write_sha1_file: freshen existing objects

When we try to write a loose object file, we first check
whether that object already exists. If so, we skip the
write as an optimization. However, this can interfere with
prune's strategy of using mtimes to mark files in progress.

For example, if a branch contains a particular tree object
and is deleted, that tree object may become unreachable, and
have an old mtime. If a new operation then tries to write
the same tree, this ends up as a noop; we notice we
already have the object and do nothing. A prune running
simultaneously with this operation will see the object as
old, and may delete it.

We can solve this by "freshening" objects that we avoid
writing by updating their mtime. The algorithm for doing so
is essentially the same as that of has_sha1_file. Therefore
we provide a new (static) interface "check_and_freshen",
which finds and optionally freshens the object. It's trivial
to implement freshening and simple checking by tweaking a
single parameter.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 44 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 55c65b7..c632641 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -442,27 +442,53 @@ void prepare_alt_odb(void)
 	read_info_alternates(get_object_directory(), 0);
 }
 
-static int has_loose_object_local(const unsigned char *sha1)
+static int freshen_file(const char *fn)
 {
-	return !access(sha1_file_name(sha1), F_OK);
+	struct utimbuf t;
+	t.actime = t.modtime = time(NULL);
+	return !utime(fn, &t);
 }
 
-int has_loose_object_nonlocal(const unsigned char *sha1)
+static int check_and_freshen_file(const char *fn, int freshen)
+{
+	if (access(fn, F_OK))
+		return 0;
+	if (freshen && freshen_file(fn))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int check_and_freshen_local(const unsigned char *sha1, int freshen)
+{
+	return check_and_freshen_file(sha1_file_name(sha1), freshen);
+}
+
+static int check_and_freshen_nonlocal(const unsigned char *sha1, int freshen)
 {
 	struct alternate_object_database *alt;
 	prepare_alt_odb();
 	for (alt = alt_odb_list; alt; alt = alt->next) {
 		fill_sha1_path(alt->name, sha1);
-		if (!access(alt->base, F_OK))
+		if (check_and_freshen_file(alt->base, freshen))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int check_and_freshen(const unsigned char *sha1, int freshen)
+{
+	return check_and_freshen_local(sha1, freshen) ||
+	       check_and_freshen_nonlocal(sha1, freshen);
+}
+
+int has_loose_object_nonlocal(const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	return check_and_freshen_nonlocal(sha1, 0);
+}
+
 static int has_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	return has_loose_object_local(sha1) ||
-	       has_loose_object_nonlocal(sha1);
+	return check_and_freshen(sha1, 0);
 }
 
 static unsigned int pack_used_ctr;
@@ -2965,6 +2991,17 @@ static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
 	return move_temp_to_file(tmp_file, filename);
 }
 
+static int freshen_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	return check_and_freshen(sha1, 1);
+}
+
+static int freshen_packed_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+	struct pack_entry e;
+	return find_pack_entry(sha1, &e) && freshen_file(e.p->pack_name);
+}
+
 int write_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *returnsha1)
 {
 	unsigned char sha1[20];
@@ -2977,7 +3014,7 @@ int write_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsign
 	write_sha1_file_prepare(buf, len, type, sha1, hdr, &hdrlen);
 	if (returnsha1)
 		hashcpy(returnsha1, sha1);
-	if (has_sha1_file(sha1))
+	if (freshen_loose_object(sha1) || freshen_packed_object(sha1))
 		return 0;
 	return write_loose_object(sha1, hdr, hdrlen, buf, len, 0);
 }