[PATCH] git gc --auto: defer on battery

[Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>]

This patch modifies git gc --auto so that it will not always repack when
a user is on battery.

It introduces the new gc.deferonbattery configuration variable, which
defaults to true. If it's true and the user is on battery, it will not
run git gc --auto.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 01:26:12AM +0200, Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hm, maybe move that check into need_to_gc instead? Seems a bit weird
> to
> lie about the status instead of just skipping the status check.

Right, I've moved the check to need_to_gc().

> The /proc stuff is already deprecated IIRC, the new file to check on
> Linux is /sys/class/power_supply/AC/online.

And that makes the patch smaller as well. :)

Something like this?

 Documentation/git-gc.txt |    4 ++++
 builtin-gc.c             |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index d424a4e..7d54148 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ The optional configuration variable 'gc.pruneExpire' controls how old
 the unreferenced loose objects have to be before they are pruned.  The
 default is "2 weeks ago".
 
+The optional configuration variable 'gc.deferonbattery' determines if
+`git gc --auto` should be disabled if the system is running on battery.
+This defaults to true.
+
 See Also
 --------
 linkgit:git-prune[1]
diff --git a/builtin-gc.c b/builtin-gc.c
index 8cef36f..512a357 100644
--- a/builtin-gc.c
+++ b/builtin-gc.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_gc_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static int pack_refs = 1;
+static int defer_on_battery = 1;
 static int aggressive_window = -1;
 static int gc_auto_threshold = 6700;
 static int gc_auto_pack_limit = 50;
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ static int gc_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 		prune_expire = xstrdup(value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.deferonbattery")) {
+		defer_on_battery = git_config_bool(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return git_default_config(var, value);
 }
 
@@ -157,6 +162,20 @@ static int too_many_packs(void)
 	return gc_auto_pack_limit <= cnt;
 }
 
+static int is_on_battery(void)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+	unsigned int state = 1;
+
+	if ((fp = fopen("/sys/class/power_supply/AC/online", "r"))) {
+		if (fscanf(fp, "%d", &state) != 1)
+			state = 1;
+		fclose(fp);
+		return state != 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int need_to_gc(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -176,6 +195,11 @@ static int need_to_gc(void)
 		append_option(argv_repack, "-A", MAX_ADD);
 	else if (!too_many_loose_objects())
 		return 0;
+
+	if(defer_on_battery && is_on_battery()) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Auto packing deferred; on battery");
+		return 0;
+	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
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