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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	 Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
	 Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/18] midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic order
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:28:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtswnevfc.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <72bcd4ed6c7f685f58bb3b905fe553173abe1845.1768420450.git.me@ttaylorr.com> (Taylor Blau's message of "Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:54:45 -0500")

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ HEADER:
>  	    The signature is: {'M', 'I', 'D', 'X'}
>  
>  	1-byte version number:
> -	    Git only writes or recognizes version 1.
> +	    Git only writes version 2, but recognizes versions 1 and 2.

We only write version 2, then ...

> diff --git a/midx-write.c b/midx-write.c
> index 8a54644e427..5c8700065a1 100644
> --- a/midx-write.c
> +++ b/midx-write.c
> @@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ extern int cmp_idx_or_pack_name(const char *idx_or_pack_name,
>  
>  static size_t write_midx_header(const struct git_hash_algo *hash_algo,
>  				struct hashfile *f, unsigned char num_chunks,
> -				uint32_t num_packs)
> +				uint32_t num_packs, int version)
>  {
> +	if (version != MIDX_VERSION_V1 && version != MIDX_VERSION_V2)
> +		BUG("unexpected MIDX version: %d", version);
> +

... do we need to add version parameter to this function?  Unless
the writer that calls this helper function demotes version to 1 when
it realizes that the pack files we write midx for happens to be
sorted, in which case it may need to call this function with version
set to 1, I do not quite see why we need it.

>  	hashwrite_be32(f, MIDX_SIGNATURE);
> -	hashwrite_u8(f, MIDX_VERSION);
> +	hashwrite_u8(f, version);
>  	hashwrite_u8(f, oid_version(hash_algo));
>  	hashwrite_u8(f, num_chunks);
>  	hashwrite_u8(f, 0); /* unused */
> @@ -105,6 +108,8 @@ struct write_midx_context {
>  
>  	uint32_t preferred_pack_idx;
>  
> +	int version; /* must be MIDX_VERSION_V1 or _V2 */
> +

Ditto.  When we are writing it out, shouldn't this always be 2
anyway?

> @@ -410,7 +415,9 @@ static int write_midx_pack_names(struct hashfile *f, void *data)
>  		if (ctx->info[i].expired)
>  			continue;
>  
> -		if (i && strcmp(ctx->info[i].pack_name, ctx->info[i - 1].pack_name) <= 0)
> +		if (ctx->version == MIDX_VERSION_V1 &&
> +		    i && strcmp(ctx->info[i].pack_name,
> +				ctx->info[i - 1].pack_name) <= 0)
>  			BUG("incorrect pack-file order: %s before %s",
>  			    ctx->info[i - 1].pack_name,
>  			    ctx->info[i].pack_name);

Ditto.

> @@ -1025,6 +1032,12 @@ static bool midx_needs_update(struct multi_pack_index *midx, struct write_midx_c
>  	if (!midx_checksum_valid(midx))
>  		goto out;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * If the version differs, we need to update.
> +	 */
> +	if (midx->version != ctx->version)
> +		goto out;
> +

OK.

> @@ -1100,6 +1113,7 @@ static int write_midx_internal(struct write_midx_opts *opts)
>  	struct tempfile *incr;
>  	struct write_midx_context ctx = {
>  		.preferred_pack_idx = NO_PREFERRED_PACK,
> +		.version = MIDX_VERSION_V2,
>  	 };
>  	struct multi_pack_index *midx_to_free = NULL;
>  	int bitmapped_packs_concat_len = 0;
> @@ -1114,6 +1128,10 @@ static int write_midx_internal(struct write_midx_opts *opts)
>  	ctx.repo = r;
>  	ctx.source = opts->source;
>  
> +	repo_config_get_int(ctx.repo, "midx.version", &ctx.version);
> +	if (ctx.version != MIDX_VERSION_V1 && ctx.version != MIDX_VERSION_V2)
> +		die(_("unknown MIDX version: %d"), ctx.version);
> +

Ditto.

> @@ -1445,7 +1463,7 @@ static int write_midx_internal(struct write_midx_opts *opts)
>  	}
>  
>  	write_midx_header(r->hash_algo, f, get_num_chunks(cf),
> -			  ctx.nr - dropped_packs);
> +			  ctx.nr - dropped_packs, ctx.version);
>  	write_chunkfile(cf, &ctx);
>  
>  	finalize_hashfile(f, midx_hash, FSYNC_COMPONENT_PACK_METADATA,

Ditto.

> diff --git a/midx.h b/midx.h
> index a39bcc9d03f..aa99a6cb215 100644
> --- a/midx.h
> +++ b/midx.h
> @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ struct git_hash_algo;
>  struct odb_source;
>  
>  #define MIDX_SIGNATURE 0x4d494458 /* "MIDX" */
> -#define MIDX_VERSION 1
> +#define MIDX_VERSION_V1 1
> +#define MIDX_VERSION_V2 2
>  #define MIDX_BYTE_FILE_VERSION 4
>  #define MIDX_BYTE_HASH_VERSION 5
>  #define MIDX_BYTE_NUM_CHUNKS 6
> @@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ struct multi_pack_index {
>  	uint32_t num_packs_in_base;
>  
>  	const char **pack_names;
> +	size_t *pack_names_sorted;
>  	struct packed_git **packs;
>  };

This does make sense.  The code paths that reads existing on-disk
files must notice when they are dealing with v1 format and need to
act differently.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-14 21:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 99+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-06 20:30 [PATCH 00/17] midx: incremental MIDX/bitmap layer compaction Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 01/17] midx: mark `get_midx_checksum()` arguments as const Taylor Blau
2025-12-08 18:26   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09  1:41     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 02/17] midx: split `get_midx_checksum()` by adding `get_midx_hash()` Taylor Blau
2025-12-08 18:25   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09  1:42     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-09  1:50       ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-09  6:27         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-13 22:46           ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 03/17] builtin/multi-pack-index.c: make '--progress' a common option Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 04/17] git-multi-pack-index(1): remove non-existent incompatibility Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 05/17] git-multi-pack-index(1): align SYNOPSIS with 'git multi-pack-index -h' Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 06/17] t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh: fix copy-and-paste error in t5319.39 Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 07/17] midx-write.c: don't use `pack_perm` when assigning `bitmap_pos` Taylor Blau
2025-12-08 18:26   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09  1:59     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 08/17] midx-write.c: introduce `struct write_midx_opts` Taylor Blau
2025-12-08 18:26   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09  2:04     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 09/17] midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic order Taylor Blau
2025-12-08 18:26   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09  2:07     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-09  2:11       ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 10/17] git-compat-util.h: introduce `u32_add()` Taylor Blau
2025-12-08 18:27   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09  2:13     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 11/17] midx-write.c: introduce `midx_pack_perm()` helper Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 12/17] midx-write.c: extract `fill_pack_from_midx()` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 13/17] midx-write.c: enumerate `pack_int_id` values directly Taylor Blau
2025-12-08 18:27   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09  2:14     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 14/17] midx-write.c: factor fanout layering from `compute_sorted_entries()` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 15/17] t/helper/test-read-midx.c: plug memory leak when selecting layer Taylor Blau
2025-12-08 18:27   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-12-09  2:16     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 16/17] midx: implement MIDX compaction Taylor Blau
2025-12-09  7:21   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-13 23:32     ` Taylor Blau
2025-12-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 17/17] midx: enable reachability bitmaps during " Taylor Blau
2025-12-09  7:21   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-13 23:47     ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 00/18] midx: incremental MIDX/bitmap layer compaction Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 01/18] midx: mark `get_midx_checksum()` arguments as const Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 02/18] midx: rename `get_midx_checksum()` to `midx_get_checksum_hash()` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 03/18] midx: introduce `midx_get_checksum_hex()` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 04/18] builtin/multi-pack-index.c: make '--progress' a common option Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 05/18] git-multi-pack-index(1): remove non-existent incompatibility Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 06/18] git-multi-pack-index(1): align SYNOPSIS with 'git multi-pack-index -h' Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 07/18] t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh: fix copy-and-paste error in t5319.39 Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 08/18] midx-write.c: don't use `pack_perm` when assigning `bitmap_pos` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 21:13     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-14 21:40       ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 09/18] midx-write.c: introduce `struct write_midx_opts` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 10/18] midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic order Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 21:28     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-01-14 21:44       ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-27  7:34     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24 18:47       ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 11/18] git-compat-util.h: introduce `u32_add()` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 21:49     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-14 22:03       ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-15  0:11         ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-21  8:51           ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-21 23:55             ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-22  2:26               ` rsbecker
2026-01-22 17:07                 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 13:49               ` Jeff King
2026-02-24 18:53                 ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 12/18] midx-write.c: introduce `midx_pack_perm()` helper Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 13/18] midx-write.c: extract `fill_pack_from_midx()` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:54   ` [PATCH v2 14/18] midx-write.c: enumerate `pack_int_id` values directly Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:55   ` [PATCH v2 15/18] midx-write.c: factor fanout layering from `compute_sorted_entries()` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:55   ` [PATCH v2 16/18] t/helper/test-read-midx.c: plug memory leak when selecting layer Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:55   ` [PATCH v2 17/18] midx: implement MIDX compaction Taylor Blau
2026-01-27  7:35     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-27 22:13       ` Taylor Blau
2026-01-14 19:55   ` [PATCH v2 18/18] midx: enable reachability bitmaps during " Taylor Blau
2026-02-20 22:24   ` [PATCH v2 00/18] midx: incremental MIDX/bitmap layer compaction Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 14:08     ` Jeff King
2026-02-24  5:25       ` Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 18:59 ` [PATCH v3 00/17] " Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 18:59   ` [PATCH v3 01/17] midx: mark `get_midx_checksum()` arguments as const Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 18:59   ` [PATCH v3 02/17] midx: rename `get_midx_checksum()` to `midx_get_checksum_hash()` Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 18:59   ` [PATCH v3 03/17] midx: introduce `midx_get_checksum_hex()` Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 18:59   ` [PATCH v3 04/17] builtin/multi-pack-index.c: make '--progress' a common option Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 18:59   ` [PATCH v3 05/17] git-multi-pack-index(1): remove non-existent incompatibility Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 18:59   ` [PATCH v3 06/17] git-multi-pack-index(1): align SYNOPSIS with 'git multi-pack-index -h' Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 07/17] t/t5319-multi-pack-index.sh: fix copy-and-paste error in t5319.39 Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 08/17] midx-write.c: don't use `pack_perm` when assigning `bitmap_pos` Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 09/17] midx-write.c: introduce `struct write_midx_opts` Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 10/17] midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic order Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 11/17] midx-write.c: introduce `midx_pack_perm()` helper Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 12/17] midx-write.c: extract `fill_pack_from_midx()` Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 13/17] midx-write.c: enumerate `pack_int_id` values directly Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 14/17] midx-write.c: factor fanout layering from `compute_sorted_entries()` Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 15/17] t/helper/test-read-midx.c: plug memory leak when selecting layer Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 16/17] midx: implement MIDX compaction Taylor Blau
2026-02-24 19:00   ` [PATCH v3 17/17] midx: enable reachability bitmaps during " Taylor Blau

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