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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/feature.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/pack.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt10
-rw-r--r--builtin/pack-objects.c4
-rw-r--r--repo-settings.c3
-rw-r--r--t/README6
-rwxr-xr-xt/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh4
7 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/feature.txt b/Documentation/config/feature.txt
index 875f8c8a66..4e3a5c0ceb 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/feature.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/feature.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ feature.experimental::
setting if you are interested in providing feedback on experimental
features. The new default values are:
+
-* `pack.useSparse=true` uses a new algorithm when constructing a pack-file
-which can improve `git push` performance in repos with many files.
-+
* `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm=skipping` may improve fetch negotiation times by
skipping more commits at a time, reducing the number of round trips.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/config/pack.txt b/Documentation/config/pack.txt
index 0dac580581..837f1b1679 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/pack.txt
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ pack.useSparse::
objects. This can have significant performance benefits when
computing a pack to send a small change. However, it is possible
that extra objects are added to the pack-file if the included
- commits contain certain types of direct renames. Default is `false`
- unless `feature.experimental` is enabled.
+ commits contain certain types of direct renames. Default is
+ `true`.
pack.writeBitmaps (deprecated)::
This is a deprecated synonym for `repack.writeBitmaps`.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index fecdf2600c..eaa2f2a404 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--local] [--incremental] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>]
[--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
[--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | base-name]
- [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--sparse] < object-list
+ [--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < object-list
DESCRIPTION
@@ -196,14 +196,16 @@ depth is 4095.
Add --no-reuse-object if you want to force a uniform compression
level on all data no matter the source.
---sparse::
- Use the "sparse" algorithm to determine which objects to include in
+--[no-]sparse::
+ Toggle the "sparse" algorithm to determine which objects to include in
the pack, when combined with the "--revs" option. This algorithm
only walks trees that appear in paths that introduce new objects.
This can have significant performance benefits when computing
a pack to send a small change. However, it is possible that extra
objects are added to the pack-file if the included commits contain
- certain types of direct renames.
+ certain types of direct renames. If this option is not included,
+ it defaults to the value of `pack.useSparse`, which is true unless
+ otherwise specified.
--thin::
Create a "thin" pack by omitting the common objects between a
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 4c2bb170c6..dc7c58ce3f 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -3469,9 +3469,9 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
read_replace_refs = 0;
- sparse = git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE", 0);
+ sparse = git_env_bool("GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE", -1);
prepare_repo_settings(the_repository);
- if (!sparse && the_repository->settings.pack_use_sparse != -1)
+ if (sparse < 0)
sparse = the_repository->settings.pack_use_sparse;
reset_pack_idx_option(&pack_idx_opts);
diff --git a/repo-settings.c b/repo-settings.c
index a703e407a3..dc6817daa9 100644
--- a/repo-settings.c
+++ b/repo-settings.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ void prepare_repo_settings(struct repository *r)
if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "pack.usesparse", &value))
r->settings.pack_use_sparse = value;
+ UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.pack_use_sparse, 1);
+
if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "feature.manyfiles", &value) && value) {
UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.index_version, 4);
UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.core_untracked_cache, UNTRACKED_CACHE_WRITE);
@@ -52,7 +54,6 @@ void prepare_repo_settings(struct repository *r)
if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "fetch.writecommitgraph", &value))
r->settings.fetch_write_commit_graph = value;
if (!repo_config_get_bool(r, "feature.experimental", &value) && value) {
- UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.pack_use_sparse, 1);
UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.fetch_negotiation_algorithm, FETCH_NEGOTIATION_SKIPPING);
UPDATE_DEFAULT_BOOL(r->settings.fetch_write_commit_graph, 1);
}
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 369e3a9ded..da5b24feb0 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ GIT_TEST_INDEX_VERSION=<n> exercises the index read/write code path
for the index version specified. Can be set to any valid version
(currently 2, 3, or 4).
-GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE=<boolean> if enabled will default the pack-objects
-builtin to use the sparse object walk. This can still be overridden by
-the --no-sparse command-line argument.
+GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE=<boolean> if disabled will default the pack-objects
+builtin to use the non-sparse object walk. This can still be overridden by
+the --sparse command-line argument.
GIT_TEST_PRELOAD_INDEX=<boolean> exercises the preload-index code path
by overriding the minimum number of cache entries required per thread.
diff --git a/t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh b/t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh
index 7124b5581a..a581eaf529 100755
--- a/t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh
+++ b/t/t5322-pack-objects-sparse.sh
@@ -105,14 +105,16 @@ test_expect_success 'non-sparse pack-objects' '
test_cmp required_objects.txt nonsparse_required_objects.txt
'
+# --sparse is enabled by default by pack.useSparse
test_expect_success 'sparse pack-objects' '
+ GIT_TEST_PACK_SPARSE=-1 &&
git rev-parse \
topic1 \
topic1^{tree} \
topic1:f3 \
topic1:f3/f4 \
topic1:f3/f4/data.txt | sort >expect_sparse_objects.txt &&
- git pack-objects --stdout --revs --sparse <packinput.txt >sparse.pack &&
+ git pack-objects --stdout --revs <packinput.txt >sparse.pack &&
git index-pack -o sparse.idx sparse.pack &&
git show-index <sparse.idx | awk "{print \$2}" >sparse_objects.txt &&
test_cmp expect_sparse_objects.txt sparse_objects.txt