From: Siddharth Shrimali <r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, christian.couder@gmail.com,
siddharthasthana31@gmail.com, me@ttaylorr.com, ps@pks.im,
johannes.schindelin@gmx.de, l.s.r@web.de,
r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com
Subject: [GSoC PATCH v2 1/7] builtin/repack.c: add --drop-filtered and --dry-run options
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:11:47 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730174153.9949-2-r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260730174153.9949-1-r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com>
Add two new command-line options to 'git-repack':
--drop-filtered: intended to eventually delete objects that match
the filter specification. Requires --filter and -a,
and is incompatible with --filter-to.
--dry-run: show which objects would be dropped without making any
changes. Only meaningful with --drop-filtered.
Keep --dry-run as a separate option rather than folding it into
--drop-filtered (e.g --drop-filtered=dry-run), to stay consistent with
the --dry-run option other Git commands already provide and to leave
room for it to describe other repack behavior later. A
--drop-filtered=<mode> form can still be added later if more
drop-specific modes are needed.
--drop-filtered also requires a promisor remote to be configured, since
dropping objects without a remote to fetch them back from would be
permanent data loss.
--drop-filtered is incompatible with bitmap writing: filtering breaks
the "all objects in one pack" closure that bitmaps require. Snapshot
the bitmap setting after config but before option parsing so an
explicit -b/--write-bitmap-index on the command line can be told apart
from a repack.writeBitmaps configuration value. An explicit -b is
reported as a conflict, while a config-provided default is silently
disabled for the duration of the command.
These options currently only perform validation. The actual enumeration
and deletion will be added in follow-up commits.
Mentored-by: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Siddharth Asthana <siddharthasthana31@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Shrimali <r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com>
---
builtin/repack.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
t/meson.build | 1 +
t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 113 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index db504d673f..322b01cb3e 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include "promisor-remote.h"
#include "repack.h"
#include "shallow.h"
+#include "list-objects-filter-options.h"
#define ALL_INTO_ONE 1
#define LOOSEN_UNREACHABLE 2
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ static int use_delta_islands;
static int run_update_server_info = 1;
static char *packdir, *packtmp_name, *packtmp;
static int midx_must_contain_cruft = 1;
+static int drop_filtered;
+static int dry_run;
static const char *const git_repack_usage[] = {
N_("git repack [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]\n"
@@ -148,6 +151,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
/* variables to be filled by option parsing */
struct repack_config_ctx config_ctx;
int delete_redundant = 0;
+ int write_bitmaps_before_parse;
const char *unpack_unreachable = NULL;
int keep_unreachable = 0;
struct string_list keep_pack_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
@@ -231,6 +235,10 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
N_("pack prefix to store a pack containing pruned objects")),
OPT_STRING(0, "filter-to", &filter_to, N_("dir"),
N_("pack prefix to store a pack containing filtered out objects")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "drop-filtered", &drop_filtered,
+ N_("delete filtered out objects (requires --filter)")),
+ OPT_BOOL(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
+ N_("only show which objects would be dropped")),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -244,6 +252,13 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
repo_config(repo, repack_config, &config_ctx);
+ /*
+ * update the bitmap setting after config but before command line
+ * parsing, so we can later tell whether -b/--write-bitmap-index was
+ * given explicitly on the command line or not
+ */
+ write_bitmaps_before_parse = write_bitmaps;
+
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_repack_options,
git_repack_usage, 0);
@@ -252,6 +267,54 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
po_args.depth = xstrdup_or_null(opt_depth);
po_args.threads = xstrdup_or_null(opt_threads);
+ die_for_incompatible_opt2(drop_filtered, "--drop-filtered",
+ !!filter_to, "--filter-to");
+
+ die_for_incompatible_opt2(drop_filtered, "--drop-filtered",
+ write_bitmaps > 0, "--write-bitmap-index");
+
+ if (dry_run && !drop_filtered)
+ die(_("--dry-run only takes effect with --drop-filtered"));
+
+ if (drop_filtered) {
+ int bitmaps_from_cmdline = (write_bitmaps != write_bitmaps_before_parse);
+
+ if (!dry_run)
+ die(_("--drop-filtered doesn't work without --dry-run yet"));
+
+ if (!po_args.filter_options.choice)
+ die(_("--drop-filtered requires --filter"));
+
+ if (!(pack_everything & ALL_INTO_ONE))
+ die(_("--drop-filtered requires -a"));
+
+ /*
+ * Only blob:limit=<n> is supported for now. Reject other
+ * filter choices early, before walking the object database.
+ */
+ if (po_args.filter_options.choice != LOFC_BLOB_LIMIT)
+ die(_("--drop-filtered only supports --filter=blob:limit=<n> for now"));
+
+ /*
+ * an explicit -b on the command line is a conflict we have to
+ * report, a bitmap setting from config is silently overridden
+ * for the duration of the command
+ */
+ if (bitmaps_from_cmdline && write_bitmaps > 0)
+ die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"),
+ "--drop-filtered", "--write-bitmap-index");
+
+ /*
+ * Without a promisor remote there is nowhere to re-fetch the
+ * dropped objects from, so dropping them would be permanent
+ * data loss.
+ */
+ if (!repo_has_promisor_remote(repo))
+ die(_("--drop-filtered requires a promisor remote"));
+
+ write_bitmaps = 0;
+ }
+
if (delete_redundant && repo->repository_format_precious_objects)
die(_("cannot delete packs in a precious-objects repo"));
diff --git a/t/meson.build b/t/meson.build
index d8161c368b..c2bf60d129 100644
--- a/t/meson.build
+++ b/t/meson.build
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ integration_tests = [
't7703-repack-geometric.sh',
't7704-repack-cruft.sh',
't7705-repack-incremental-midx.sh',
+ 't7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh',
't7800-difftool.sh',
't7810-grep.sh',
't7811-grep-open.sh',
diff --git a/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh b/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..65be756e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git repack --drop-filtered option validation'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# checks for options validations before any promisor walk
+test_expect_success 'setup plain repo for validation' '
+ git init plain &&
+ test_commit -C plain initial &&
+ git clone --bare plain plain.git &&
+ git -C plain.git repack -a -d
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered requires --filter' '
+ test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered --dry-run -a 2>err &&
+ test_grep "drop-filtered requires --filter" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered cannot be used with --filter-to' '
+ test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered \
+ --filter=blob:limit=1k --filter-to=./filter-out 2>err &&
+ test_grep "options .--drop-filtered. and .--filter-to. cannot be used together" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--dry-run only takes effect with --drop-filtered' '
+ test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --dry-run 2>err &&
+ test_grep "dry-run only takes effect with --drop-filtered" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered requires -a' '
+ test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered \
+ --filter=blob:limit=1k --dry-run 2>err &&
+ test_grep "drop-filtered requires -a" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered fails with --write-bitmap-index' '
+ test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered \
+ --filter=blob:limit=1k --dry-run -a -b 2>err &&
+ test_grep "options .--drop-filtered. and .--write-bitmap-index. cannot be used together" err
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered fails without a promisor remote' '
+ test_must_fail git -C plain.git repack --drop-filtered \
+ --filter=blob:limit=1k --dry-run -a 2>err &&
+ test_grep "drop-filtered requires a promisor remote" err
+'
+
+test_done
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-30 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-16 13:28 [RFC PATCH 0/7] repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clones Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-16 13:28 ` [RFC PATCH 1/7] builtin/repack.c: add --drop-filtered and --dry-run options Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-16 21:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-17 18:00 ` Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-23 19:31 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-07-18 12:30 ` Christian Couder
2026-07-20 10:19 ` Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-16 13:28 ` [RFC PATCH 2/7] list-objects-filter: add list_objects_filter__filter_oidset() Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-16 13:28 ` [RFC PATCH 3/7] repack-promisor: allow excluding objects from the rebuilt promisor pack Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-16 13:28 ` [RFC PATCH 4/7] builtin/repack: enumerate promisor blobs for --drop-filtered Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-16 13:28 ` [RFC PATCH 5/7] t7706: test --drop-filtered enumeration and validation Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-16 13:28 ` [RFC PATCH 6/7] builtin/repack: actually drop filtered promisor blobs Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-23 19:42 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-07-25 19:30 ` Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-16 13:28 ` [RFC PATCH 7/7] repack-promisor: record dropped objects in a drop log Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-23 19:41 ` Siddharth Asthana
2026-07-25 19:35 ` Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-23 19:26 ` [RFC PATCH 0/7] repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clones Siddharth Asthana
2026-07-25 19:23 ` Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-30 17:41 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 " Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-30 17:41 ` Siddharth Shrimali [this message]
2026-07-30 17:41 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 2/7] list-objects-filter: add list_objects_filter__filter_oidset() Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-30 17:41 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 3/7] repack-promisor: allow excluding objects from the rebuilt promisor pack Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-30 17:41 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 4/7] builtin/repack: enumerate promisor blobs for --drop-filtered Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-30 17:41 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 5/7] builtin/repack: actually drop filtered promisor blobs Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-30 17:41 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 6/7] builtin/repack: add safety guards for --drop-filtered Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-30 17:41 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 7/7] Documentation/git-repack: document --drop-filtered and --dry-run Siddharth Shrimali
2026-07-31 15:33 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 0/7] repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clones Junio C Hamano
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