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From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior in the presence of tombstones
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 15:53:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ak-n6K4heV2kHviZ@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c13f15ddc20f721443fa1d462ea1b7c2356fbffc.1783598912.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Thu, Jul 09, 2026 at 12:08:31PM +0000, Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget wrote:
> diff --git a/reftable/stack.c b/reftable/stack.c
> index ab12926708..fd7d8f3f1e 100644
> --- a/reftable/stack.c
> +++ b/reftable/stack.c
> @@ -337,7 +337,6 @@ static int reftable_stack_reload_once(struct reftable_stack *st,
>  	/* Update the stack to point to the new tables. */
>  	if (st->merged)
>  		reftable_merged_table_free(st->merged);
> -	new_merged->suppress_deletions = 1;
>  	st->merged = new_merged;
>  
>  	if (st->tables)

Okay, we still retain the field after this patch. But the question is:
how would libgit2 now set it? I think we should rather extend the
`struct reftable_stack_options` so that the caller can control whether
or not to suppress deletions at stack creation time.

Thanks!

Patrick

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-09 13:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-06 13:35 [PATCH 0/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior when re-creating deleted refs Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-06 13:35 ` [PATCH 1/2] t: add tests for ref tombstone scenarios Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-07 15:24   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-07 16:12     ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-08  5:59       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-08  7:28         ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-06 13:35 ` [PATCH 2/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior when re-creating deleted refs Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-07 15:24   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-07 16:04     ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-08 11:15 ` [PATCH 0/2] " brian m. carlson
2026-07-09 12:08 ` [PATCH v2 " Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-09 12:08   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] t/perf: add perf test for ref tombstone scenarios Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-09 12:08   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior in the presence of tombstones Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-09 13:53     ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2026-07-09 14:48       ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-09 14:54         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-10 10:36   ` [PATCH v3 0/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior when re-creating deleted refs Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 10:36     ` [PATCH v3 1/2] t/perf: add perf test for ref tombstone scenarios Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 10:36     ` [PATCH v3 2/2] reftable: fix quadratic behavior in the presence of tombstones Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget
2026-07-10 14:32       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-10 15:03         ` Kristofer Karlsson
2026-07-13  5:14           ` Patrick Steinhardt

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