From: Colin Stagner <ask+git@howdoi.land>
To: git@vger.kernel.org, Christian Heusel <christian@heusel.eu>,
george@mail.dietrich.pub
Cc: Christian Hesse <list@eworm.de>,
Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Colin Stagner <ask+git@howdoi.land>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] contrib/subtree: reduce recursion during split
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:55:46 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260305-cs-subtree-split-recursion-v2-0-7266be870ba9@howdoi.land> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260215201748.889866-1-ask+git@howdoi.land>
* cs/subtree-split-recursion: when processing large history
graphs on Debian or Ubuntu, "git subtree" can die with a
"recursion depth reached" error. Reduce recursion.
On Debian's POSIX sh, shell recursion is artificially limited
to 1000 calls. You can check if your sh has limited recursion
with:
#!/bin/sh
recurse() {
r=$(( r + 1 ))
test "$r" -le 1000 || { echo OK; exit; }
recurse
} && r=0 && recurse
Depending on the history graph, subtree split can recurse deeply
enough to encounter this limit. Rewrite the rejoin-deepening
algorithm to reduce recursive calls.
---
Changes in v2:
- Rebase on master
---
Colin Stagner (3):
contrib/subtree: reduce function side-effects
contrib/subtree: functionalize split traversal
contrib/subtree: reduce recursion during split
contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 88 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 628a66ccf68d141d57d06e100c3514a54b31d6b7
change-id: 20260304-cs-subtree-split-recursion-6a7083cf9163
Best regards,
--
Colin Stagner <ask+git@howdoi.land>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-05 23:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-15 20:17 [PATCH 0/3] contrib/subtree: reduce recursion during split Colin Stagner
2026-02-15 20:17 ` [PATCH 1/3] contrib/subtree: reduce function side-effects Colin Stagner
2026-02-15 20:17 ` [PATCH 2/3] contrib/subtree: functionalize split traversal Colin Stagner
2026-02-15 20:17 ` [PATCH 3/3] contrib/subtree: reduce recursion during split Colin Stagner
2026-03-05 23:55 ` Colin Stagner [this message]
2026-03-05 23:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] contrib/subtree: reduce function side-effects Colin Stagner
2026-03-05 23:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] contrib/subtree: functionalize split traversal Colin Stagner
2026-03-05 23:55 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] contrib/subtree: reduce recursion during split Colin Stagner
2026-03-13 22:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Junio C Hamano
2026-03-13 23:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-15 17:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-15 21:39 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-16 13:25 ` Ian Jackson
2026-04-16 19:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-17 4:50 ` Colin Stagner
2026-04-19 19:55 ` Ian Jackson
2026-04-20 1:09 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-20 1:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-20 9:57 ` Ian Jackson
2026-04-21 5:07 ` Colin Stagner
2026-04-22 9:43 ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-04-22 17:12 ` git-subtree rewrite Ian Jackson
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