From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Patrick Steinhardt" <ps@pks.im>,
"Samo Pogačnik" <samo_pogacnik@t-2.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:17:32 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqsecertib.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ba1f80105f3e1c3dc6d133fb319e1df69a19bf8f.1767997426.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> ("Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget"'s message of "Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:23:46 +0000")
"Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> 2. Deepen shallow clone with fetch --deepen=1 (NOT OK)
> Shallows:
> 0cb5d204f4ef96ed241feb0f2088c9f4794ba758
> 61ba98be443fd51c542eb66585a1f6d7e15fcdae
> Graph:
> * 033585d (HEAD -> main) Merge branch 'branch'
> |\
> | * 984f8b1 five
> | * ecb578a four
> |/
> * 0cb5d20 (grafted) three
> ---
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2. Deepen shallow clone with fetch --deepen=1 (NOT OK)
Shallows:
0cb5d204f4ef96ed241feb0f2088c9f4794ba758
61ba98be443fd51c542eb66585a1f6d7e15fcdae
Graph:
* 033585d (HEAD -> main) Merge branch 'branch'
|\
| * 984f8b1 five
| * ecb578a four
|/
* 0cb5d20 (grafted) three
---
> Note that second shallow commit 61ba98be443fd51c542eb66585a1f6d7e15fcdae
> is not reachable.
>
> On the other hand, it seems that equivalent absolute depth driven
> fetches result in all the correct shallows. That led to this proposal,
> which unifies absolute and relative deepening in a way that the same
> get_shallow_commits() call is used in both cases. The difference is
> only that depth is adapted for relative deepening by measuring
> equivalent depth of current local shallow commits in the current remote
> repo. Thus a new function get_shallows_depth() has been added and the
> function get_reachable_list() became redundant / removed.
>
> Same example showing the corrected second step:
> 2. Deepen shallow clone with fetch --deepen=1 (all good)
> Shallow:
> 61ba98be443fd51c542eb66585a1f6d7e15fcdae
> Graph:
> * 033585d (HEAD -> main) Merge branch 'branch'
> |\
> | * 984f8b1 five
> | * ecb578a four
> |/
> * 0cb5d20 three
> * 2b4e70d two
> * 61ba98b (grafted) one
>
> The get_shallows_depth() function also shares the logic of the
> get_shallow_commits() function, but it focuses on counting depth of
> each existing shallow commit. The minimum result is stored as
> 'data->deepen_relative', which is set not to be zero for relative
> deepening anyway. That way we can allways summ 'data->deepen_relative'
> and 'depth' values, because 'data->deepen_relative' is always 0 in
> absolute deepening.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samo Pogačnik <samo_pogacnik@t-2.net>
> ---
> shallow.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++--------
> shallow.h | 1 +
> t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh | 23 +++++++++++++
> upload-pack.c | 76 +++++--------------------------------------
> 4 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/shallow.c b/shallow.c
> index 497a25836b..1a32808865 100644
> --- a/shallow.c
> +++ b/shallow.c
> @@ -130,11 +130,12 @@ static void free_depth_in_slab(int **ptr)
> {
> FREE_AND_NULL(*ptr);
> }
> -struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads, int depth,
> - int shallow_flag, int not_shallow_flag)
> +struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads,
> + struct object_array *shallows, int *deepen_relative,
> + int depth, int shallow_flag, int not_shallow_flag)
> {
> - size_t i = 0;
> - int cur_depth = 0;
> + size_t i = 0, j;
> + int cur_depth = 0, cur_depth_shallow = 0;
> struct commit_list *result = NULL;
> struct object_array stack = OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT;
> struct commit *commit = NULL;
> @@ -168,16 +169,30 @@ struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads, int depth,
> }
> parse_commit_or_die(commit);
> cur_depth++;
> - if ((depth != INFINITE_DEPTH && cur_depth >= depth) ||
> - (is_repository_shallow(the_repository) && !commit->parents &&
> - (graft = lookup_commit_graft(the_repository, &commit->object.oid)) != NULL &&
> - graft->nr_parent < 0)) {
> - commit_list_insert(commit, &result);
> - commit->object.flags |= shallow_flag;
> - commit = NULL;
> - continue;
> + if (shallows) {
> + for (j = 0; j < shallows->nr; j++)
> + if (oideq(&commit->object.oid, &shallows->objects[j].item->oid))
> + if ((!cur_depth_shallow) || (cur_depth < cur_depth_shallow))
> + cur_depth_shallow = cur_depth;
> +
> + if ((is_repository_shallow(the_repository) && !commit->parents &&
> + (graft = lookup_commit_graft(the_repository, &commit->object.oid)) != NULL &&
> + graft->nr_parent < 0)) {
> + commit = NULL;
> + continue;
> + }
> + } else {
> + if ((depth != INFINITE_DEPTH && cur_depth >= depth) ||
> + (is_repository_shallow(the_repository) && !commit->parents &&
> + (graft = lookup_commit_graft(the_repository, &commit->object.oid)) != NULL &&
> + graft->nr_parent < 0)) {
> + commit_list_insert(commit, &result);
> + commit->object.flags |= shallow_flag;
> + commit = NULL;
> + continue;
> + }
> + commit->object.flags |= not_shallow_flag;
> }
> - commit->object.flags |= not_shallow_flag;
> for (p = commit->parents, commit = NULL; p; p = p->next) {
> int **depth_slot = commit_depth_at(&depths, p->item);
> if (!*depth_slot) {
> @@ -199,7 +214,8 @@ struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads, int depth,
> }
> deep_clear_commit_depth(&depths, free_depth_in_slab);
> object_array_clear(&stack);
> -
> + if (shallows && deepen_relative)
> + *deepen_relative = cur_depth_shallow;
> return result;
> }
>
> diff --git a/shallow.h b/shallow.h
> index ad591bd139..d1b3878635 100644
> --- a/shallow.h
> +++ b/shallow.h
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ int commit_shallow_file(struct repository *r, struct shallow_lock *lk);
> void rollback_shallow_file(struct repository *r, struct shallow_lock *lk);
>
> struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits(struct object_array *heads,
> + struct object_array *shallows, int *deepen_relative,
> int depth, int shallow_flag, int not_shallow_flag);
> struct commit_list *get_shallow_commits_by_rev_list(struct strvec *argv,
> int shallow_flag, int not_shallow_flag);
> diff --git a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
> index 2677cd5faa..5a8b30e1fd 100755
> --- a/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
> +++ b/t/t5500-fetch-pack.sh
> @@ -955,6 +955,29 @@ test_expect_success 'fetching deepen' '
> )
> '
>
> +test_expect_success 'fetching deepen beyond merged branch' '
> + test_create_repo shallow-deepen-merged &&
> + (
> + cd shallow-deepen-merged &&
> + git commit --allow-empty -m one &&
> + git commit --allow-empty -m two &&
> + git commit --allow-empty -m three &&
> + git switch -c branch &&
> + git commit --allow-empty -m four &&
> + git commit --allow-empty -m five &&
> + git switch main &&
> + git merge --no-ff branch &&
> + cd - &&
> + git clone --bare --depth 3 "file://$(pwd)/shallow-deepen-merged" deepen.git &&
> + git -C deepen.git fetch origin --deepen=1 &&
> + git -C deepen.git rev-list --all >actual &&
> + for commit in $(sed "/^$/d" deepen.git/shallow)
> + do
> + test_grep "$commit" actual || exit 1
> + done
> + )
> +'
> +
> test_negotiation_algorithm_default () {
> test_when_finished rm -rf clientv0 clientv2 &&
> rm -rf server client &&
> diff --git a/upload-pack.c b/upload-pack.c
> index 2d2b70cbf2..4232eef34f 100644
> --- a/upload-pack.c
> +++ b/upload-pack.c
> @@ -704,54 +704,11 @@ error:
> return -1;
> }
>
> -static int get_reachable_list(struct upload_pack_data *data,
> - struct object_array *reachable)
> +static void get_shallows_depth(struct upload_pack_data *data)
> {
> - struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
> - int i;
> - struct object *o;
> - char namebuf[GIT_MAX_HEXSZ + 2]; /* ^ + hash + LF */
> - const unsigned hexsz = the_hash_algo->hexsz;
> - int ret;
> -
> - if (do_reachable_revlist(&cmd, &data->shallows, reachable,
> - data->allow_uor) < 0) {
> - ret = -1;
> - goto out;
> - }
> -
> - while ((i = read_in_full(cmd.out, namebuf, hexsz + 1)) == hexsz + 1) {
> - struct object_id oid;
> - const char *p;
> -
> - if (parse_oid_hex(namebuf, &oid, &p) || *p != '\n')
> - break;
> -
> - o = lookup_object(the_repository, &oid);
> - if (o && o->type == OBJ_COMMIT) {
> - o->flags &= ~TMP_MARK;
> - }
> - }
> - for (i = get_max_object_index(the_repository); 0 < i; i--) {
> - o = get_indexed_object(the_repository, i - 1);
> - if (o && o->type == OBJ_COMMIT &&
> - (o->flags & TMP_MARK)) {
> - add_object_array(o, NULL, reachable);
> - o->flags &= ~TMP_MARK;
> - }
> - }
> - close(cmd.out);
> -
> - if (finish_command(&cmd)) {
> - ret = -1;
> - goto out;
> - }
> -
> - ret = 0;
> -
> -out:
> - child_process_clear(&cmd);
> - return ret;
> + get_shallow_commits(&data->want_obj, &data->shallows,
> + &data->deepen_relative, 0,
> + SHALLOW, NOT_SHALLOW);
> }
>
> static int has_unreachable(struct object_array *src, enum allow_uor allow_uor)
> @@ -881,29 +838,14 @@ static void deepen(struct upload_pack_data *data, int depth)
> struct object *object = data->shallows.objects[i].item;
> object->flags |= NOT_SHALLOW;
> }
> - } else if (data->deepen_relative) {
> - struct object_array reachable_shallows = OBJECT_ARRAY_INIT;
> - struct commit_list *result;
> -
> - /*
> - * Checking for reachable shallows requires that our refs be
> - * marked with OUR_REF.
> - */
> - refs_head_ref_namespaced(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
> - check_ref, data);
> - for_each_namespaced_ref_1(check_ref, data);
> -
> - get_reachable_list(data, &reachable_shallows);
> - result = get_shallow_commits(&reachable_shallows,
> - depth + 1,
> - SHALLOW, NOT_SHALLOW);
> - send_shallow(data, result);
> - free_commit_list(result);
> - object_array_clear(&reachable_shallows);
> } else {
> struct commit_list *result;
>
> - result = get_shallow_commits(&data->want_obj, depth,
> + if (data->deepen_relative)
> + get_shallows_depth(data);
> +
> + result = get_shallow_commits(&data->want_obj, NULL, NULL,
> + data->deepen_relative + depth,
> SHALLOW, NOT_SHALLOW);
> send_shallow(data, result);
> free_commit_list(result);
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-09 18:11 [PATCH 0/2] shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2025-12-09 18:11 ` [PATCH 1/2] shallow: free local object_array allocations Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-06 7:44 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-09 16:21 ` Samo Pogačnik
2026-01-09 16:33 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09 18:11 ` [PATCH 2/2] shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-06 7:44 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-09 16:48 ` Samo Pogačnik
2026-01-09 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-09 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] shallow: free local object_array allocations Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-09 22:23 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-10 4:17 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-01-10 5:13 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-10 5:13 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] shallow: free local object_array allocations Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-10 5:13 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-15 15:50 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-16 22:30 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-16 22:31 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] shallow: free local object_array allocations Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-01-16 22:31 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-02-11 13:38 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-13 20:48 ` Samo Pogačnik
2026-02-14 9:40 ` Samo Pogačnik
2026-02-15 11:19 ` Samo Pogačnik
2026-02-15 20:11 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] " Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-02-15 20:11 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] shallow: free local object_array allocations Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-02-15 20:11 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] shallow: handling fetch relative-deepen Samo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget
2026-02-20 22:34 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] " Junio C Hamano
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