From: Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: karthik.188@gmail.com, christian.couder@gmail.com, ps@pks.im,
gitster@pobox.com, toon@iotcl.com,
Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] cat-file: add mailmap subcommand to --batch-command
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:58:08 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260329082808.12609-2-siddharthasthana31@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260329082808.12609-1-siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
git-cat-file(1)'s --batch-command works with the --use-mailmap option,
but this option needs to be set when the process is created. This means
we cannot change this option mid-operation.
At GitLab, Gitaly caches git-cat-file processes and it would be useful
if --batch-command supported toggling mailmap dynamically with existing
processes.
Add a `mailmap` subcommand to --batch-command that takes a single
argument: `yes` to enable mailmap and `no` to disable it. When enabled,
mailmap data is loaded from disk on first use and kept in memory so that
toggling back on does not require reloading.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
---
CI: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/git/-/pipelines/2416081861
Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc | 7 +++++
builtin/cat-file.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++---
t/t4203-mailmap.sh | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc b/Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc
index c139f55a16..af32e929a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.adoc
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ flush::
since the beginning or since the last flush was issued. When `--buffer`
is used, no output will come until a `flush` is issued. When `--buffer`
is not used, commands are flushed each time without issuing `flush`.
+
+mailmap <yes|no>::
+ Enable or disable mailmap for subsequent `contents` and `info`
+ commands. When `yes` is given, mailmap data is loaded from disk on
+ first use and kept in memory; passing `yes` again does not reload it.
+ When `no` is given, mailmap is disabled but the data stays in memory
+ so that a later `mailmap yes` does not need to reload it from disk.
--
+
diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index b6f12f41d6..a53926d2bb 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static const char *force_path;
static struct string_list mailmap = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
static int use_mailmap;
+static int mailmap_loaded;
static char *replace_idents_using_mailmap(char *, size_t *);
@@ -692,6 +693,24 @@ static void parse_cmd_info(struct batch_options *opt,
batch_one_object(line, output, opt, data);
}
+static void parse_cmd_mailmap(struct batch_options *opt UNUSED,
+ const char *line,
+ struct strbuf *output UNUSED,
+ struct expand_data *data UNUSED)
+{
+ if (!strcmp(line, "yes")) {
+ if (!mailmap_loaded) {
+ read_mailmap(the_repository, &mailmap);
+ mailmap_loaded = 1;
+ }
+ use_mailmap = 1;
+ } else if (!strcmp(line, "no")) {
+ use_mailmap = 0;
+ } else {
+ die(_("mailmap: unknown argument '%s', expected 'yes' or 'no'"), line);
+ }
+}
+
static void dispatch_calls(struct batch_options *opt,
struct strbuf *output,
struct expand_data *data,
@@ -725,9 +744,10 @@ static const struct parse_cmd {
parse_cmd_fn_t fn;
unsigned takes_args;
} commands[] = {
- { "contents", parse_cmd_contents, 1},
- { "info", parse_cmd_info, 1},
- { "flush", NULL, 0},
+ { "contents", parse_cmd_contents, 1 },
+ { "info", parse_cmd_info, 1 },
+ { "flush", NULL, 0 },
+ { "mailmap", parse_cmd_mailmap, 1 },
};
static void batch_objects_command(struct batch_options *opt,
@@ -1127,8 +1147,10 @@ int cmd_cat_file(int argc,
opt_cw = (opt == 'c' || opt == 'w');
opt_epts = (opt == 'e' || opt == 'p' || opt == 't' || opt == 's');
- if (use_mailmap)
+ if (use_mailmap) {
read_mailmap(the_repository, &mailmap);
+ mailmap_loaded = 1;
+ }
switch (batch.objects_filter.choice) {
case LOFC_DISABLED:
diff --git a/t/t4203-mailmap.sh b/t/t4203-mailmap.sh
index 74b7ddccb2..f66637cd86 100755
--- a/t/t4203-mailmap.sh
+++ b/t/t4203-mailmap.sh
@@ -1133,6 +1133,54 @@ test_expect_success 'git cat-file --batch-command returns correct size with --us
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'git cat-file --batch-command mailmap yes enables mailmap mid-stream' '
+ test_when_finished "rm .mailmap" &&
+ cat >.mailmap <<-\EOF &&
+ C O Mitter <committer@example.com> Orig <orig@example.com>
+ EOF
+ commit_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ git cat-file commit HEAD >commit_no_mailmap.out &&
+ git cat-file --use-mailmap commit HEAD >commit_mailmap.out &&
+ size_no_mailmap=$(wc -c <commit_no_mailmap.out) &&
+ size_mailmap=$(wc -c <commit_mailmap.out) &&
+ printf "info HEAD\nmailmap yes\ninfo HEAD\n" | git cat-file --batch-command >actual &&
+ echo $commit_sha commit $size_no_mailmap >expect &&
+ echo $commit_sha commit $size_mailmap >>expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git cat-file --batch-command mailmap no disables mailmap mid-stream' '
+ test_when_finished "rm .mailmap" &&
+ cat >.mailmap <<-\EOF &&
+ C O Mitter <committer@example.com> Orig <orig@example.com>
+ EOF
+ commit_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ git cat-file commit HEAD >commit_no_mailmap.out &&
+ git cat-file --use-mailmap commit HEAD >commit_mailmap.out &&
+ size_no_mailmap=$(wc -c <commit_no_mailmap.out) &&
+ size_mailmap=$(wc -c <commit_mailmap.out) &&
+ printf "mailmap yes\ninfo HEAD\nmailmap no\ninfo HEAD\n" | git cat-file --batch-command >actual &&
+ echo $commit_sha commit $size_mailmap >expect &&
+ echo $commit_sha commit $size_no_mailmap >>expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git cat-file --batch-command mailmap works in --buffer mode' '
+ test_when_finished "rm .mailmap" &&
+ cat >.mailmap <<-\EOF &&
+ C O Mitter <committer@example.com> Orig <orig@example.com>
+ EOF
+ commit_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+ git cat-file commit HEAD >commit_no_mailmap.out &&
+ git cat-file --use-mailmap commit HEAD >commit_mailmap.out &&
+ size_no_mailmap=$(wc -c <commit_no_mailmap.out) &&
+ size_mailmap=$(wc -c <commit_mailmap.out) &&
+ printf "mailmap yes\ninfo HEAD\nmailmap no\ninfo HEAD\nflush\n" | git cat-file --batch-command --buffer >actual &&
+ echo $commit_sha commit $size_mailmap >expect &&
+ echo $commit_sha commit $size_no_mailmap >>expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_expect_success 'git cat-file --mailmap works with different author and committer' '
test_when_finished "rm .mailmap" &&
cat >.mailmap <<-\EOF &&
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-29 8:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-28 20:36 [PATCH v1 1/1] cat-file: add use-mailmap/no-use-mailmap to --batch-command Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-29 0:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-29 7:25 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-29 20:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-29 8:28 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] cat-file: add mailmap subcommand " Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-29 8:28 ` Siddharth Asthana [this message]
2026-03-30 2:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/1] " Junio C Hamano
2026-03-31 1:40 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-31 3:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-30 9:44 ` Karthik Nayak
2026-03-31 1:42 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-30 10:37 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-30 14:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-31 1:43 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-31 17:11 ` Jean-Noël AVILA
2026-03-31 17:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-01 10:11 ` Jean-Noël Avila
2026-03-31 12:11 ` [PATCH v3 0/1] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-31 12:11 ` [PATCH v3 1/1] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-03-31 19:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 18:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-15 15:09 ` [PATCH v4 0/1] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-04-15 15:09 ` [PATCH v4 1/1] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-04-15 18:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-16 3:08 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-04-16 3:32 ` [PATCH v5 0/1] " Siddharth Asthana
2026-04-16 3:32 ` [PATCH v5 1/1] " Siddharth Asthana
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