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2011-03-28vcs-svn: let deltas use data from postimageJonathan Nieder
The copyfrom_target instruction copies appends data that is already present in the current output view to the end of output. (The offset argument is relative to the beginning of output produced in the current window.) The region copied is allowed to run past the end of the existing output. To support that case, copy one character at a time rather than calling memcpy or memmove. This allows copyfrom_target to be used once to repeat a string many times. For example: COPYFROM_DATA 2 COPYFROM_OUTPUT 10, 0 DATA "ab" would produce the output "ababababababababababab". Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: verify that deltas consume all inline dataJonathan Nieder
By constraining the format of deltas, we can more easily detect corruption and other breakage. Requiring deltas not to provide unconsumed data also opens the possibility of ignoring the declared amount of novel data and simply streaming the data as needed to fulfill copyfrom_data requests. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: implement copyfrom_data delta instructionJonathan Nieder
The copyfrom_data instruction copies a few bytes verbatim from the novel text section of a window to the postimage. [jn: with memory leak fix from David] Improved-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: read instructions from deltasJonathan Nieder
Buffer the instruction section upon encountering it for later interpretation. An alternative design would involve parsing the instructions at this point and buffering them in some processed form. Using the unprocessed form is simpler. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: read inline data from deltasJonathan Nieder
Each window of an svndiff0-format delta includes a section for novel text to be copied to the postimage (in the order it appears in the window, possibly interspersed with other data). Slurp in this data when encountering it. It is not actually necessary to do so --- it would be just as easy to copy from delta to output as part of interpreting the relevant instructions --- but this way, the code that interprets svndiff0 instructions can proceed very quickly because it does not require I/O. Subversion's svndiff0 parser rejects deltas that do not consume all the novel text that was provided. Omit that check for now so we can test the new functionality right away, rather than waiting to learn instructions that consume data. Do check for truncated data sections. Subversion's parser rejects deltas that end in the middle of a declared novel-text section, so it should be safe for us to reject them, too. Improved-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Improved-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: read the preimage when applying deltasJonathan Nieder
The source view offset heading each svndiff0 window represents a number of bytes past the beginning of the preimage. Together with the source view length, it dictates to the delta applier what portion of the preimage instructions will refer to. Read that portion right away using the sliding window code. Maybe some day we will use mmap to read data more lazily. Subversion's implementation tolerates source view offsets pointing past the end of the preimage file but we do not, for simplicity. This does not teach the delta applier to read instructions or copy data from the source view. Deltas that could produce nonempty output will still be rejected. Improved-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Improved-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Acked-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: parse svndiff0 window headerJonathan Nieder
Each window in a subversion delta (svndiff0-format file) starts with a window header, consisting of five integers with variable-length representation: source view offset source view length output length instructions length auxiliary data length Parse it. The result is not usable for deltas with nonempty postimage yet; in fact, this only adds support for deltas without any instructions or auxiliary data. This is a good place to stop, though, since that little support lets us add some simple passing tests concerning error handling to the test suite. Improved-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Improved-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: skeleton of an svn delta parserJonathan Nieder
A delta in the subversion delta (svndiff0) format consists of the magic bytes SVN\0 followed by a sequence of windows of a certain well specified format (starting with five integers). Add an svndiff0_apply function and test-svn-fe -d commandline tool to parse such a delta in the special case of not including any windows. Later patches will add features to turn this into a fully functional delta applier for svn-fe to use to parse the streams produced by "svnrdump dump" and "svnadmin dump --deltas". The content of symlinks starts with the word "link " in Subversion's worldview, so we need to be able to prepend that text to input for the sake of delta application. So initialization of the input state of the delta preimage is left to the calling program, giving callers a chance to seed the buffer with text of their choice. Improved-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Improved-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: make buffer_read_binary API more convenientJonathan Nieder
buffer_read_binary is a thin wrapper around fread, but its signature is wrong: - fread can fill an arbitrary in-memory buffer. buffer_read_binary is limited to buffers whose size is representable by a 32-bit integer. - The result from fread is the number of bytes actually read. buffer_read_binary only reports the number of bytes read by incrementing sb->len by that amount and returns void. Fix both: let buffer_read_binary accept a size_t instead of uint32_t for the number of bytes to read and as a convenience return the number of bytes actually read. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-28vcs-svn: learn to maintain a sliding view of a fileJonathan Nieder
Each section of a Subversion-format delta only requires examining (and keeping in random-access memory) a small portion of the preimage. At any moment, this portion starts at a certain file offset and has a well-defined length, and as the delta is applied, the portion advances from the beginning to the end of the preimage. Add a move_window function to keep track of this view into the preimage. You can use it like this: buffer_init(f, NULL); struct sliding_view window = SLIDING_VIEW_INIT(f); move_window(&window, 3, 7); /* (1) */ move_window(&window, 5, 5); /* (2) */ move_window(&window, 12, 2); /* (3) */ strbuf_release(&window.buf); buffer_deinit(f); The data structure is called sliding_view instead of _window to prevent confusion with svndiff0 Windows. In this example, (1) reads 10 bytes and discards the first 3; (2) discards the first 2, which are not needed any more; and (3) skips 2 bytes and reads 2 new bytes to work with. When move_window returns, the file position indicator is at position window->off + window->width and the data from positions window->off to the current file position are stored in window->buf. This function performs only sequential access from the input file and never seeks, so it can be safely used on pipes and sockets. On end-of-file, move_window silently reads less than the caller requested. On other errors, it prints a message and returns -1. Helped-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-27Makefile: list one vcs-svn/xdiff object or header per lineJonathan Nieder
As the svn import infrastructure evolves, it's getting to be a pain to tell by eye what files were added or removed from a dependency line like VCSSVN_OBJS = vcs-svn/string_pool.o vcs-svn/line_buffer.o \ vcs-svn/repo_tree.o vcs-svn/fast_export.o vcs-svn/svndump.o So use a style with one entry per line instead, like the existing BUILTIN_OBJS: # protect against environment VCSSVN_OBJS = ... VCSSVN_OBJS += vcs-svn/string_pool.o VCSSVN_OBJS += vcs-svn/line_buffer.o ... which is readable on its own and produces nice, clear diffs. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-27vcs-svn: add missing cast to printf argumentJonathan Nieder
gcc -m32 correctly warns: vcs-svn/fast_export.c: In function 'fast_export_commit': vcs-svn/fast_export.c:54:2: warning: format '%llu' expects argument of type 'long long unsigned int', but argument 2 has type 'unsigned int' [-Wformat] Fix it. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-26vcs-svn: handle log message with embedded NULJonathan Nieder
Pass the log message by strbuf instead of as a C-style string and use fwrite instead of printf to write it to fast-import so embedded '\0' bytes can be preserved. Currently "git log" doesn't show the embedded NULs but "git cat-file commit" can. While at it, stop including system headers from repo_tree.h. git source files need to include git-compat-util.h (or cache.h or builtin.h) sooner to ensure the appropriate feature test macros are defined. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-26vcs-svn: avoid unnecessary copying of log message and authorJonathan Nieder
Use strbuf_swap when storing the svn:log and svn:author properties, so pointers to rather than the contents of buffers get copied. The main effect should be to make the code a little easier to read. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-26vcs-svn: remove buffer_read_stringJonathan Nieder
All previous users of buffer_read_string have already been converted to use the more intuitive buffer_read_binary, so remove the old API to avoid some confusion. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-26vcs-svn: make reading of properties binary-safeJonathan Nieder
svn-fe errors out on revision 59151 of the ASF repository: fatal: invalid dump: unexpected end of file The proximate cause is a property with an embedded NUL character. Previously such anomalies were ignored but commit c9d1c8ba (2010-12-28) introduced a check strlen(val) == len to avoid reading uninitialized data when a property list ends early and unfortunately this test does not distinguish between "foo" followed by EOF and the string "foo\0bar\0baz". Fix it by using buffer_read_binary to read to a strbuf and checking the actual length read. Most consumers of properties still use C-style strings, so in practice an author or log message with embedded NULs will be truncated, but a least this way svn-fe won't error out (fixing the regression). Reported-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22Merge branch 'db/length-as-hash' into svn-feJonathan Nieder
* db/length-as-hash: vcs-svn: use strchr to find RFC822 delimiter vcs-svn: implement perfect hash for top-level keys vcs-svn: implement perfect hash for node-prop keys Conflicts: vcs-svn/svndump.c
2011-03-22vcs-svn: use strchr to find RFC822 delimiterDavid Barr
This is a small optimisation (4% reduction in user time) but is the largest artifact within the parsing portion of svndump.c Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22vcs-svn: implement perfect hash for top-level keysDavid Barr
Instead of interning property names and comparing their string_pool keys, look them up in a table by string length, which should be about as fast. Another small step towards removing dependence on string_pool altogether. Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22vcs-svn: implement perfect hash for node-prop keysDavid Barr
Instead of interning property names and comparing their string_pool keys, look them up in a table by string length, which should be about as fast. This is a small step towards removing dependence on string_pool. Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22vcs-svn: use strbuf for author, UUID, and URLDavid Barr
Use strbufs and strings instead of interned strings for values of rev, dump, and node fields that happen to be strings. After this change, the only remaining string_pool use is for paths in the repo_tree API and internals. Functional change: treat an empty author, UUID, or URL as none at all. So for example, in repos where the first revision has an empty svn:author property, the first rev will be treated as by "nobody" rather than by a person with empty name and email address created by prepending an @ sign to the repository UUID. Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22vcs-svn: use strbuf for revision logDavid Barr
obj_pool is overkill for this application: all that is needed is a buffer that can resize from rev to rev to accomodate differently-sized strings. In the spirit of commit deadcef4 (2010-11-06), use a strbuf instead. This is a small step towards removing dependence on obj_pool.h. Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22vcs-svn: improve reporting of input errorsJonathan Nieder
Catch input errors and exit early enough to print a reasonable diagnosis based on errno. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22vcs-svn: make buffer_copy_bytes return length readJonathan Nieder
Currently buffer_copy_bytes does not report to its caller whether it encountered an early end of file. Add a return value representing the number of bytes read (but not the number of bytes copied). This way all three unusual conditions can be distinguished: input error with buffer_ferror, output error with ferror(outfile), early end of input by checking the return value. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22vcs-svn: make buffer_skip_bytes return length readJonathan Nieder
Currently there is no way to detect when input ended if it ended early during buffer_skip_bytes. Tell the calling program how many bytes were actually skipped for easier debugging. Existing callers will still ignore early EOF. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-22vcs-svn: improve support for reading large filesJonathan Nieder
Move from uint32_t to off_t as the fundamental unit of length used by the line_buffer library. Performance would get worse if anything but I think it's worth it for support of deltas that need to skip large pieces (> 4 GiB). Exception: buffer_read_string still takes a uint32_t, since it keeps its result in an in-core obj_pool. Callers still have to be updated to take advantage of this. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-07vcs-svn: allow input errors to be detected promptlyJonathan Nieder
The line_buffer library silently flags input errors until buffer_deinit time; unfortunately, by that point usually errno is invalid. Expose the error flag so callers can check for and report errors early for easy debugging. some_error_prone_operation(...); if (buffer_ferror(buf)) return error("input error: %s", strerror(errno)); Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-07vcs-svn: simplify repo_modify_path and repo_copyJonathan Nieder
Restrict the repo_tree API to functions that are actually needed. - decouple reading the mode and content of dirents from other operations. - remove repo_modify_path. It is only used to read the mode from dirents. - remove the ability to use repo_read_mode on a missing path. The existing code only errors out in that case, anyway. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-07vcs-svn: handle_node: use repo_read_pathJonathan Nieder
svn-fe processes each commit in two stages: first decide on the correct content for all paths and export the relevant blobs, then export a commit with the result. But we can keep less state and simplify svn-fe a great deal by exporting the commit in one step: use 'inline' blobs for each path and remember nothing. This way, the repo_tree structure could be eliminated, and we would get support for incremental imports 'for free'. Reorganize handle_node along these lines. This is just a code cleanup; the changes in repo_tree and handle_revision will come later. [db: backported to apply without text delta support] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-03-07vcs-svn: introduce repo_read_path to check the content at a pathJonathan Nieder
The repo_tree structure remembers, for each path in each revision, a mode (regular file, executable, symlink, or directory) and content (blob mark or directory structure). Maintaining a second copy of all this information when it's already in the target repository is wasteful, it does not persist between svn-fe invocations, and most importantly, there is no convenient way to transfer it from one machine to another. So it would be nice to get rid of it. As a first step, let's change the repo_tree API to match fast-import's read commands more closely. Currently to read the mode for a path, one uses repo_modify_path(path, new_mode, new_content); which changes the mode and content as a side effect. There is no function to read the content at a path; add one. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-28fast-import: make code "-Wpointer-arith" cleanJonathan Nieder
The dereference() function to peel a tree-ish and find the underlying tree expects arithmetic to (void *) to work on byte addresses. We should be reading the text of objects through a char * anyway. Noticed-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26Merge commit 'jn/svn-fe' of git://github.com/gitster/git into svn-feJonathan Nieder
* git://github.com/gitster/git: vcs-svn: Allow change nodes for root of tree (/) vcs-svn: Implement Prop-delta handling vcs-svn: Sharpen parsing of property lines vcs-svn: Split off function for handling of individual properties vcs-svn: Make source easier to read on small screens vcs-svn: More dump format sanity checks vcs-svn: Reject path nodes without Node-action vcs-svn: Delay read of per-path properties vcs-svn: Combine repo_replace and repo_modify functions vcs-svn: Replace = Delete + Add vcs-svn: handle_node: Handle deletion case early vcs-svn: Use mark to indicate nodes with included text vcs-svn: Unclutter handle_node by introducing have_props var vcs-svn: Eliminate node_ctx.mark global vcs-svn: Eliminate node_ctx.srcRev global vcs-svn: Check for errors from open() vcs-svn: Allow simple v3 dumps (no deltas yet) Conflicts: t/t9010-svn-fe.sh vcs-svn/svndump.c
2011-02-26vcs-svn: teach line_buffer about temporary filesJonathan Nieder
It can sometimes be useful to write information temporarily to file, to read back later. These functions allow a program to use the line_buffer facilities when doing so. It works like this: 1. find a unique filename with buffer_tmpfile_init. 2. rewind with buffer_tmpfile_rewind. This returns a stdio handle for writing. 3. when finished writing, declare so with buffer_tmpfile_prepare_to_read. The return value indicates how many bytes were written. 4. read whatever portion of the file is needed. 5. if finished, remove the temporary file with buffer_deinit. otherwise, go back to step 2, The svn support would use this to buffer the postimage from delta application until the length is known and fast-import can receive the resulting blob. Based-on-patch-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: allow input from file descriptorJonathan Nieder
Based-on-patch-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: allow character-oriented inputJonathan Nieder
buffer_read_char can be used in place of buffer_read_string(1) to avoid consuming valuable static buffer space. The delta applier will use this to read variable-length integers one byte at a time. Underneath, it is fgetc, wrapped so the line_buffer library can maintain its role as gatekeeper of input. Later it might be worth checking if fgetc_unlocked is faster --- most line_buffer functions are not thread-safe anyway. Helpd-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: add binary-safe read functionJonathan Nieder
buffer_read_string works well for non line-oriented input except for one problem: it does not tell the caller how many bytes were actually written. This means that unless one is very careful about checking for errors (and eof) the calling program cannot tell the difference between the string "foo" followed by an early end of file and the string "foo\0bar\0baz". So introduce a variant that reports the length, too, a thinner wrapper around strbuf_fread. Its result is written to a strbuf so the caller does not need to keep track of the number of bytes read. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26t0081 (line-buffer): add buffering testsJonathan Nieder
POSIX makes the behavior of read(2) from a pipe fairly clear: a read from an empty pipe will block until there is data available and any other read will not block, prefering to return a partial result. Likewise, fread(3) and fgets(3) are clearly specified to act as though implemented by calling fgetc(3) in a simple loop. But the buffering behavior of fgetc is less clear. Luckily, no sane platform is going to implement fgetc by calling the equivalent of read(2) more than once. fgetc has to be able to return without filling its buffer to preserve errno when errors are encountered anyway. So let's assume the simpler behavior (trust) but add some tests to catch insane platforms that violate that when they come (verify). First check that fread can handle a 0-length read from an empty fifo. Because open(O_RDONLY) blocks until the writing end is open, open the writing end of the fifo in advance in a subshell. Next try short inputs from a pipe that is not filled all the way. Lastly (two tests) try very large inputs from a pipe that will not fit in the relevant buffers. The first of these tests reads a little more than 8192 bytes, which is BUFSIZ (the size of stdio's buffers) on this Linux machine. The second reads a little over 64 KiB (the pipe capacity on Linux) and is not run unless requested by setting the GIT_REMOTE_SVN_TEST_BIG_FILES environment variable. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: tweak test-line-buffer to not assume line-oriented inputJonathan Nieder
Do not expect an implicit newline after each input record. Use a separate command to exercise buffer_skip_bytes. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26tests: give vcs-svn/line_buffer its own test scriptJonathan Nieder
Split the line_buffer test into small pieces and move it to its own file as preparation for adding more tests. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: make test-line-buffer input format more flexibleJonathan Nieder
Imitate the input format of test-obj-pool to support arbitrary sequences of commands rather than alternating read/copy. This should make it easier to add tests that exercise other line_buffer functions. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: teach line_buffer to handle multiple input filesJonathan Nieder
Collect the line_buffer state in a newly public line_buffer struct. Callers can use multiple line_buffers to manage input from multiple files at a time. svn-fe's delta applier will use this to stream a delta from svnrdump and the preimage it applies to from fast-import at the same time. The tests don't take advantage of the new features, but I think that's okay. It is easier to find lingering examples of nonreentrant code by searching for "static" in line_buffer.c. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: collect line_buffer data in a structJonathan Nieder
Prepare for the line_buffer lib to support input from multiple files, by collecting global state in a struct that can be easily passed around. No API change yet. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: replace buffer_read_string memory pool with a strbufJonathan Nieder
obj_pool is inherently global and does not use the standard growing factor alloc_nr, which makes it feel out of place in the git codebase. Plus it is overkill for this application: all that is needed is a buffer that can grow between requests to accomodate larger strings. Use a strbuf instead. As a side effect, this improves the error handling: allocation failures will result in a clean exit instead of segfaults. It would be nice to add a test case (using ulimit or failmalloc) but that can wait for another day. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26vcs-svn: eliminate global byte_bufferJonathan Nieder
The data stored in byte_buffer[] is always either discarded or written to stdout immediately. No need for it to persist between function calls. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
2011-02-26fast-import: add 'ls' commandDavid Barr
Lazy fast-import frontend authors that want to rely on the backend to keep track of the content of the imported trees _almost_ have what they need in the 'cat-blob' command (v1.7.4-rc0~30^2~3, 2010-11-28). But it is not quite enough, since (1) cat-blob can be used to retrieve the content of files, but not their mode, and (2) using cat-blob requires the frontend to keep track of a name (mark number or object id) for each blob to be retrieved Introduce an 'ls' command to complement cat-blob and take care of the remaining needs. The 'ls' command finds what is at a given path within a given tree-ish (tag, commit, or tree): 'ls' SP <dataref> SP <path> LF or in fast-import's active commit: 'ls' SP <path> LF The response is a single line sent through the cat-blob channel, imitating ls-tree output. So for example: FE> ls :1 Documentation gfi> 040000 tree 9e6c2b599341d28a2a375f8207507e0a2a627fe9 Documentation FE> ls 9e6c2b599341d28a2a375f8207507e0a2a627fe9 git-fast-import.txt gfi> 100644 blob 4f92954396e3f0f97e75b6838a5635b583708870 git-fast-import.txt FE> ls :1 RelNotes gfi> 120000 blob b942e499449d97aeb50c73ca2bdc1c6e6d528743 RelNotes FE> cat-blob b942e499449d97aeb50c73ca2bdc1c6e6d528743 gfi> b942e499449d97aeb50c73ca2bdc1c6e6d528743 blob 32 gfi> Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.txt The most interesting parts of the reply are the first word, which is a 6-digit octal mode (regular file, executable, symlink, directory, or submodule), and the part from the second space to the tab, which is a <dataref> that can be used in later cat-blob, ls, and filemodify (M) commands to refer to the content (blob, tree, or commit) at that path. If there is nothing there, the response is "missing some/path". The intent is for this command to be used to read files from the active commit, so a frontend can apply patches to them, and to copy files and directories from previous revisions. For example, proposed updates to svn-fe use this command in place of its internal representation of the repository directory structure. This simplifies the frontend a great deal and means support for resuming an import in a separate fast-import run (i.e., incremental import) is basically free. Signed-off-by: David Barr <david.barr@cordelta.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Improved-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Improved-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
2011-02-23update-index --refresh --porcelain: add missing constJonathan Nieder
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-23checkout: add missing const to describe_detached_headJonathan Nieder
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-22Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano
* maint: Documentation: clarify -u<mode> option defaults
2011-02-22Documentation: clarify -u<mode> option defaultsClemens Buchacher
Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-02-22Merge branch 'maint'Junio C Hamano
* maint: t/t7500-commit.sh: use test_cmp instead of test t/gitweb-lib.sh: Ensure that errors are shown for --debug --immediate gitweb/gitweb.perl: don't call S_ISREG() with undef gitweb/gitweb.perl: remove use of qw(...) as parentheses