From: LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>, Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>, Tian Yuchen <cat@malon.dev>,
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: [GSoC PATCH v6 3/6] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files after repack
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:17:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cfa3fe43b027306805e7fcb5e7517d7dcbb473a8.1776384902.git.lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1776384902.git.lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
When a `repack` involving promisor packfiles happens, the new ".promisor"
file is created empty, losing all the debug info that might be present
inside the ".promisor" files before the `repack`.
Use the previously created "write_promisor_file_after_repack()" function
to preserve the contents of all ".promisor" files inside the ".promisor"
files created by the `repack`.
For geometric repacking, we have to create a `strset` that contains the
basenames of all excluded packs. For "normal" repacking this is not
necessary, since there should be no excluded packs.
Also, update the documentation accordingly.
Helped-by: Tian Yuchen <cat@malon.dev>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: LorenzoPegorari <lorenzo.pegorari2002@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/git-repack.adoc | 4 ++--
repack-promisor.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.adoc b/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
index 673ce91083..33d3c8afbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ other objects in that pack they already have locally.
+
Promisor packfiles are repacked separately: if there are packfiles that
have an associated ".promisor" file, these packfiles will be repacked
-into another separate pack, and an empty ".promisor" file corresponding
-to the new separate pack will be written.
+into another separate pack, and a ".promisor" file corresponding to the
+new separate pack will be written (with arbitrary contents).
-A::
Same as `-a`, unless `-d` is used. Then any unreachable
diff --git a/repack-promisor.c b/repack-promisor.c
index 8fc541d2cf..06393ef06e 100644
--- a/repack-promisor.c
+++ b/repack-promisor.c
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ static void write_promisor_file_after_repack(struct repository *repo,
static void finish_repacking_promisor_objects(struct repository *repo,
struct child_process *cmd,
struct string_list *names,
- const char *packtmp)
+ const char *packtmp,
+ struct strset *not_repacked_basenames)
{
struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
FILE *out;
@@ -196,7 +197,6 @@ static void finish_repacking_promisor_objects(struct repository *repo,
out = xfdopen(cmd->out, "r");
while (strbuf_getline_lf(&line, out) != EOF) {
struct string_list_item *item;
- char *promisor_name;
if (line.len != repo->hash_algo->hexsz)
die(_("repack: Expecting full hex object ID lines only from pack-objects."));
@@ -204,22 +204,16 @@ static void finish_repacking_promisor_objects(struct repository *repo,
/*
* pack-objects creates the .pack and .idx files, but not the
- * .promisor file. Create the .promisor file, which is empty.
- *
- * NEEDSWORK: fetch-pack sometimes generates non-empty
- * .promisor files containing the ref names and associated
- * hashes at the point of generation of the corresponding
- * packfile, but this would not preserve their contents. Maybe
- * concatenate the contents of all .promisor files instead of
- * just creating a new empty file.
+ * ".promisor" file. To create the "".promisor" file, we don't use the
+ * helper function write_promisor_file(), but instead we use the
+ * specific function write_promisor_file_after_repack(), which creates
+ * the file and appropriately fills it with the content of the
+ * ".promisor" files used for the repack.
*/
- promisor_name = mkpathdup("%s-%s.promisor", packtmp,
- line.buf);
- write_promisor_file(promisor_name, NULL, 0);
+ write_promisor_file_after_repack(repo, line.buf, packtmp,
+ not_repacked_basenames);
item->util = generated_pack_populate(item->string, packtmp);
-
- free(promisor_name);
}
fclose(out);
@@ -256,7 +250,7 @@ void repack_promisor_objects(struct repository *repo,
return;
}
- finish_repacking_promisor_objects(repo, &cmd, names, packtmp);
+ finish_repacking_promisor_objects(repo, &cmd, names, packtmp, NULL);
}
void pack_geometry_repack_promisors(struct repository *repo,
@@ -267,6 +261,7 @@ void pack_geometry_repack_promisors(struct repository *repo,
{
struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
FILE *in;
+ struct strset not_repacked_basenames = STRSET_INIT;
if (!geometry->promisor_split)
return;
@@ -280,9 +275,15 @@ void pack_geometry_repack_promisors(struct repository *repo,
in = xfdopen(cmd.in, "w");
for (size_t i = 0; i < geometry->promisor_split; i++)
fprintf(in, "%s\n", pack_basename(geometry->promisor_pack[i]));
- for (size_t i = geometry->promisor_split; i < geometry->promisor_pack_nr; i++)
- fprintf(in, "^%s\n", pack_basename(geometry->promisor_pack[i]));
+ for (size_t i = geometry->promisor_split; i < geometry->promisor_pack_nr; i++) {
+ const char *name = pack_basename(geometry->promisor_pack[i]);
+ fprintf(in, "^%s\n", name);
+ strset_add(¬_repacked_basenames, name);
+ }
fclose(in);
- finish_repacking_promisor_objects(repo, &cmd, names, packtmp);
+ finish_repacking_promisor_objects(repo, &cmd, names, packtmp,
+ strset_get_size(¬_repacked_basenames) ? ¬_repacked_basenames : NULL);
+
+ strset_clear(¬_repacked_basenames);
}
--
2.53.0.584.g6b87e8e9dd
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2026-03-21 21:28 [GSoC PATCH 0/3] preserve promisor files content after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-21 21:28 ` [GSoC PATCH 1/3] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-21 21:28 ` [GSoC PATCH 2/3] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-22 2:04 ` Eric Sunshine
2026-03-22 18:50 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-21 21:29 ` [GSoC PATCH 3/3] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-22 19:16 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 0/4] preserve promisor files content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-22 19:16 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 1/4] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-23 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-25 21:33 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-22 19:18 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 2/4] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-23 20:27 ` Eric Sunshine
2026-03-26 16:15 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-23 21:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-26 2:01 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-22 19:18 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 3/4] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-03-23 21:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-26 2:12 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-03-22 19:18 ` [GSoC PATCH v2 4/4] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 0:23 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 0/5] preserve promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 0:24 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 1/5] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 0:24 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 2/5] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 17:22 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-04-06 18:40 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-06 21:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 21:46 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-07 2:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 21:52 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-07 22:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-06 21:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 22:07 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-06 0:25 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 3/5] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 0:25 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 4/5] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-06 22:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 23:28 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-07 18:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-07 23:11 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-08 0:38 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-06 0:25 ` [GSoC PATCH v3 5/5] t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:01 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 0/5] preserve promisor files content after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:02 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 1/5] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:02 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 2/5] pack-write: add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 16:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 16:34 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 18:10 ` [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: st_mtimespec vs st_mtim vs st_mtime Junio C Hamano
2026-04-16 23:46 ` Elijah Newren
2026-04-17 4:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 15:03 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 3/5] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:04 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 4/5] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:04 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 5/5] t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 15:47 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 0/5] preserve promisor files content after repack Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 16:44 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 22:54 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 0/6] " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 22:54 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 1/6] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 22:55 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 2/6] repack-promisor add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 23:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-11 1:59 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-12 6:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-17 0:30 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 22:55 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 3/6] repack-promisor: preserve content of promisor files " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-11 18:25 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-04-17 0:34 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 22:55 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 4/6] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-10 22:56 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 5/6] t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-11 18:49 ` Tian Yuchen
2026-04-17 0:46 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
2026-04-10 22:56 ` [GSoC PATCH v5 6/6] repack-promisor: add missing headers LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:16 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 0/6] preserve promisor files content after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:16 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 1/6] pack-write: add explanation to promisor file content LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 2/6] repack-promisor add helper to fill promisor file after repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` LorenzoPegorari [this message]
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 4/6] t7700: test for promisor file content " LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 5/6] t7703: test for promisor file content after geometric repack LorenzoPegorari
2026-04-18 14:17 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 6/6] repack-promisor: add missing headers LorenzoPegorari
2026-05-12 6:49 ` [GSoC PATCH v6 0/6] preserve promisor files content after repack Junio C Hamano
2026-04-10 23:05 ` [GSoC PATCH v4 0/5] " Junio C Hamano
2026-04-11 2:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-11 14:05 ` Lorenzo Pegorari
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