* [RFC PATCH 01/10] repack: unconditionally exclude non-kept packs
2026-06-26 19:02 [RFC PATCH 00/10] repack: combine '--geometric' and '--cruft' Taylor Blau
@ 2026-06-26 19:02 ` Taylor Blau
2026-06-26 19:02 ` [RFC PATCH 02/10] repack: extract `locate_existing_pack()` helper Taylor Blau
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
In `write_cruft_pack()`, we handle excluding objects found in non-kept
packs from being included in the cruft pack via two code paths:
* When using '--combine-cruft-below-size' (provided that we are not
expiring cruft objects), we use the aptly-named
`combine_small_cruft_packs()` function.
* In all other cases, we handle it directly in the 'else' branch of the
same conditional.
Simplify this by moving the non-kept pack exclusion out of the
conditional entirely, so that non-kept packs are always excluded
regardless of whether we are combining small cruft packs or not.
This is a preparatory refactor for a subsequent change that will use the
pack_geometry struct when available to determine which non-kept packs to
exclude.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
repack-cruft.c | 14 ++++----------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/repack-cruft.c b/repack-cruft.c
index 0653e887923..6a040e98017 100644
--- a/repack-cruft.c
+++ b/repack-cruft.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ static void combine_small_cruft_packs(FILE *in, off_t combine_cruft_below_size,
{
struct packed_git *p;
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
- size_t i;
repo_for_each_pack(existing->repo, p) {
if (!(p->is_cruft && p->pack_local))
@@ -30,10 +29,6 @@ static void combine_small_cruft_packs(FILE *in, off_t combine_cruft_below_size,
}
}
- for (i = 0; i < existing->non_kept_packs.nr; i++)
- fprintf(in, "-%s.pack\n",
- existing->non_kept_packs.items[i].string);
-
strbuf_release(&buf);
}
@@ -80,15 +75,14 @@ int write_cruft_pack(const struct write_pack_opts *opts,
in = xfdopen(cmd.in, "w");
for_each_string_list_item(item, names)
fprintf(in, "%s-%s.pack\n", pack_prefix, item->string);
- if (combine_cruft_below_size && !cruft_expiration) {
+ if (combine_cruft_below_size && !cruft_expiration)
combine_small_cruft_packs(in, combine_cruft_below_size,
existing);
- } else {
- for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->non_kept_packs)
- fprintf(in, "-%s.pack\n", item->string);
+ else
for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->cruft_packs)
fprintf(in, "-%s.pack\n", item->string);
- }
+ for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->non_kept_packs)
+ fprintf(in, "-%s.pack\n", item->string);
for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->kept_packs)
fprintf(in, "%s.pack\n", item->string);
fclose(in);
--
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
Factor out the lookup from `existing_packs_retain_cruft()` that converts
a pack basename to a `string_list_item` into a reusable static helper
function, `locate_existing_pack()`.
A subsequent commit will introduce a new function which will need to
perform this same lookup against a different `string_list`.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
repack.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/repack.c b/repack.c
index 571dabb665e..986c74ac7e8 100644
--- a/repack.c
+++ b/repack.c
@@ -226,21 +226,32 @@ static void existing_packs_mark_for_deletion_1(const struct git_hash_algo *algop
}
}
+static struct string_list_item *locate_existing_pack(struct string_list *list,
+ struct packed_git *p)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct string_list_item *item;
+
+ strbuf_addstr(&buf, pack_basename(p));
+ strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
+
+ item = string_list_lookup(list, buf.buf);
+
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+ return item;
+}
+
void existing_packs_retain_cruft(struct existing_packs *existing,
struct packed_git *cruft)
{
- struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
struct string_list_item *item;
- strbuf_addstr(&buf, pack_basename(cruft));
- strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
-
- item = string_list_lookup(&existing->cruft_packs, buf.buf);
+ item = locate_existing_pack(&existing->cruft_packs, cruft);
if (!item)
BUG("could not find cruft pack '%s'", pack_basename(cruft));
existing_packs_mark_retained(item);
- strbuf_release(&buf);
}
void existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(struct existing_packs *existing,
--
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2026-06-26 19:02 ` [RFC PATCH 04/10] repack: teach MIDX retention about geometric rollups Taylor Blau
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
In non-geometric repacks, any packs which repack wishes to delete are
handled via the `existing_packs` struct, which has a mechanism to retain
would-be-deleted packs (e.g., if we happened to write a new pack
identical to one otherwise marked for deletion).
In geometric repacks, repack removes any rewritten packs (alternatively,
any packs which were combined in order to restore a geometric
progression) by enumerating them via `pack_geometry_remove_redundant()`.
Prepare to use the `existing_packs` deletion machinery for geometric
repacks by marking any non-kept packs above the geometric split line as
retained. Do the same for promisor packs, which have their own split
point.
This commit only records which packs the later deletion pass must keep;
it does not change which packs are written or removed.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
builtin/repack.c | 2 ++
repack.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
repack.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index 1524a9c13ad..ce979d86d96 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
}
pack_geometry_init(&geometry, &existing, &po_args);
pack_geometry_split(&geometry);
+
+ existing_packs_retain_from_geometry(&existing, &geometry);
}
prepare_pack_objects(&cmd, &po_args, packtmp);
diff --git a/repack.c b/repack.c
index 986c74ac7e8..9b3cb425431 100644
--- a/repack.c
+++ b/repack.c
@@ -254,6 +254,33 @@ void existing_packs_retain_cruft(struct existing_packs *existing,
existing_packs_mark_retained(item);
}
+static void existing_packs_retain_non_kept(struct existing_packs *existing,
+ struct packed_git *p)
+{
+ struct string_list_item *item;
+
+ if (!p->pack_local)
+ return;
+
+ item = locate_existing_pack(&existing->non_kept_packs, p);
+ if (!item)
+ BUG("could not find non-kept pack '%s'", pack_basename(p));
+
+ existing_packs_mark_retained(item);
+}
+
+void existing_packs_retain_from_geometry(struct existing_packs *existing,
+ const struct pack_geometry *geometry)
+{
+ uint32_t i;
+
+ for (i = geometry->split; i < geometry->pack_nr; i++)
+ existing_packs_retain_non_kept(existing, geometry->pack[i]);
+ for (i = geometry->promisor_split; i < geometry->promisor_pack_nr; i++)
+ existing_packs_retain_non_kept(existing,
+ geometry->promisor_pack[i]);
+}
+
void existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(struct existing_packs *existing,
struct string_list *names)
diff --git a/repack.h b/repack.h
index f9fbc895f02..bb4c944d0cb 100644
--- a/repack.h
+++ b/repack.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int finish_pack_objects_cmd(const struct git_hash_algo *algop,
struct repository;
struct packed_git;
+struct pack_geometry;
struct existing_packs {
struct repository *repo;
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ int existing_packs_has_non_kept(const struct existing_packs *existing);
int existing_pack_is_marked_for_deletion(struct string_list_item *item);
void existing_packs_retain_cruft(struct existing_packs *existing,
struct packed_git *cruft);
+void existing_packs_retain_from_geometry(struct existing_packs *existing,
+ const struct pack_geometry *geometry);
void existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(struct existing_packs *existing,
struct string_list *names);
void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing);
--
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
When writing an incremental MIDX, existing_packs_retain_midx_packs()
marks packs in the existing MIDX chain as retained. This keeps them from
being deleted by the later existing_packs deletion pass, since retained
MIDX layers may still refer to those packs.
Geometric repacks need a narrower rule. Packs below the split are rolled
up into the newly-written pack, and should remain eligible for deletion
even if the old MIDX chain mentions them. Packs above the split were
marked as retained by the previous commit.
Teach existing_packs_retain_midx_packs() to skip packs which are part of
the geometric rollup. This does not change the current caller's behavior,
since geometric repacks do not yet use the existing_packs deletion path.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
builtin/repack.c | 2 +-
repack.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
repack.h | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index ce979d86d96..66b46b86896 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
if (delete_redundant && pack_everything & ALL_INTO_ONE) {
if (write_midx == REPACK_WRITE_MIDX_INCREMENTAL)
- existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(&existing);
+ existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(&existing, &geometry);
existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(&existing, &names);
}
diff --git a/repack.c b/repack.c
index 9b3cb425431..c7b79a3c113 100644
--- a/repack.c
+++ b/repack.c
@@ -292,6 +292,39 @@ void existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(struct existing_packs *existing,
&existing->cruft_packs);
}
+static int pack_geometry_contains_pack(struct packed_git **packs,
+ uint32_t packs_nr,
+ const char *base)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ uint32_t i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < packs_nr; i++) {
+ strbuf_reset(&buf);
+ strbuf_addstr(&buf, pack_basename(packs[i]));
+ strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
+
+ if (!strcmp(buf.buf, base)) {
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int pack_geometry_contains_rollup(const struct pack_geometry *geometry,
+ const char *base)
+{
+ if (!geometry || !geometry->split_factor)
+ return 0;
+
+ return pack_geometry_contains_pack(geometry->pack, geometry->split, base) ||
+ pack_geometry_contains_pack(geometry->promisor_pack,
+ geometry->promisor_split, base);
+}
+
/*
* Mark every pack that is referenced by the existing MIDX chain as
* retained, so that a subsequent call to
@@ -300,9 +333,12 @@ void existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(struct existing_packs *existing,
* This is used when writing an incremental MIDX layer on top of an
* existing chain: retained layers continue to reference the same
* packs on disk, so those packs must not be unlinked even if the
- * freshly-written pack supersedes them.
+ * freshly-written pack supersedes them. When doing a geometric repack,
+ * packs below the split are rewritten into the new MIDX tip and should
+ * remain eligible for deletion.
*/
-void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing)
+void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing,
+ const struct pack_geometry *geometry)
{
struct string_list_item *item;
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -315,6 +351,9 @@ void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing)
strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".idx");
+ if (pack_geometry_contains_rollup(geometry, buf.buf))
+ continue;
+
found = string_list_lookup(&existing->non_kept_packs, buf.buf);
if (found)
existing_packs_mark_retained(found);
diff --git a/repack.h b/repack.h
index bb4c944d0cb..f0d082df9e8 100644
--- a/repack.h
+++ b/repack.h
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ void existing_packs_retain_from_geometry(struct existing_packs *existing,
const struct pack_geometry *geometry);
void existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(struct existing_packs *existing,
struct string_list *names);
-void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing);
+void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing,
+ const struct pack_geometry *geometry);
void existing_packs_remove_redundant(struct existing_packs *existing,
const char *packdir,
bool wrote_incremental_midx);
--
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@ 2026-06-26 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-27 0:43 ` Taylor Blau
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From: Junio C Hamano @ 2026-06-26 21:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Taylor Blau; +Cc: git, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
> +static int pack_geometry_contains_pack(struct packed_git **packs,
> + uint32_t packs_nr,
> + const char *base)
> +{
> + struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> + uint32_t i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < packs_nr; i++) {
> + strbuf_reset(&buf);
> + strbuf_addstr(&buf, pack_basename(packs[i]));
> + strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
> +
> + if (!strcmp(buf.buf, base)) {
> + strbuf_release(&buf);
> + return 1;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + strbuf_release(&buf);
> + return 0;
> +}
It feels slightly inefficient to repeatedly strbuf_reset(),
strbuf_addstr(), and strbuf_strip_suffix() in the loop. I do not
know if my understanding of what existing_packs_retain_midx_packs()
passes down in buf.buf as base is correct or not, but if so,
wouldn't it equivalent to
for (uint32_t i = 0; i < packs_nr; i++) {
const char *pack_name = pack_basename(packs[i]);
const char *suffix;
if (skip_prefix(pack_name, base, &suffix) &&
!strcmp(suffix, ".pack"))
return 1;
}
perhaps?
Starting from "/path/to/objects/pack/pack-deadbeef.pack", you take
the basename of it to have "pack-deadbeef.pack" in buf, strip out
the ".pack" suffix to get "pack-deadbeef" in buf and then compare it
with the base.
Instead, pack_name in the rewitten one becomes the basename of the
packfile path, i.e., "pack-deadbeef.pack", then we see if it begins
with base and take the remainder in suffix, and finally we check if
that remaining suffix is ".pack".
Which should be equivalent.
> + * freshly-written pack supersedes them. When doing a geometric repack,
> + * packs below the split are rewritten into the new MIDX tip and should
> + * remain eligible for deletion.
> */
> -void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing)
> +void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing,
> + const struct pack_geometry *geometry)
> {
> struct string_list_item *item;
> struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> @@ -315,6 +351,9 @@ void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing)
> strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
> strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".idx");
Not a fault of this patch, but it makes the hairs on the back of my
head tingle to see that a bogus input like "pack-foobar.idx.pack"
happily is taken, while "pack-foobar.pack.idx", an equally bogus
input, is not.
> + if (pack_geometry_contains_rollup(geometry, buf.buf))
> + continue;
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@ 2026-06-27 0:43 ` Taylor Blau
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-27 0:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: git, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 02:28:18PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> > +static int pack_geometry_contains_pack(struct packed_git **packs,
> > + uint32_t packs_nr,
> > + const char *base)
> > +{
> > + struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> > + uint32_t i;
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < packs_nr; i++) {
> > + strbuf_reset(&buf);
> > + strbuf_addstr(&buf, pack_basename(packs[i]));
> > + strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
> > +
> > + if (!strcmp(buf.buf, base)) {
> > + strbuf_release(&buf);
> > + return 1;
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > + strbuf_release(&buf);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
>
> It feels slightly inefficient to repeatedly strbuf_reset(),
> strbuf_addstr(), and strbuf_strip_suffix() in the loop. I do not
> know if my understanding of what existing_packs_retain_midx_packs()
> passes down in buf.buf as base is correct or not, but if so,
> wouldn't it equivalent to
>
> for (uint32_t i = 0; i < packs_nr; i++) {
> const char *pack_name = pack_basename(packs[i]);
> const char *suffix;
>
> if (skip_prefix(pack_name, base, &suffix) &&
> !strcmp(suffix, ".pack"))
> return 1;
> }
>
> perhaps?
>
> Starting from "/path/to/objects/pack/pack-deadbeef.pack", you take
> the basename of it to have "pack-deadbeef.pack" in buf, strip out
> the ".pack" suffix to get "pack-deadbeef" in buf and then compare it
> with the base.
I think that this would work nicely. I think that the skip_prefix()
variant is easy enough to read, and is clearly more efficient.
> Instead, pack_name in the rewitten one becomes the basename of the
> packfile path, i.e., "pack-deadbeef.pack", then we see if it begins
> with base and take the remainder in suffix, and finally we check if
> that remaining suffix is ".pack".
>
> Which should be equivalent.
>
> > + * freshly-written pack supersedes them. When doing a geometric repack,
> > + * packs below the split are rewritten into the new MIDX tip and should
> > + * remain eligible for deletion.
> > */
> > -void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing)
> > +void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing,
> > + const struct pack_geometry *geometry)
> > {
> > struct string_list_item *item;
> > struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
> > @@ -315,6 +351,9 @@ void existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(struct existing_packs *existing)
> > strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
> > strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".idx");
>
> Not a fault of this patch, but it makes the hairs on the back of my
> head tingle to see that a bogus input like "pack-foobar.idx.pack"
> happily is taken, while "pack-foobar.pack.idx", an equally bogus
> input, is not.
Yeah, this is gross (and my fault). Presumably I was swapping out one
variant for another and didn't stage the removal of one of the
strip_suffix() calls.
Thanks,
Taylor
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
Now that packs above the geometric split are marked as retained, teach
geometric repacks to use the existing_packs deletion machinery instead of
calling pack_geometry_remove_redundant().
This lets geometric repacks share the same mark-then-remove path as
all-into-one repacks: packs below the split are marked for deletion, and
packs above the split are ignored because they were retained earlier.
When doing a geometric repack without --combine-cruft-below-size, retain
all cruft packs before marking anything for deletion. Geometric repacks do
not rewrite cruft packs in that mode, so the common deletion path must not
remove them.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
builtin/repack.c | 11 +++++------
repack.c | 8 ++++++++
repack.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index 66b46b86896..dfb6fed231d 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -574,10 +574,13 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
packtmp);
/* End of pack replacement. */
- if (delete_redundant && pack_everything & ALL_INTO_ONE) {
+ if (delete_redundant) {
if (write_midx == REPACK_WRITE_MIDX_INCREMENTAL)
existing_packs_retain_midx_packs(&existing, &geometry);
- existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(&existing, &names);
+ if (geometry.split_factor && !combine_cruft_below_size)
+ existing_packs_retain_all_cruft(&existing);
+ if (pack_everything & ALL_INTO_ONE || geometry.split_factor)
+ existing_packs_mark_for_deletion(&existing, &names);
}
if (write_midx != REPACK_WRITE_MIDX_NONE) {
@@ -609,10 +612,6 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
existing_packs_remove_redundant(&existing, packdir,
wrote_incremental_midx);
- if (geometry.split_factor)
- pack_geometry_remove_redundant(&geometry, &names,
- &existing, packdir,
- wrote_incremental_midx);
if (show_progress)
opts |= PRUNE_PACKED_VERBOSE;
prune_packed_objects(opts);
diff --git a/repack.c b/repack.c
index c7b79a3c113..90797561954 100644
--- a/repack.c
+++ b/repack.c
@@ -242,6 +242,14 @@ static struct string_list_item *locate_existing_pack(struct string_list *list,
return item;
}
+void existing_packs_retain_all_cruft(struct existing_packs *existing)
+{
+ struct string_list_item *item;
+
+ for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->cruft_packs)
+ existing_packs_mark_retained(item);
+}
+
void existing_packs_retain_cruft(struct existing_packs *existing,
struct packed_git *cruft)
{
diff --git a/repack.h b/repack.h
index f0d082df9e8..90c89630ef8 100644
--- a/repack.h
+++ b/repack.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ void existing_packs_collect(struct existing_packs *existing,
const struct string_list *extra_keep);
int existing_packs_has_non_kept(const struct existing_packs *existing);
int existing_pack_is_marked_for_deletion(struct string_list_item *item);
+void existing_packs_retain_all_cruft(struct existing_packs *existing);
void existing_packs_retain_cruft(struct existing_packs *existing,
struct packed_git *cruft);
void existing_packs_retain_from_geometry(struct existing_packs *existing,
--
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
The previous commit stopped using pack_geometry_remove_redundant() when
deleting packs after a geometric repack. The existing_packs machinery now
handles the same removal after geometric packs are marked for deletion.
Remove the unused geometry-specific helper and its declaration.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
repack-geometry.c | 44 --------------------------------------------
repack.h | 5 -----
2 files changed, 49 deletions(-)
diff --git a/repack-geometry.c b/repack-geometry.c
index 2064683dcfe..c75fa508612 100644
--- a/repack-geometry.c
+++ b/repack-geometry.c
@@ -245,50 +245,6 @@ struct packed_git *pack_geometry_preferred_pack(struct pack_geometry *geometry)
return NULL;
}
-static void remove_redundant_packs(struct packed_git **pack,
- uint32_t pack_nr,
- struct string_list *names,
- struct existing_packs *existing,
- const char *packdir,
- bool wrote_incremental_midx)
-{
- const struct git_hash_algo *algop = existing->repo->hash_algo;
- struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
- uint32_t i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < pack_nr; i++) {
- struct packed_git *p = pack[i];
- if (string_list_has_string(names, hash_to_hex_algop(p->hash,
- algop)))
- continue;
-
- strbuf_reset(&buf);
- strbuf_addstr(&buf, pack_basename(p));
- strbuf_strip_suffix(&buf, ".pack");
-
- if ((p->pack_keep) ||
- (string_list_has_string(&existing->kept_packs, buf.buf)))
- continue;
-
- repack_remove_redundant_pack(existing->repo, packdir, buf.buf,
- wrote_incremental_midx);
- }
-
- strbuf_release(&buf);
-}
-
-void pack_geometry_remove_redundant(struct pack_geometry *geometry,
- struct string_list *names,
- struct existing_packs *existing,
- const char *packdir,
- bool wrote_incremental_midx)
-{
- remove_redundant_packs(geometry->pack, geometry->split,
- names, existing, packdir, wrote_incremental_midx);
- remove_redundant_packs(geometry->promisor_pack, geometry->promisor_split,
- names, existing, packdir, wrote_incremental_midx);
-}
-
void pack_geometry_release(struct pack_geometry *geometry)
{
if (!geometry)
diff --git a/repack.h b/repack.h
index 90c89630ef8..4295829cea0 100644
--- a/repack.h
+++ b/repack.h
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ void pack_geometry_init(struct pack_geometry *geometry,
const struct pack_objects_args *args);
void pack_geometry_split(struct pack_geometry *geometry);
struct packed_git *pack_geometry_preferred_pack(struct pack_geometry *geometry);
-void pack_geometry_remove_redundant(struct pack_geometry *geometry,
- struct string_list *names,
- struct existing_packs *existing,
- const char *packdir,
- bool wrote_incremental_midx);
void pack_geometry_release(struct pack_geometry *geometry);
struct tempfile;
--
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
Extract the pack enumeration loop from stdin_packs_add_pack_entries()
into a separate stdin_packs_add_all_pack_entries() helper, and have the
caller dispatch to it based on the stdin_packs_mode.
This prepares for a subsequent commit which will introduce an alternate
code path for '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable' that determines the set
of objects to include via a reachability walk rather than eagerly adding
all objects from included packs.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
builtin/pack-objects.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 27048bbb4dd..29e43abb51e 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -3933,30 +3933,12 @@ static int stdin_packs_include_check(struct commit *commit, void *data)
return stdin_packs_include_check_obj((struct object *)commit, data);
}
-static void stdin_packs_add_pack_entries(struct strmap *packs,
- struct rev_info *revs)
+static void stdin_packs_add_all_pack_entries(struct string_list *keys,
+ struct rev_info *revs)
{
- struct string_list keys = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
struct string_list_item *item;
- struct hashmap_iter iter;
- struct strmap_entry *entry;
- strmap_for_each_entry(packs, &iter, entry) {
- struct stdin_pack_info *info = entry->value;
- if (!info->p)
- die(_("could not find pack '%s'"), entry->key);
-
- string_list_append(&keys, entry->key)->util = info;
- }
-
- /*
- * Order packs by ascending mtime; use QSORT directly to access the
- * string_list_item's ->util pointer, which string_list_sort() does not
- * provide.
- */
- QSORT(keys.items, keys.nr, pack_mtime_cmp);
-
- for_each_string_list_item(item, &keys) {
+ for_each_string_list_item(item, keys) {
struct stdin_pack_info *info = item->util;
if (info->kind & STDIN_PACK_EXCLUDE_OPEN) {
@@ -3977,6 +3959,31 @@ static void stdin_packs_add_pack_entries(struct strmap *packs,
revs,
ODB_FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
}
+}
+
+static void stdin_packs_add_pack_entries(struct strmap *packs,
+ struct rev_info *revs)
+{
+ struct string_list keys = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+ struct hashmap_iter iter;
+ struct strmap_entry *entry;
+
+ strmap_for_each_entry(packs, &iter, entry) {
+ struct stdin_pack_info *info = entry->value;
+ if (!info->p)
+ die(_("could not find pack '%s'"), entry->key);
+
+ string_list_append(&keys, entry->key)->util = info;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Order packs by ascending mtime; use QSORT directly to access the
+ * string_list_item's ->util pointer, which string_list_sort() does not
+ * provide.
+ */
+ QSORT(keys.items, keys.nr, pack_mtime_cmp);
+
+ stdin_packs_add_all_pack_entries(&keys, revs);
string_list_clear(&keys, 0);
}
--
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From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
Introduce a new '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable' mode. Like
'--stdin-packs=follow', this mode recognizes the '!' (excluded-open)
pack prefix and halts at '^' (excluded-closed) packs.
Unlike 'follow', which eagerly includes all objects from listed packs
and then walks reachability to rescue additional objects, the new
'follow-reachable' mode uses reference tips as its traversal starting
points and only includes objects that are both reachable AND belong to
an included pack (or are reachable from a commit or tag in one):
- Objects in included packs: added to the output if reachable.
- Objects reachable from included-pack commits but in unknown packs:
added to the output (rescued).
- Objects in excluded-open ('!') packs: not included, but the traversal
continues through them.
- Objects in excluded-closed ('^') packs: not included, and the
traversal halts.
The implementation uses a two-phase approach:
1. In the first phase, commits and tags in included packs (and loose,
when --unpacked is given) are marked with a flag bit
(IN_INCLUDED_PACK). A commit-only walk from ref tips then identifies
which marked objects are reachable, halting at excluded-closed
packs.
2. In the second phase, every reachable marked object (from the
previous step) becomes a tip for a full object traversal whose
`show_object_pack_hint()` and `show_commit_pack_hint()` callbacks
add discovered objects (obeying the usual constraints imposed by
`want_object_in_pack()`).
When '--unpacked' is given, reachable loose objects are included in the
output while unreachable loose objects are left alone. This is achieved
by marking loose commits and tags with IN_INCLUDED_PACK during the first
phase, so the pre-walk discovers them naturally.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc | 17 +++
builtin/pack-objects.c | 185 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
t/t5331-pack-objects-stdin.sh | 201 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 393 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
index 8a27aa19fd3..d7b2e39e76c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
@@ -113,6 +113,23 @@ This mode is useful, for example, to resurrect once-unreachable
objects found in cruft packs to generate packs which are closed under
reachability up to the boundary set by the excluded packs.
+
+When `mode` is "follow-reachable", the same pack prefixes are recognized
+as in "follow" (`!` for excluded-open, `^` for excluded-closed). However,
+instead of including all objects from included packs, only objects that
+are reachable from reference tips AND belong to an included pack (or are
+reachable from a commit in one) are included. Objects in excluded-open
+packs are traversed but not included; objects in excluded-closed packs
+halt the traversal.
++
+This mode is designed for geometric repacking with cruft packs, where
+the output pack should contain only reachable objects so that unreachable
+ones can be collected separately.
++
+When `--unpacked` is given alongside `--stdin-packs=follow-reachable`,
+reachable loose objects are also included in the output pack, while
+unreachable loose objects are left alone. This includes both loose
+commits and annotated tag objects.
++
Incompatible with `--revs`, or options that imply `--revs` (such as
`--all`), with the exception of `--unpacked`, which is compatible.
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 29e43abb51e..5d96757b645 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ enum stdin_packs_mode {
STDIN_PACKS_MODE_NONE,
STDIN_PACKS_MODE_STANDARD,
STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW,
+ STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE,
};
/**
@@ -3835,7 +3836,8 @@ static void show_object_pack_hint(struct object *object, const char *name,
void *data)
{
enum stdin_packs_mode mode = *(enum stdin_packs_mode *)data;
- if (mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW) {
+ if (mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW ||
+ mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE) {
if (object->type == OBJ_BLOB &&
!odb_has_object(the_repository->objects, &object->oid, 0))
return;
@@ -3866,7 +3868,8 @@ static void show_commit_pack_hint(struct commit *commit, void *data)
{
enum stdin_packs_mode mode = *(enum stdin_packs_mode *)data;
- if (mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW) {
+ if (mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW ||
+ mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE) {
show_object_pack_hint((struct object *)commit, "", data);
return;
}
@@ -3933,6 +3936,156 @@ static int stdin_packs_include_check(struct commit *commit, void *data)
return stdin_packs_include_check_obj((struct object *)commit, data);
}
+/*
+ * Flag bit set on commits that belong to an included pack during
+ * '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'. Used by the pre-walk to
+ * identify which reachable commits should be tips for the main
+ * object traversal.
+ */
+#define IN_INCLUDED_PACK (1u<<11)
+
+static int mark_included_pack_tip(const struct object_id *oid,
+ struct packed_git *p,
+ uint32_t pos,
+ void *data)
+{
+ struct rev_info *main_revs = data;
+ off_t ofs = nth_packed_object_offset(p, pos);
+ enum object_type type;
+ struct object_info oi = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
+ struct object *obj;
+
+ oi.typep = &type;
+ if (packed_object_info(p, ofs, &oi) < 0)
+ return 0;
+ if (type != OBJ_COMMIT && type != OBJ_TAG)
+ return 0;
+
+ obj = parse_object(the_repository, oid);
+ if (!obj)
+ return 0;
+
+ obj->flags |= IN_INCLUDED_PACK;
+
+ if (type == OBJ_TAG && main_revs)
+ add_pending_object(main_revs, obj, "");
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int mark_loose_object_tip(const struct object_id *oid,
+ struct object_info *oi UNUSED,
+ void *data)
+{
+ struct rev_info *main_revs = data;
+ struct object *obj;
+ enum object_type type;
+
+ type = odb_read_object_info(the_repository->objects, oid, NULL);
+ if (type != OBJ_COMMIT && type != OBJ_TAG)
+ return 0;
+
+ obj = parse_object(the_repository, oid);
+ if (!obj)
+ return 0;
+
+ obj->flags |= IN_INCLUDED_PACK;
+
+ if (type == OBJ_TAG && main_revs)
+ add_pending_object(main_revs, obj, "");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int add_ref_to_pending(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data)
+{
+ struct rev_info *revs = cb_data;
+ struct object *object;
+
+ object = parse_object(the_repository, ref->oid);
+ if (!object)
+ return 0;
+
+ add_pending_object(revs, object, "");
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void stdin_packs_add_reachable_pack_entries(struct string_list *keys,
+ struct rev_info *revs,
+ int rev_list_unpacked)
+{
+ struct rev_info pre_walk;
+ struct commit *commit;
+ struct string_list_item *item;
+
+ /*
+ * Phase 1: mark commits in included packs, then walk from
+ * ref tips to discover which of them are reachable. The walk
+ * halts at excluded-closed packs (via no_kept_objects) and
+ * continues through excluded-open ones.
+ *
+ * Also set include_check on the outer revs so that phase 2
+ * (the main object traversal) halts at closed packs.
+ */
+ revs->include_check = stdin_packs_include_check;
+ revs->include_check_obj = stdin_packs_include_check_obj;
+
+ for_each_string_list_item(item, keys) {
+ struct stdin_pack_info *info = item->util;
+ if (info->kind & STDIN_PACK_INCLUDE)
+ for_each_object_in_pack(info->p,
+ mark_included_pack_tip,
+ revs,
+ ODB_FOR_EACH_OBJECT_PACK_ORDER);
+ }
+
+ if (rev_list_unpacked) {
+ /*
+ * With '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable', specifying
+ * '--unpacked' instructs pack-objects to pack any loose
+ * objects which are reachable.
+ *
+ * Pretend as if all loose objects are in an included
+ * pack in order to make them eligible for packing.
+ */
+ struct odb_source *source = revs->repo->objects->sources;
+ for (; source; source = source->next) {
+ struct odb_source_files *files = odb_source_files_downcast(source);
+ struct odb_for_each_object_options opts = { 0 };
+ if (local)
+ opts.flags |= ODB_FOR_EACH_OBJECT_LOCAL_ONLY;
+
+ odb_source_for_each_object(&files->loose->base, NULL,
+ mark_loose_object_tip,
+ revs, &opts);
+ }
+ }
+
+ repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &pre_walk, NULL);
+ pre_walk.no_kept_objects = 1;
+ pre_walk.keep_pack_cache_flags |= KEPT_PACK_IN_CORE;
+ pre_walk.ignore_missing_links = 1;
+
+ refs_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+ add_ref_to_pending, &pre_walk);
+
+ if (prepare_revision_walk(&pre_walk))
+ die(_("revision walk setup failed"));
+
+ /*
+ * Phase 2 tips: every reachable commit that is in an
+ * included pack becomes a starting point for the main
+ * object traversal.
+ */
+ while ((commit = get_revision(&pre_walk)) != NULL) {
+ if (commit->object.flags & IN_INCLUDED_PACK)
+ add_pending_oid(revs, NULL,
+ &commit->object.oid, 0);
+ }
+
+ reset_revision_walk();
+ release_revisions(&pre_walk);
+}
+
static void stdin_packs_add_all_pack_entries(struct string_list *keys,
struct rev_info *revs)
{
@@ -3962,7 +4115,9 @@ static void stdin_packs_add_all_pack_entries(struct string_list *keys,
}
static void stdin_packs_add_pack_entries(struct strmap *packs,
- struct rev_info *revs)
+ struct rev_info *revs,
+ enum stdin_packs_mode mode,
+ int rev_list_unpacked)
{
struct string_list keys = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
struct hashmap_iter iter;
@@ -3983,13 +4138,18 @@ static void stdin_packs_add_pack_entries(struct strmap *packs,
*/
QSORT(keys.items, keys.nr, pack_mtime_cmp);
- stdin_packs_add_all_pack_entries(&keys, revs);
+ if (mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE)
+ stdin_packs_add_reachable_pack_entries(&keys, revs,
+ rev_list_unpacked);
+ else
+ stdin_packs_add_all_pack_entries(&keys, revs);
string_list_clear(&keys, 0);
}
static void stdin_packs_read_input(struct rev_info *revs,
- enum stdin_packs_mode mode)
+ enum stdin_packs_mode mode,
+ int rev_list_unpacked)
{
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
struct strmap packs = STRMAP_INIT;
@@ -4004,7 +4164,9 @@ static void stdin_packs_read_input(struct rev_info *revs,
continue;
else if (*key == '^')
kind = STDIN_PACK_EXCLUDE_CLOSED;
- else if (*key == '!' && mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW)
+ else if (*key == '!' &&
+ (mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW ||
+ mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE))
kind = STDIN_PACK_EXCLUDE_OPEN;
if (kind != STDIN_PACK_INCLUDE)
@@ -4069,7 +4231,7 @@ static void stdin_packs_read_input(struct rev_info *revs,
info->p = p;
}
- stdin_packs_add_pack_entries(&packs, revs);
+ stdin_packs_add_pack_entries(&packs, revs, mode, rev_list_unpacked);
strbuf_release(&buf);
strmap_clear(&packs, 1);
@@ -4109,7 +4271,8 @@ static void read_stdin_packs(enum stdin_packs_mode mode, int rev_list_unpacked)
/* avoids adding objects in excluded packs */
ignore_packed_keep_in_core = 1;
- if (mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW) {
+ if (mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW ||
+ mode == STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE) {
/*
* In '--stdin-packs=follow' mode, additionally ignore
* objects in excluded-open packs to prevent them from
@@ -4117,8 +4280,8 @@ static void read_stdin_packs(enum stdin_packs_mode mode, int rev_list_unpacked)
*/
ignore_packed_keep_in_core_open = 1;
}
- stdin_packs_read_input(&revs, mode);
- if (rev_list_unpacked)
+ stdin_packs_read_input(&revs, mode, rev_list_unpacked);
+ if (rev_list_unpacked && mode != STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE)
add_unreachable_loose_objects(&revs);
if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))
@@ -5027,6 +5190,8 @@ static int parse_stdin_packs_mode(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
*mode = STDIN_PACKS_MODE_STANDARD;
else if (!strcmp(arg, "follow"))
*mode = STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW;
+ else if (!strcmp(arg, "follow-reachable"))
+ *mode = STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE;
else
die(_("invalid value for '%s': '%s'"), opt->long_name, arg);
diff --git a/t/t5331-pack-objects-stdin.sh b/t/t5331-pack-objects-stdin.sh
index c74b5861af3..443d855291a 100755
--- a/t/t5331-pack-objects-stdin.sh
+++ b/t/t5331-pack-objects-stdin.sh
@@ -520,4 +520,205 @@ test_expect_success '--stdin-packs with !-delimited pack without follow' '
)
'
+test_expect_success '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable excludes unreachable objects' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+
+ git init repo &&
+ (
+ cd repo &&
+ git config set maintenance.auto false &&
+
+ git branch -M main &&
+
+ # Create the following commit structure:
+ #
+ # A <-- B <-- C (main)
+ # ^
+ # \
+ # U (unreachable, no ref)
+ test_commit A &&
+ test_commit B &&
+ test_commit U &&
+ U_TIP="$(git rev-parse HEAD)" &&
+ git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
+ git tag -d U &&
+ git reflog expire --all --expire=all &&
+
+ test_commit C &&
+
+ A="$(echo A | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+ B="$(echo A..B | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+ C="$(echo B..C | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+ U="$(echo "$U_TIP" | git pack-objects $packdir/pack)" &&
+
+ git prune-packed &&
+
+ # Include packs A and C, exclude B as open (since B
+ # may not have closure), leave U as unknown.
+ #
+ # With follow-reachable:
+ # - objects from A and C are included (reachable from
+ # main, through excluded-open B, and in included
+ # packs)
+ # - objects from B are excluded (excluded-open)
+ # - objects from U are NOT included (not reachable
+ # from any ref, even though the pack exists)
+ P=$(git pack-objects --stdin-packs=follow-reachable \
+ $packdir/pack <<-EOF
+ pack-$A.pack
+ !pack-$B.pack
+ pack-$C.pack
+ EOF
+ ) &&
+
+ objects_in_packs $A $C >expect &&
+ objects_in_packs $P >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable with open-excluded packs' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+
+ git init repo &&
+ (
+ cd repo &&
+ git config set maintenance.auto false &&
+
+ git branch -M main &&
+
+ # Create the following commit structure:
+ #
+ # A <-- B <-- C <-- D (main)
+ #
+ # Pack each commit separately, then use follow-reachable
+ # with B excluded-open and A excluded-closed. Since B is
+ # open, the traversal continues through it, but since A
+ # is closed, it halts there.
+ test_commit A &&
+ test_commit B &&
+ test_commit C &&
+ test_commit D &&
+
+ A="$(echo A | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+ B="$(echo A..B | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+ C="$(echo B..C | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+ D="$(echo C..D | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+
+ git prune-packed &&
+
+ # Include C and D, B excluded-open, A excluded-closed.
+ #
+ # The traversal starts at main (D), walks:
+ # D (included) -> C (included) -> B (open, continue
+ # but do not include) -> A (closed, halt).
+ #
+ # Objects from C and D are in the output (reachable,
+ # included). B.t is also rescued (reachable via
+ # C^{tree} or similar). A and its objects are NOT
+ # (behind the closed boundary).
+ P=$(git pack-objects --stdin-packs=follow-reachable \
+ $packdir/pack <<-EOF
+ pack-$C.pack
+ pack-$D.pack
+ !pack-$B.pack
+ ^pack-$A.pack
+ EOF
+ ) &&
+
+ objects_in_packs $C $D >expect &&
+ objects_in_packs $P >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable with --unpacked and loose objects' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+
+ git init repo &&
+ (
+ cd repo &&
+ git config set maintenance.auto false &&
+
+ git branch -M main &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+ test_commit B &&
+
+ A="$(echo A | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+ B="$(echo A..B | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+
+ git prune-packed &&
+
+ # Create a reachable loose commit on top of B.
+ test_commit C &&
+
+ # Create an unreachable loose object.
+ unreachable="$(echo "unreachable" | git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+
+ # Include A and B, no excluded packs. With --unpacked,
+ # the reachable loose objects from C should be included
+ # in the output but the unreachable blob should not.
+ P=$(git pack-objects --stdin-packs=follow-reachable \
+ --unpacked $packdir/pack <<-EOF
+ pack-$A.pack
+ pack-$B.pack
+ EOF
+ ) &&
+
+ # The output should contain objects from A, B, and C.
+ {
+ objects_in_packs $A $B &&
+ git rev-list --objects --no-object-names B..C
+ } >expect.raw &&
+ sort expect.raw >expect &&
+
+ objects_in_packs $P >actual &&
+
+ # The unreachable blob should NOT be in the output.
+ ! grep $unreachable actual &&
+
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable with --unpacked and loose annotated tag' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+
+ git init repo &&
+ (
+ cd repo &&
+ git config set maintenance.auto false &&
+
+ git branch -M main &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+
+ A="$(echo A | git pack-objects --revs $packdir/pack)" &&
+
+ git prune-packed &&
+
+ # Create a loose annotated tag pointing at A.
+ git tag -a -m "annotated" annotated-tag A &&
+ tag_oid="$(git rev-parse annotated-tag)" &&
+
+ P=$(git pack-objects --stdin-packs=follow-reachable \
+ --unpacked $packdir/pack <<-EOF
+ pack-$A.pack
+ EOF
+ ) &&
+
+ # The output should contain objects from A plus the
+ # loose annotated tag object.
+ {
+ objects_in_packs $A &&
+ echo $tag_oid
+ } >expect.raw &&
+ sort expect.raw >expect &&
+
+ objects_in_packs $P >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+ )
+'
+
test_done
--
2.55.0.rc2.10.g29e31820dce
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread* Re: [RFC PATCH 08/10] pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'
2026-06-26 19:02 ` [RFC PATCH 08/10] pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable' Taylor Blau
@ 2026-06-26 21:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-27 0:41 ` Taylor Blau
0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2026-06-26 21:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Taylor Blau; +Cc: git, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
> +/*
> + * Flag bit set on commits that belong to an included pack during
> + * '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'. Used by the pre-walk to
> + * identify which reachable commits should be tips for the main
> + * object traversal.
> + */
> +#define IN_INCLUDED_PACK (1u<<11)
> +
> +static int mark_included_pack_tip(const struct object_id *oid,
> + struct packed_git *p,
> + uint32_t pos,
> + void *data)
> +{
> + struct rev_info *main_revs = data;
> + off_t ofs = nth_packed_object_offset(p, pos);
> + enum object_type type;
> + struct object_info oi = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
> + struct object *obj;
> +
> + oi.typep = &type;
> + if (packed_object_info(p, ofs, &oi) < 0)
> + return 0;
> + if (type != OBJ_COMMIT && type != OBJ_TAG)
> + return 0;
We do not care about non commits, non tags.
> + obj = parse_object(the_repository, oid);
> + if (!obj)
> + return 0;
> +
> + obj->flags |= IN_INCLUDED_PACK;
> +
> + if (type == OBJ_TAG && main_revs)
> + add_pending_object(main_revs, obj, "");
Any tag object is added to the pending list of the second phase
traversal here. Doesn't this retain unreachable tags and
(unreachable) objects that are only reachable from these unreachable
tags found in the packfile? Don't we want to limit this code to add
only tags that actually are reachable from refs, or something?
> + return 0;
> +}
The other function ...
> +static int mark_loose_object_tip(const struct object_id *oid,
> + struct object_info *oi UNUSED,
> + void *data)
... is structured in a very similar way, and gives the same
puzzlement to me.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread* Re: [RFC PATCH 08/10] pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'
2026-06-26 21:39 ` Junio C Hamano
@ 2026-06-27 0:41 ` Taylor Blau
2026-06-27 2:09 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread
From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-27 0:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: git, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 02:39:10PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> > +/*
> > + * Flag bit set on commits that belong to an included pack during
> > + * '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'. Used by the pre-walk to
> > + * identify which reachable commits should be tips for the main
> > + * object traversal.
> > + */
> > +#define IN_INCLUDED_PACK (1u<<11)
> > +
> > +static int mark_included_pack_tip(const struct object_id *oid,
> > + struct packed_git *p,
> > + uint32_t pos,
> > + void *data)
> > +{
> > + struct rev_info *main_revs = data;
> > + off_t ofs = nth_packed_object_offset(p, pos);
> > + enum object_type type;
> > + struct object_info oi = OBJECT_INFO_INIT;
> > + struct object *obj;
> > +
> > + oi.typep = &type;
> > + if (packed_object_info(p, ofs, &oi) < 0)
> > + return 0;
> > + if (type != OBJ_COMMIT && type != OBJ_TAG)
> > + return 0;
>
> We do not care about non commits, non tags.
This should not be an &&, but rather an ||. We only want to handle
objects which are either commits *or* tags via this function.
> > + obj = parse_object(the_repository, oid);
> > + if (!obj)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > + obj->flags |= IN_INCLUDED_PACK;
> > +
> > + if (type == OBJ_TAG && main_revs)
> > + add_pending_object(main_revs, obj, "");
>
> Any tag object is added to the pending list of the second phase
> traversal here. Doesn't this retain unreachable tags and
> (unreachable) objects that are only reachable from these unreachable
> tags found in the packfile? Don't we want to limit this code to add
> only tags that actually are reachable from refs, or something?
Hmm. You're right, if we have an unreachable annotated tag object in one
of the STDIN_PACK_INCLUDE packs, then we'll pick it up and place it in
the non-cruft pack.
I'd have to think more about how to handle this properly to ensure that
*only* reachable objects are included. We probably want to re-order this
code so that we start a traversal from the reference tips, then mark
reachable objects as starting points based on whether or not they appear
in an included pack (and correspondingly do not appear in an excluded
one).
That adjusts how the traversal would work, I think, since we should be
able to pick up the resulting set of objects in a single pass. But I'd
have to think more about it...
Thanks,
Taylor
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread* Re: [RFC PATCH 08/10] pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'
2026-06-27 0:41 ` Taylor Blau
@ 2026-06-27 2:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-27 2:26 ` Taylor Blau
0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2026-06-27 2:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Taylor Blau; +Cc: git, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>> > + if (packed_object_info(p, ofs, &oi) < 0)
>> > + return 0;
>> > + if (type != OBJ_COMMIT && type != OBJ_TAG)
>> > + return 0;
>>
>> We do not care about non commits, non tags.
>
> This should not be an &&, but rather an ||. We only want to handle
> objects which are either commits *or* tags via this function.
My comment above did not mean to say anything is wrong in the code;
I was just thinking aloud. We return for blob or tree because they
are not commit and they are not tag. If we say "||" then we return
for everybody, because anything that is a commit (failing the LHS of
the "||") cannot be a tag (satisfying the RHS of the "||").
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: [RFC PATCH 08/10] pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'
2026-06-27 2:09 ` Junio C Hamano
@ 2026-06-27 2:26 ` Taylor Blau
0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-27 2:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junio C Hamano; +Cc: git, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
On Fri, Jun 26, 2026 at 07:09:32PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> >> > + if (packed_object_info(p, ofs, &oi) < 0)
> >> > + return 0;
> >> > + if (type != OBJ_COMMIT && type != OBJ_TAG)
> >> > + return 0;
> >>
> >> We do not care about non commits, non tags.
> >
> > This should not be an &&, but rather an ||. We only want to handle
> > objects which are either commits *or* tags via this function.
>
> My comment above did not mean to say anything is wrong in the code;
> I was just thinking aloud. We return for blob or tree because they
> are not commit and they are not tag. [...]
Absolutely. Sorry about that, I have no idea how I tricked myself into
misreading the patch here. The second sentence of what I wrote above is
correct, but not the first.
Thanks,
Taylor
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* [RFC PATCH 09/10] pack-objects: support '--refs-snapshot' with 'follow-reachable'
2026-06-26 19:02 [RFC PATCH 00/10] repack: combine '--geometric' and '--cruft' Taylor Blau
` (7 preceding siblings ...)
2026-06-26 19:02 ` [RFC PATCH 08/10] pack-objects: introduce '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable' Taylor Blau
@ 2026-06-26 19:02 ` Taylor Blau
2026-06-26 19:02 ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] repack: support combining '--geometric' with '--cruft' Taylor Blau
9 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
The '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable' mode walks from reference tips to
determine which objects in included packs are reachable. Without a
snapshot, pack-objects discovers refs by iterating live references,
which may change between the time the repack writes the geometric pack
and the time it writes the MIDX bitmap.
If a reference is updated during that window, the set of reachable
objects seen by pack-objects may differ from the set seen by the MIDX
bitmap writer. This can cause reachable objects to end up in the cruft
pack (because pack-objects did not see the reference that makes them
reachable) rather than the geometric pack. While this does not cause
data loss, it has two undesirable consequences:
- Reachable objects in the cruft pack cannot receive bitmap coverage
(since the cruft pack may be excluded from the MIDX when
'repack.midxMustContainCruft' is false).
- Serving fetches that need those objects requires loading the cruft
pack, which may contain many unrelated unreachable objects.
To avoid this, teach pack-objects to accept '--refs-snapshot=<path>'
when used with '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable'. The snapshot file uses
the same format as the MIDX bitmap writer: one hex OID per line, with
an optional '+' prefix for preferred bitmap commits.
'pack-objects' happily ignores the '+' prefix for indicating preferred
bitmap commits as a convenience, so that the ref-snapshot can be shared
between the MIDX generation machinery and 'pack-objects'.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc | 8 +++++
builtin/pack-objects.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
index d7b2e39e76c..4ebe407cfaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.adoc
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ commits and annotated tag objects.
Incompatible with `--revs`, or options that imply `--revs` (such as
`--all`), with the exception of `--unpacked`, which is compatible.
+--refs-snapshot=<path>::
+ When used with `--stdin-packs=follow-reachable`, read reference
+ tips from `<path>` instead of iterating live references. The file
+ format is one hex object ID per line, with an optional `+` prefix
+ (for preferred bitmap commits). This ensures a consistent view of
+ references when the same snapshot is shared with other tools (e.g.,
+ the MIDX bitmap writer).
+
--cruft::
Packs unreachable objects into a separate "cruft" pack, denoted
by the existence of a `.mtimes` file. Typically used by `git
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 5d96757b645..082ff760abc 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static int incremental;
static int ignore_packed_keep_on_disk;
static int ignore_packed_keep_in_core;
static int ignore_packed_keep_in_core_open;
+static const char *stdin_packs_refs_snapshot;
static int ignore_packed_keep_in_core_has_cruft;
static int allow_ofs_delta;
static struct pack_idx_option pack_idx_opts;
@@ -4009,6 +4010,38 @@ static int add_ref_to_pending(const struct reference *ref, void *cb_data)
return 0;
}
+static void read_refs_snapshot(const char *refs_snapshot,
+ struct rev_info *revs)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct object_id oid;
+ FILE *f = xfopen(refs_snapshot, "r");
+
+ while (strbuf_getline(&buf, f) != EOF) {
+ struct object *object;
+ const char *hex = buf.buf;
+ const char *end = NULL;
+
+ if (*hex == '+')
+ hex++;
+
+ if (parse_oid_hex_algop(hex, &oid, &end,
+ the_repository->hash_algo) < 0)
+ die(_("could not parse line: %s"), buf.buf);
+ if (*end)
+ die(_("malformed line: %s"), buf.buf);
+
+ object = parse_object(the_repository, &oid);
+ if (!object)
+ continue;
+
+ add_pending_object(revs, object, "");
+ }
+
+ fclose(f);
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+}
+
static void stdin_packs_add_reachable_pack_entries(struct string_list *keys,
struct rev_info *revs,
int rev_list_unpacked)
@@ -4065,8 +4098,11 @@ static void stdin_packs_add_reachable_pack_entries(struct string_list *keys,
pre_walk.keep_pack_cache_flags |= KEPT_PACK_IN_CORE;
pre_walk.ignore_missing_links = 1;
- refs_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
- add_ref_to_pending, &pre_walk);
+ if (stdin_packs_refs_snapshot)
+ read_refs_snapshot(stdin_packs_refs_snapshot, &pre_walk);
+ else
+ refs_for_each_ref(get_main_ref_store(the_repository),
+ add_ref_to_pending, &pre_walk);
if (prepare_revision_walk(&pre_walk))
die(_("revision walk setup failed"));
@@ -5267,6 +5303,8 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "stdin-packs", &stdin_packs, N_("mode"),
N_("read packs from stdin"),
PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, parse_stdin_packs_mode),
+ OPT_FILENAME(0, "refs-snapshot", &stdin_packs_refs_snapshot,
+ N_("refs snapshot for follow-reachable traversal")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "stdout", &pack_to_stdout,
N_("output pack to stdout")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "include-tag", &include_tag,
@@ -5484,6 +5522,10 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
if (stdin_packs && use_internal_rev_list)
die(_("cannot use internal rev list with --stdin-packs"));
+ if (stdin_packs_refs_snapshot &&
+ stdin_packs != STDIN_PACKS_MODE_FOLLOW_REACHABLE)
+ die(_("--refs-snapshot can only be used with --stdin-packs=follow-reachable"));
+
if (cruft) {
if (use_internal_rev_list)
die(_("cannot use internal rev list with --cruft"));
--
2.55.0.rc2.10.g29e31820dce
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2026-06-26 19:02 [RFC PATCH 00/10] repack: combine '--geometric' and '--cruft' Taylor Blau
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2026-06-26 19:02 ` [RFC PATCH 09/10] pack-objects: support '--refs-snapshot' with 'follow-reachable' Taylor Blau
@ 2026-06-26 19:02 ` Taylor Blau
9 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread
From: Taylor Blau @ 2026-06-26 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: Junio C Hamano, Jeff King, Elijah Newren, Patrick Steinhardt
Teach 'git repack' to accept '--geometric' and '--cruft' together. When
both are given, the geometric repack rolls up non-cruft packs as usual,
and a separate cruft pack is written to collect unreachable objects.
Previously, '--cruft' implied `ALL_INTO_ONE`, which is fundamentally
incompatible with geometric repacking. Relax this so that '--cruft' only
implies `ALL_INTO_ONE` when '--geometric' is not also given.
When combining the two modes:
- Use the new '--stdin-packs=follow-reachable' mode so that only
reachable objects from the rolled-up packs (and any reachable loose
objects) appear in the geometric pack. Unreachable objects are left
for the cruft writer to collect.
- Plumb our `pack_geometry` into `write_cruft_pack()`, so that the
latter can tell 'pack-objects' which non-kept packs are below the
split (excluded, so their unreachable objects are candidates for the
cruft pack) versus above the split (included, so they are treated as
reachable).
- Handle promisor packs in the cruft writer's geometry path, since
promisor packs have their own split point.
- Use the refs snapshot (when available) so that pack-objects and the
MIDX bitmap writer see the same set of reference tips.
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
Documentation/git-repack.adoc | 11 ++
builtin/repack.c | 23 +++-
repack-cruft.c | 23 +++-
repack.h | 3 +-
t/t7704-repack-cruft.sh | 251 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 300 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.adoc b/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
index 72c42015e23..e9df7713278 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ to the new separate pack will be written.
are packed into a separate cruft pack. Unreachable objects can
be pruned using the normal expiry rules with the next `git gc`
invocation (see linkgit:git-gc[1]). Incompatible with `-k`.
++
+When combined with `--geometric`, `--cruft` does not imply `-a`. Instead,
+the geometric repack rolls up packs as usual, and a separate cruft pack is
+written to collect unreachable objects. Only reachable objects from the
+rolled-up packs are included in the resulting geometric pack.
--cruft-expiration=<approxidate>::
Expire unreachable objects older than `<approxidate>`
@@ -245,6 +250,12 @@ progression.
Loose objects are implicitly included in this "roll-up", without respect to
their reachability. This is subject to change in the future.
+
+When combined with `--cruft`, only reachable objects from rolled-up packs
+are included in the geometric pack, along with any reachable loose objects.
+Unreachable objects (both from rolled-up packs and loose) are collected
+into a separate cruft pack. Existing cruft packs are retained. See
+`--cruft` above for details.
++
When writing a multi-pack bitmap, `git repack` selects the largest resulting
pack as the preferred pack for object selection by the MIDX (see
linkgit:git-multi-pack-index[1]).
diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index dfb6fed231d..165cfff75cd 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
keep_unreachable, "-k/--keep-unreachable",
pack_everything & PACK_CRUFT, "--cruft");
- if (pack_everything & PACK_CRUFT)
+ if (pack_everything & PACK_CRUFT && !geometry.split_factor)
pack_everything |= ALL_INTO_ONE;
if (write_bitmaps < 0) {
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
die(_("invalid value for %s: %d"), "--midx-new-layer-threshold",
config_ctx.midx_new_layer_threshold);
- if (write_midx != REPACK_WRITE_MIDX_NONE && write_bitmaps) {
+ if ((write_midx != REPACK_WRITE_MIDX_NONE && write_bitmaps) ||
+ (geometry.split_factor && (pack_everything & PACK_CRUFT))) {
struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/%s_XXXXXX",
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
existing_packs_collect(&existing, &keep_pack_list);
if (geometry.split_factor) {
- if (pack_everything)
+ if (pack_everything & ~PACK_CRUFT)
die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--geometric", "-A/-a");
if (write_midx == REPACK_WRITE_MIDX_INCREMENTAL) {
geometry.midx_layer_threshold = config_ctx.midx_new_layer_threshold;
@@ -393,10 +394,16 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
pack_geometry_repack_promisors(repo, &po_args, &geometry,
&names, packtmp);
- if (midx_must_contain_cruft)
+ if (pack_everything & PACK_CRUFT) {
+ strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--stdin-packs=follow-reachable");
+ if (refs_snapshot)
+ strvec_pushf(&cmd.args, "--refs-snapshot=%s",
+ get_tempfile_path(refs_snapshot));
+ } else if (midx_must_contain_cruft)
strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--stdin-packs");
else
strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--stdin-packs=follow");
+
strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--unpacked");
} else {
strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--unpacked");
@@ -431,7 +438,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
const char *basename = pack_basename(geometry.pack[i]);
char marker = '^';
- if (!midx_must_contain_cruft &&
+ if ((pack_everything & PACK_CRUFT ||
+ !midx_must_contain_cruft) &&
!string_list_has_string(&existing.midx_packs,
basename)) {
/*
@@ -505,7 +513,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
ret = write_cruft_pack(&opts, cruft_expiration,
combine_cruft_below_size, &names,
- &existing);
+ &existing,
+ geometry.split_factor ? &geometry : NULL);
if (ret)
goto cleanup;
@@ -540,7 +549,7 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
*/
opts.destination = expire_to;
ret = write_cruft_pack(&opts, NULL, 0ul, &names,
- &existing);
+ &existing, NULL);
if (ret)
goto cleanup;
}
diff --git a/repack-cruft.c b/repack-cruft.c
index 6a040e98017..6c553bbb0b5 100644
--- a/repack-cruft.c
+++ b/repack-cruft.c
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ int write_cruft_pack(const struct write_pack_opts *opts,
const char *cruft_expiration,
unsigned long combine_cruft_below_size,
struct string_list *names,
- struct existing_packs *existing)
+ struct existing_packs *existing,
+ struct pack_geometry *geometry)
{
struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
struct string_list_item *item;
@@ -81,8 +82,24 @@ int write_cruft_pack(const struct write_pack_opts *opts,
else
for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->cruft_packs)
fprintf(in, "-%s.pack\n", item->string);
- for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->non_kept_packs)
- fprintf(in, "-%s.pack\n", item->string);
+ if (geometry) {
+ uint32_t j;
+ for (j = 0; j < geometry->split; j++)
+ fprintf(in, "-%s\n",
+ pack_basename(geometry->pack[j]));
+ for (; j < geometry->pack_nr; j++)
+ fprintf(in, "%s\n",
+ pack_basename(geometry->pack[j]));
+ for (j = 0; j < geometry->promisor_split; j++)
+ fprintf(in, "-%s\n",
+ pack_basename(geometry->promisor_pack[j]));
+ for (; j < geometry->promisor_pack_nr; j++)
+ fprintf(in, "%s\n",
+ pack_basename(geometry->promisor_pack[j]));
+ } else {
+ for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->non_kept_packs)
+ fprintf(in, "-%s.pack\n", item->string);
+ }
for_each_string_list_item(item, &existing->kept_packs)
fprintf(in, "%s.pack\n", item->string);
fclose(in);
diff --git a/repack.h b/repack.h
index 4295829cea0..872a503fbd1 100644
--- a/repack.h
+++ b/repack.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ int write_cruft_pack(const struct write_pack_opts *opts,
const char *cruft_expiration,
unsigned long combine_cruft_below_size,
struct string_list *names,
- struct existing_packs *existing);
+ struct existing_packs *existing,
+ struct pack_geometry *geometry);
#endif /* REPACK_H */
diff --git a/t/t7704-repack-cruft.sh b/t/t7704-repack-cruft.sh
index 9e03b04315d..5e2b776e7ba 100755
--- a/t/t7704-repack-cruft.sh
+++ b/t/t7704-repack-cruft.sh
@@ -891,4 +891,255 @@ test_expect_success 'repack rescues once-cruft objects above geometric split' '
git repack --geometric=2 -d --write-midx --write-bitmap-index
'
+test_expect_success 'repack --geometric --cruft combines packs and writes cruft' '
+ git init geometric-cruft-basic &&
+ (
+ cd geometric-cruft-basic &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+ test_commit B &&
+
+ B="$(git rev-parse B)" &&
+
+ git reset --hard $B^ &&
+ git tag -d B &&
+ git reflog expire --all --expire=all &&
+
+ # Initial state: one non-cruft pack, one cruft pack.
+ git repack -d --cruft &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.before &&
+ test_line_count = 1 cruft.before &&
+
+ test_commit C &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # At this point we have three packs:
+ # - the non-cruft pack from A
+ # - the cruft pack from B
+ # - a new non-cruft pack from C
+ #
+ # The two non-cruft packs are not in a geometric
+ # progression, so they should be rolled up.
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft &&
+
+ # The old cruft pack for B is retained, since the
+ # geometric repack does not touch cruft packs.
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.after &&
+ test_line_count = 1 cruft.after &&
+
+ # Ensure that all reachable objects are present.
+ git fsck
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repack --geometric --cruft writes new cruft for loose unreachable' '
+ git init geometric-cruft-new-cruft &&
+ (
+ cd geometric-cruft-new-cruft &&
+
+ git config set maintenance.auto false &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ test_commit B &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # Create an unreachable commit whose objects are
+ # still loose (never packed).
+ test_commit C &&
+ C="$(git rev-parse C)" &&
+ git reset --hard $C^ &&
+ git tag -d C &&
+ git reflog expire --all --expire=all &&
+
+ # At this point we have two non-cruft packs of
+ # similar size that are not in geometric progression,
+ # and loose unreachable objects from commit C.
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.idx >packs.before &&
+ test_line_count = 2 packs.before &&
+
+ # Geometric+cruft repack should roll up the two
+ # non-cruft packs and write a new cruft pack for C
+ # (whose objects are loose and unreachable).
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.after &&
+ test_line_count = 1 cruft.after &&
+
+ git fsck
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repack --geometric --cruft -d deletes rolled-up packs' '
+ git init geometric-cruft-delete &&
+ (
+ cd geometric-cruft-delete &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+ git repack -d &&
+
+ test_commit B &&
+ git repack -d &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.idx >before &&
+
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft &&
+
+ # Two packs should have been rolled into one. No cruft
+ # pack is written because there are no unreachable objects.
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.idx >after &&
+ test_line_count = 1 after &&
+
+ # The rolled-up packs should be gone.
+ ! test_cmp before after
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repack --geometric --cruft collects loose unreachable objects' '
+ git init geometric-cruft-loose &&
+ (
+ cd geometric-cruft-loose &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+ git repack -d &&
+
+ test_commit B &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # Create a loose unreachable object by making it
+ # orphaned (not in any pack).
+ loose="$(echo "cruft object" | git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+
+ # We have two non-cruft packs and a loose unreachable
+ # object. The geometric+cruft repack should roll up
+ # the packs AND write a cruft pack for the loose
+ # unreachable object.
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.packs &&
+ test_line_count = 1 cruft.packs &&
+
+ git fsck
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repack --geometric --cruft accumulates cruft packs' '
+ git init geometric-cruft-accumulate &&
+ (
+ cd geometric-cruft-accumulate &&
+
+ git config set maintenance.auto false &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # First round: create unreachable objects and do a
+ # geometric+cruft repack.
+ unreachable_1="$(echo "cruft 1" | git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.1 &&
+ test_line_count = 1 cruft.1 &&
+
+ test_commit B &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # Second round: create more unreachable objects and
+ # repack again. The old cruft pack should be retained
+ # and a new one written.
+ unreachable_2="$(echo "cruft 2" | git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.2 &&
+ test_line_count = 2 cruft.2 &&
+
+ git fsck
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repack --geometric --cruft --combine-cruft-below-size' '
+ git init geometric-cruft-combine &&
+ (
+ cd geometric-cruft-combine &&
+
+ git config set maintenance.auto false &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # Create a small cruft pack.
+ unreachable_1="$(echo "cruft 1" | git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.before &&
+ test_line_count = 1 cruft.before &&
+
+ test_commit B &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # Create another small cruft pack.
+ unreachable_2="$(echo "cruft 2" | git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.mid &&
+ test_line_count = 2 cruft.mid &&
+
+ test_commit C &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # With --combine-cruft-below-size, the two small cruft
+ # packs should be combined into one.
+ unreachable_3="$(echo "cruft 3" | git hash-object -w --stdin)" &&
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft \
+ --combine-cruft-below-size=10M &&
+
+ ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes >cruft.after &&
+ test_line_count = 1 cruft.after &&
+
+ git fsck
+ )
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'repack --geometric --cruft --expire-to' '
+ git init geometric-cruft-expire-to &&
+ (
+ cd geometric-cruft-expire-to &&
+
+ git config set maintenance.auto false &&
+
+ test_commit A &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ test_commit B &&
+ git repack &&
+
+ # Create unreachable objects and record them.
+ test_commit C &&
+ C="$(git rev-parse C)" &&
+ git rev-list --objects --no-object-names B..C >unreachable.raw &&
+ sort unreachable.raw >unreachable.want &&
+
+ git reset --hard $C^ &&
+ git tag -d C &&
+ git reflog expire --all --expire=all &&
+
+ git init --bare expired.git &&
+ git repack -d --geometric=2 --cruft \
+ --cruft-expiration=now \
+ --expire-to="expired.git/objects/pack/pack" &&
+
+ # The expired objects should appear in the
+ # expire-to location.
+ expired="$(ls expired.git/objects/pack/pack-*.idx)" &&
+ test_path_is_file "${expired%.idx}.mtimes" &&
+ git show-index <"$expired" >expired.raw &&
+ cut -d" " -f2 expired.raw | sort >expired.objects &&
+ test_cmp unreachable.want expired.objects &&
+
+ git fsck
+ )
+'
+
test_done
--
2.55.0.rc2.10.g29e31820dce
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