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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-08-02 15:30:39 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-08-02 15:30:40 -0700 |
commit | b006f01ab5b6aa912f2c577c4af441564c6c78a4 (patch) | |
tree | 747b0912ca315263a84f61fb1868a1f932ccec4d /Documentation/technical | |
parent | Merge branch 'jk/fsck-gitmodules-gently' (diff) | |
parent | coccinelle: update commit.cocci (diff) | |
download | tgif-b006f01ab5b6aa912f2c577c4af441564c6c78a4.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'ds/commit-graph-fsck'
"git fsck" learns to make sure the optional commit-graph file is in
a sane state.
* ds/commit-graph-fsck: (23 commits)
coccinelle: update commit.cocci
commit-graph: update design document
gc: automatically write commit-graph files
commit-graph: add '--reachable' option
commit-graph: use string-list API for input
fsck: verify commit-graph
commit-graph: verify contents match checksum
commit-graph: test for corrupted octopus edge
commit-graph: verify commit date
commit-graph: verify generation number
commit-graph: verify parent list
commit-graph: verify root tree OIDs
commit-graph: verify objects exist
commit-graph: verify corrupt OID fanout and lookup
commit-graph: verify required chunks are present
commit-graph: verify catches corrupt signature
commit-graph: add 'verify' subcommand
commit-graph: load a root tree from specific graph
commit: force commit to parse from object database
commit-graph: parse commit from chosen graph
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt | 22 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt index e1a883eb46..c664acbd76 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt @@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ Future Work - The commit graph feature currently does not honor commit grafts. This can be remedied by duplicating or refactoring the current graft logic. -- The 'commit-graph' subcommand does not have a "verify" mode that is - necessary for integration with fsck. - - After computing and storing generation numbers, we must make graph walks aware of generation numbers to gain the performance benefits they enable. This will mostly be accomplished by swapping a commit-date-ordered @@ -130,25 +127,6 @@ Future Work - 'log --topo-order' - 'tag --merged' -- Currently, parse_commit_gently() requires filling in the root tree - object for a commit. This passes through lookup_tree() and consequently - lookup_object(). Also, it calls lookup_commit() when loading the parents. - These method calls check the ODB for object existence, even if the - consumer does not need the content. For example, we do not need the - tree contents when computing merge bases. Now that commit parsing is - removed from the computation time, these lookup operations are the - slowest operations keeping graph walks from being fast. Consider - loading these objects without verifying their existence in the ODB and - only loading them fully when consumers need them. Consider a method - such as "ensure_tree_loaded(commit)" that fully loads a tree before - using commit->tree. - -- The current design uses the 'commit-graph' subcommand to generate the graph. - When this feature stabilizes enough to recommend to most users, we should - add automatic graph writes to common operations that create many commits. - For example, one could compute a graph on 'clone', 'fetch', or 'repack' - commands. - - A server could provide a commit graph file as part of the network protocol to avoid extra calculations by clients. This feature is only of benefit if the user is willing to trust the file, because verifying the file is correct |