From: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gitster@pobox.com,
Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>,
r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com, ps@pks.im,
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>,
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 5/6] path-walk: support wildcard pathspecs for blob filtering
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:14:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1ea278bd10bdd0b7980750c9d0c450b044aec196.1774538094.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2070.v3.git.1774538094.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Previously, walk_objects_by_path() silently ignored pathspecs containing
wildcards or magic by clearing them. This caused all blobs to be
downloaded regardless of the given pathspec. Wildcard pathspecs like
"d/file.*.txt" are useful for narrowing which blobs to process (e.g.,
during 'git backfill').
Support wildcard pathspecs by making two changes:
1. Add an 'exact_pathspecs' flag to path_walk_context. When the
pathspec has no wildcards or magic, set this flag and use the
existing fast-path prefix matching in add_tree_entries(). When
wildcards are present, skip that block since prefix matching
cannot handle glob patterns.
2. Add a match_pathspec() check in walk_path() to filter out blobs
whose full path does not match the pathspec. This provides the
actual blob-level filtering for wildcard pathspecs.
Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
---
path-walk.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
t/t5620-backfill.sh | 7 +++----
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/path-walk.c b/path-walk.c
index 3750552978..2aa3e7d8a4 100644
--- a/path-walk.c
+++ b/path-walk.c
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ struct path_walk_context {
*/
struct prio_queue path_stack;
struct strset path_stack_pushed;
+
+ unsigned exact_pathspecs:1;
};
static int compare_by_type(const void *one, const void *two, void *cb_data)
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ static int add_tree_entries(struct path_walk_context *ctx,
match != MATCHED)
continue;
}
- if (ctx->revs->prune_data.nr) {
+ if (ctx->revs->prune_data.nr && ctx->exact_pathspecs) {
struct pathspec *pd = &ctx->revs->prune_data;
bool found = false;
int did_strip_suffix = strbuf_strip_suffix(&path, "/");
@@ -302,6 +304,13 @@ static int walk_path(struct path_walk_context *ctx,
return 0;
}
+ if (list->type == OBJ_BLOB &&
+ ctx->revs->prune_data.nr &&
+ !match_pathspec(ctx->repo->index, &ctx->revs->prune_data,
+ path, strlen(path), 0,
+ NULL, 0))
+ return 0;
+
/* Evaluate function pointer on this data, if requested. */
if ((list->type == OBJ_TREE && ctx->info->trees) ||
(list->type == OBJ_BLOB && ctx->info->blobs) ||
@@ -510,14 +519,9 @@ int walk_objects_by_path(struct path_walk_info *info)
info->revs->tag_objects = 1;
if (ctx.revs->prune_data.nr) {
- /*
- * Only exact prefix pathspecs are currently supported.
- * Clear any wildcard or magic pathspecs to avoid
- * incorrect prefix matching.
- */
- if (ctx.revs->prune_data.has_wildcard ||
- ctx.revs->prune_data.magic)
- clear_pathspec(&ctx.revs->prune_data);
+ if (!ctx.revs->prune_data.has_wildcard &&
+ !ctx.revs->prune_data.magic)
+ ctx.exact_pathspecs = 1;
}
/* Insert a single list for the root tree into the paths. */
diff --git a/t/t5620-backfill.sh b/t/t5620-backfill.sh
index 52f6484ca1..c6f54ee91c 100755
--- a/t/t5620-backfill.sh
+++ b/t/t5620-backfill.sh
@@ -307,12 +307,11 @@ test_expect_success 'backfill with wildcard pathspec' '
git -C backfill-path rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >missing &&
test_line_count = 48 missing &&
- # TODO: The wildcard pathspec should limit downloaded blobs,
- # but currently all blobs are downloaded.
- git -C backfill-path backfill HEAD -- "d/file.*.txt" &&
+ git -C backfill-path backfill HEAD -- "d/file.*.txt" 2>err &&
+ test_must_be_empty err &&
git -C backfill-path rev-list --quiet --objects --missing=print HEAD >missing &&
- test_line_count = 0 missing
+ test_line_count = 40 missing
'
test_expect_success 'backfill with --all' '
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 15:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-17 0:29 [PATCH 0/5] backfill: accept revision arguments Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 0:29 ` [PATCH 1/5] revision: include object-name.h Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 21:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-17 0:29 ` [PATCH 2/5] t5620: prepare branched repo for revision tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 0:29 ` [PATCH 3/5] backfill: accept revision arguments Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 22:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-18 15:37 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-23 0:31 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-19 9:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-23 0:35 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-17 0:29 ` [PATCH 4/5] backfill: work with prefix pathspecs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 22:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-18 13:15 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-19 9:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-19 9:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-19 10:15 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-23 0:47 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-17 0:29 ` [PATCH 5/5] path-walk: support wildcard pathspecs for blob filtering Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-17 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-18 13:16 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-23 1:33 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-17 21:45 ` [PATCH 0/5] backfill: accept revision arguments Junio C Hamano
2026-03-19 9:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-19 12:59 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-20 7:35 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-23 11:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-23 11:40 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] revision: include object-name.h Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-23 11:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] t5620: prepare branched repo for revision tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-23 11:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] backfill: accept revision arguments Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-24 7:59 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-26 12:55 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-23 11:40 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] backfill: work with prefix pathspecs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-24 7:59 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-26 12:58 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-23 11:40 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] path-walk: support wildcard pathspecs for blob filtering Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-23 11:40 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] t5620: test backfill's unknown argument handling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-23 15:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-23 20:39 ` Derrick Stolee
2026-03-26 15:14 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] backfill: accept revision arguments Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-26 15:14 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] revision: include object-name.h Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-26 15:14 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] t5620: prepare branched repo for revision tests Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-26 15:14 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] backfill: accept revision arguments Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-26 15:14 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] backfill: work with prefix pathspecs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-26 15:14 ` Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-03-26 15:14 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] t5620: test backfill's unknown argument handling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2026-03-27 7:07 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] backfill: accept revision arguments Patrick Steinhardt
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