Re: [PATCH v2] t7701: make annotated tag unreachable

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 10:33:47AM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote:

> In 4dc16e2cb0 (gc: introduce `gc.recentObjectsHook`, 2023-06-07), we
> added tests to ensure that prune-able (i.e. unreachable and with mtime
> older than the cutoff) objects which are marked as recent via the new
> `gc.recentObjectsHook` configuration are unpacked as loose with
> `--unpack-unreachable`.
> 
> In that test, we also ensure that objects which are reachable from other
> unreachable objects which were *not* pruned are kept as well, regardless
> of their mtimes. For this, we use an annotated tag pointing at a blob
> ($obj2) which would otherwise be pruned.
> 
> But after pruning, that object is kept around for two reasons. One, the
> tag object's mtime wasn't adjusted to be beyond the 1-hour cutoff, so it
> would be kept as due to its recency regardless. The other reason is
> because the tag itself is reachable.
> 
> Use mktag to write the tag object directly without pointing a reference
> at it, and adjust the mtime of the tag object to be older than the
> cutoff to ensure that our `gc.recentObjectsHook` configuration is
> working as intended.
> 
> Noticed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
> ---
> Fixes a trivial oversight from an earlier version of this patch noticed
> by Peff.

Thanks, this looks great to me.

-Peff