reflog_ent(), we're fed a writable strbuf buffer, which we parse into the various reflog components. We write a NUL over email_end to tie off one of the fields, and thus email_end must be non-const. But with a C23 implementation of libc, strchr() will now complain when assigning the result to a non-const pointer from a const one. So we can fix this by making the source pointer non-const. But there's a catch. We derive that source pointer by parsing the line with parse_oid_hex_algop(), which requires a const pointer for its out-parameter. We can work around that by teaching it to use our CONST_OUTPARAM() trick, just like skip_prefix(). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-04-01Merge branch 'vp/http-rate-limit-retries'Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
The HTTP transport learned to react to "429 Too Many Requests". * vp/http-rate-limit-retries: http: add support for HTTP 429 rate limit retries strbuf_attach: fix call sites to pass correct alloc strbuf: pass correct alloc to strbuf_attach() in strbuf_reencode()
2026-03-17strbuf_attach: fix call sites to pass correct allocVaidas Pilkauskas1-1/+1
strbuf_attach(sb, buf, len, alloc) requires alloc > len (the buffer must have at least len+1 bytes to hold the NUL). Several call sites passed alloc == len, relying on strbuf_grow(sb, 0) inside strbuf_attach to reallocate. Fix these in mailinfo, am, refs/files-backend, fast-import, and trailer by passing len+1 when the buffer is a NUL-terminated string (or from strbuf_detach). Signed-off-by: Vaidas Pilkauskas <vaidas.pilkauskas@shopify.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-03-09Merge branch 'ps/refs-for-each'Junio C Hamano4-18/+21
Code refactoring around refs-for-each-* API functions. * ps/refs-for-each: refs: replace `refs_for_each_fullref_in()` refs: replace `refs_for_each_namespaced_ref()` refs: replace `refs_for_each_glob_ref()` refs: replace `refs_for_each_glob_ref_in()` refs: replace `refs_for_each_rawref_in()` refs: replace `refs_for_each_rawref()` refs: replace `refs_for_each_ref_in()` refs: improve verification for-each-ref options refs: generalize `refs_for_each_fullref_in_prefixes()` refs: generalize `refs_for_each_namespaced_ref()` refs: speed up `refs_for_each_glob_ref_in()` refs: introduce `refs_for_each_ref_ext` refs: rename `each_ref_fn` refs: rename `do_for_each_ref_flags` refs: move `do_for_each_ref_flags` further up refs: move `refs_head_ref_namespaced()` refs: remove unused `refs_for_each_include_root_ref()`
2026-03-04Merge branch 'kn/ref-location'Junio C Hamano5-53/+51
Allow the directory in which reference backends store their data to be specified. * kn/ref-location: refs: add GIT_REFERENCE_BACKEND to specify reference backend refs: allow reference location in refstorage config refs: receive and use the reference storage payload refs: move out stub modification to generic layer refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` setup: don't modify repo in `create_reference_database()`
2026-02-25refs: receive and use the reference storage payloadKarthik Nayak5-15/+46
An upcoming commit will add support for providing an URI via the 'extensions.refStorage' config. The URI will contain the reference backend and a corresponding payload. The payload can be then used for providing an alternate locations for the reference backend. To prepare for this, modify the existing backends to accept such an argument when initializing via the 'init()' function. Both the files and reftable backends will parse the information to be filesystem paths to store references. Given that no callers pass any payload yet this is essentially a no-op change for now. To enable this, provide a 'refs_compute_filesystem_location()' function which will parse the current 'gitdir' and the 'payload' to provide the final reference directory and common reference directory (if working in a linked worktree). The documentation and tests will be added alongside the extension of the config variable. Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-25refs: move out stub modification to generic layerKarthik Nayak2-28/+5
When creating the reftable reference backend on disk, we create stubs to ensure that the directory can be recognized as a Git repository. This is done by calling `refs_create_refdir_stubs()`. Move this to the generic layer as this is needed for all backends excluding from the files backends. In an upcoming commit where we introduce alternate reference backend locations, we'll have to also create stubs in the $GIT_DIR irrespective of the backend being used. This commit builds the base to add that logic. Similarly, move the logic for deletion of stubs to the generic layer. The files backend recursively calls the remove function of the 'packed-backend', here skip calling the generic function since that would try to delete stubs. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-25refs: extract out `refs_create_refdir_stubs()`Karthik Nayak1-12/+2
For Git to recognize a directory as a Git directory, it requires the directory to contain: 1. 'HEAD' file 2. 'objects/' directory 3. 'refs/' directory Here, #1 and #3 are part of the reference storage mechanism, specifically the files backend. Since then, newer backends such as the reftable backend have moved to using their own path ('reftable/') for storing references. But to ensure Git still recognizes the directory as a Git directory, we create stubs. There are two locations where we create stubs: - In 'refs/reftable-backend.c' when creating the reftable backend. - In 'clone.c' before spawning transport helpers. In a following commit, we'll add another instance. So instead of repeating the code, let's extract out this code to `refs_create_refdir_stubs()` and use it. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-23refs: replace `refs_for_each_rawref()`Patrick Steinhardt1-2/+5
Replace calls to `refs_for_each_rawref()` with the newly introduced `refs_for_each_ref_ext()` function. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-23refs: rename `each_ref_fn`Patrick Steinhardt1-1/+1
Similar to the preceding commit, rename `each_ref_fn` to better match our current best practices around how we name things. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-23refs: rename `do_for_each_ref_flags`Patrick Steinhardt3-15/+15
The enum `do_for_each_ref_flags` and its individual values don't match to our current best practices when it comes to naming things. Rename it to `refs_for_each_flag`. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-02-09Merge branch 'kn/ref-batch-output-error-reporting-fix'Junio C Hamano4-13/+13
A handful of code paths that started using batched ref update API (after Git 2.51 or so) lost detailed error output, which have been corrected. * kn/ref-batch-output-error-reporting-fix: fetch: delay user information post committing of transaction receive-pack: utilize rejected ref error details fetch: utilize rejected ref error details update-ref: utilize rejected error details if available refs: add rejection detail to the callback function refs: skip to next ref when current ref is rejected
2026-01-25refs: skip to next ref when current ref is rejectedKarthik Nayak4-13/+13
In `refs_verify_refnames_available()` we have two nested loops: the outer loop iterates over all references to check, while the inner loop checks for filesystem conflicts for a given ref by breaking down its path. With batched updates, when we detect a filesystem conflict, we mark the update as rejected and execute 'continue'. However, this only skips to the next iteration of the inner loop, not the outer loop as intended. This causes the same reference to be repeatedly rejected. Fix this by using a goto statement to skip to the next reference in the outer loop. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/reftable: introduce generic checks for refsPatrick Steinhardt1-6/+76
In a preceding commit we have extracted generic checks for both direct and symbolic refs that apply for all backends. Wire up those checks for the "reftable" backend. Note that this is done by iterating through all refs manually with the low-level reftable ref iterator. We explicitly don't want to use the higher-level iterator that is exposed to users of the reftable backend as that iterator may swallow for example broken refs. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/reftable: fix consistency checks with worktreesPatrick Steinhardt1-15/+14
The ref consistency checks are driven via `cmd_refs_verify()`. That function loops through all worktrees (including the main worktree) and then checks the ref store for each of them individually. It follows that the backend is expected to only verify refs that belong to the specified worktree. While the "files" backend handles this correctly, the "reftable" backend doesn't. In fact, it completely ignores the passed worktree and instead verifies refs of _all_ worktrees. The consequence is that we'll end up every ref store N times, where N is the number of worktrees. Or rather, that would be the case if we actually iterated through the worktree reftable stacks correctly. But we use `strmap_for_each_entry()` to iterate through the stacks, but the map is in fact not even properly populated. So instead of checking stacks N^2 times, we actually only end up checking the reftable stack of the main worktree. Fix this bug by only verifying the stack of the passed-in worktree and constructing the backends via `backend_for_worktree()`. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/reftable: extract function to retrieve backend for worktreePatrick Steinhardt1-27/+43
Pull out the logic to retrieve a backend for a given worktree. This function will be used in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/reftable: adapt includes to become consistentPatrick Steinhardt1-2/+2
Adapt the includes to be sorted and to use include paths that are relative to the "refs/" directory. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: introduce function to perform normal ref checksPatrick Steinhardt1-0/+2
In a subsequent commit we'll introduce new generic checks for direct refs. These checks will be independent of the actual backend. Introduce a new function `refs_fsck_ref()` that will be used for this purpose. At the current point in time it's still empty, but it will get populated in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: extract generic symref target checksPatrick Steinhardt1-33/+21
The consistency checks for the "files" backend contain a couple of verifications for symrefs that verify generic properties of the target reference. These properties need to hold for every backend, no matter whether it's using the "files" or "reftable" backend. Reimplementing these checks for every single backend doesn't really make sense. Extract it into a generic `refs_fsck_symref()` function that can be used by other backends, as well. The "reftable" backend will be wired up in a subsequent commit. While at it, improve the consistency checks so that we don't complain about refs pointing to a non-ref target in case the target refname format does not verify. Otherwise it's very likely that we'll generate both error messages, which feels somewhat redundant in this case. Note that the function has a couple of `UNUSED` parameters. These will become referenced in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: perform consistency checks for root refsPatrick Steinhardt1-3/+47
While the "files" backend already knows to perform consistency checks for the "refs/" hierarchy, it doesn't verify any of its root refs. Plug this omission. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: improve error handling when verifying symrefsPatrick Steinhardt1-15/+13
The error handling when verifying symbolic refs is a bit on the wild side: - `fsck_report_ref()` can be told to ignore specific errors. If an error has been ignored and a previous check raised an unignored error, then assigning `ret = fsck_report_ref()` will cause us to swallow the previous error. - When the target reference is not valid we bail out early without checking for other errors. Fix both of these issues by consistently or'ing the return value and not bailing out early. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: extract function to check single refPatrick Steinhardt1-29/+51
When checking the consistency of references we create a directory iterator and then verify each single reference in a loop. The logic to perform the actual checks is embedded into that loop, which makes it hard to reuse. But In a subsequent commit we're about to introduce a second path that wants to verify references. Prepare for this by extracting the logic to check a single reference into a standalone function. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: remove useless indirectionPatrick Steinhardt1-9/+7
The function `files_fsck_refs()` only has a single callsite and forwards all of its arguments as-is, so it's basically a useless indirection. Inline the function call. While at it, also remove the bitwise or that we have for return values. We don't really want to or them at all, but rather just want to return an error in case either of the functions has failed. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: remove `refs_check_dir` parameterPatrick Steinhardt1-5/+3
The parameter `refs_check_dir` determines which directory we want to check references for. But as we always want to check the complete refs hierarchy, this parameter is always set to "refs". Drop the parameter and hardcode it. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: move fsck functions into global scopePatrick Steinhardt1-9/+8
When performing consistency checks we pass the functions that perform the verification down the calling stack. This is somewhat unnecessary though, as the set of functions doesn't ever change. Simplify the code by moving the array into global scope and remove the parameter. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2026-01-12refs/files: simplify iterating through root refsPatrick Steinhardt1-8/+3
When iterating through root refs we first need to determine the directory in which the refs live. This is done by retrieving the root of the loose refs via `refs->loose->root->name`, and putting it through `files_ref_path()` to derive the final path. This is somewhat redundant though: the root name of the loose files cache is always going to be the empty string. As such, we always end up passing that empty string to `files_ref_path()` as the ref hierarchy we want to start. And this actually makes sense: `files_ref_path()` already computes the location of the root directory, so of course we need to pass the empty string for the ref hierarchy itself. So going via the loose ref cache to figure out that the root of a ref hierarchy is empty is only causing confusion. But next to the added confusion, it can also lead to a segfault. The loose ref cache is populated lazily, so it may not always be set. It seems to be sheer luck that this is a condition we do not currently hit. The right thing to do would be to call `get_loose_ref_cache()`, which knows to populate the cache if required. Simplify the code and fix the potential segfault by simply removing the indirection via the loose ref cache completely. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-12-30Merge branch 'gf/maintenance-is-needed-fix'Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
Brown-paper-bag fix to a recently graduated 'kn/maintenance-is-needed' topic. * gf/maintenance-is-needed-fix: refs: dereference the value of the required pointer
2025-12-19refs: dereference the value of the required pointerGreg Funni1-1/+1
Currently, this always prints yes because required is non-null. This is the wrong behavior. The boolean must be dereferenced. Signed-off-by: Greg Funni <gfunni234@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-11-21Merge branch 'kn/maintenance-is-needed'Junio C Hamano5-0/+68
"git maintenance" command learned "is-needed" subcommand to tell if it is necessary to perform various maintenance tasks. * kn/maintenance-is-needed: maintenance: add 'is-needed' subcommand maintenance: add checking logic in `pack_refs_condition()` refs: add a `optimize_required` field to `struct ref_storage_be` reftable/stack: add function to check if optimization is required reftable/stack: return stack segments directly
2025-11-19Merge branch 'ps/ref-peeled-tags-fixes'Junio C Hamano2-2/+2
Another fix-up to "peeled-tags" topic. * ps/ref-peeled-tags-fixes: object: fix performance regression when peeling tags
2025-11-19Merge branch 'kn/refs-optim-cleanup'Junio C Hamano5-38/+18
Code clean-up. * kn/refs-optim-cleanup: t/pack-refs-tests: move the 'test_done' to callees refs: rename 'pack_refs_opts' to 'refs_optimize_opts' refs: move to using the '.optimize' functions
2025-11-19Merge branch 'ps/ref-peeled-tags'Junio C Hamano7-239/+83
Some ref backend storage can hold not just the object name of an annotated tag, but the object name of the object the tag points at. The code to handle this information has been streamlined. * ps/ref-peeled-tags: t7004: do not chdir around in the main process ref-filter: fix stale parsed objects ref-filter: parse objects on demand ref-filter: detect broken tags when dereferencing them refs: don't store peeled object IDs for invalid tags object: add flag to `peel_object()` to verify object type refs: drop infrastructure to peel via iterators refs: drop `current_ref_iter` hack builtin/show-ref: convert to use `reference_get_peeled_oid()` ref-filter: propagate peeled object ID upload-pack: convert to use `reference_get_peeled_oid()` refs: expose peeled object ID via the iterator refs: refactor reference status flags refs: fully reset `struct ref_iterator::ref` on iteration refs: introduce `.ref` field for the base iterator refs: introduce wrapper struct for `each_ref_fn`
2025-11-10refs: add a `optimize_required` field to `struct ref_storage_be`Karthik Nayak5-0/+68
To allow users of the refs namespace to check if the reference backend requires optimization, add a new field `optimize_required` field to `struct ref_storage_be`. This field is of type `optimize_required_fn` which is also introduced in this commit. Modify the debug, files, packed and reftable backend to implement this field. A following commit will expose this via 'git pack-refs' and 'git refs optimize'. Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Acked-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-11-06Merge branch 'pk/reflog-migrate-message-fix'Junio C Hamano2-2/+2
Message fix. * pk/reflog-migrate-message-fix: refs: add missing space in messages
2025-11-06object: fix performance regression when peeling tagsPatrick Steinhardt2-2/+2
Our Bencher dashboards [1] have recently alerted us about a bunch of performance regressions when writing references, specifically with the reftable backend. There is a 3x regression when writing many refs with preexisting refs in the reftable format, and a 10x regression when migrating refs between backends in either of the formats. Bisecting the issue lands us at 6ec4c0b45b (refs: don't store peeled object IDs for invalid tags, 2025-10-23). The gist of the commit is that we may end up storing peeled objects in both reftables and packed-refs for corrupted tags, where the claimed tagged object type is different than the actual tagged object type. This will then cause us to create the `struct object *` with a wrong type, as well, and obviously nothing good comes out of that. The fix for this issue was to introduce a new flag to `peel_object()` that causes us to verify the tagged object's type before writing it into the refdb -- if the tag is corrupt, we skip writing the peeled value. To verify whether the peeled value is correct we have to look up the object type via the ODB and compare the actual type with the claimed type, and that additional object lookup is costly. This also explains why we see the regression only when writing refs with the reftable backend, but we see the regression with both backends when migrating refs: - The reftable backend knows to store peeled values in the new table immediately, so it has to try and peel each ref it's about to write to the transaction. So the performance regression is visible for all writes. - The files backend only stores peeled values when writing the packed-refs file, so it wouldn't hit the performance regression for normal writes. But on ref migrations we know to write all new values into the packed-refs file immediately, and that's why we see the regression for both backends there. Taking a step back though reveals an oddity in the new verification logic: we not only verify the _tagged_ object's type, but we also verify the type of the tag itself. But this isn't really needed, as we wouldn't hit the bug in such a case anyway, as we only hit the issue with corrupt tags claiming an invalid type for the tagged object. The consequence of this is that we now started to look up the target object of every single reference we're about to write, regardless of whether it even is a tag or not. And that is of course quite costly. Fix the issue by only verifying the type of the tagged objects. This means that we of course still have a performance hit for actual tags. But this only happens for writes anyway, and I'd claim it's preferable to not store corrupted data in the refdb than to be fast here. Rename the flag accordingly to clarify that we only verify the tagged object's type. This fix brings performance back to previous levels: Benchmark 1: baseline Time (mean ± σ): 46.0 ms ± 0.4 ms [User: 40.0 ms, System: 5.7 ms] Range (min … max): 45.0 ms … 47.1 ms 54 runs Benchmark 2: regression Time (mean ± σ): 140.2 ms ± 1.3 ms [User: 77.5 ms, System: 60.5 ms] Range (min … max): 138.0 ms … 142.7 ms 20 runs Benchmark 3: fix Time (mean ± σ): 46.2 ms ± 0.4 ms [User: 40.2 ms, System: 5.7 ms] Range (min … max): 45.0 ms … 47.3 ms 55 runs Summary update-ref: baseline 1.00 ± 0.01 times faster than fix 3.05 ± 0.04 times faster than regression [1]: https://bencher.dev/perf/git/plots Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>