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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt | 86 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-oid-array.txt (renamed from Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt) | 44 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt | 39 |
6 files changed, 143 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt index 7f8e78d916..6c77b4920c 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt @@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ The notable options are: Similar to `DIR_SHOW_IGNORED`, but return ignored files in `ignored[]` in addition to untracked files in `entries[]`. +`DIR_KEEP_UNTRACKED_CONTENTS`::: + + Only has meaning if `DIR_SHOW_IGNORED_TOO` is also set; if this is set, the + untracked contents of untracked directories are also returned in + `entries[]`. + `DIR_COLLECT_IGNORED`::: Special mode for git-add. Return ignored files in `ignored[]` and diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt index 2602668677..e7cbb7c13a 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-gitattributes.txt @@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ Data Structure of no interest to the calling programs. The name of the attribute can be retrieved by calling `git_attr_name()`. -`struct git_attr_check`:: +`struct attr_check_item`:: - This structure represents a set of attributes to check in a call - to `git_check_attr()` function, and receives the results. + This structure represents one attribute and its value. + +`struct attr_check`:: + + This structure represents a collection of `attr_check_item`. + It is passed to `git_check_attr()` function, specifying the + attributes to check, and receives their values. Attribute Values @@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ Attribute Values An attribute for a path can be in one of four states: Set, Unset, Unspecified or set to a string, and `.value` member of `struct -git_attr_check` records it. There are three macros to check these: +attr_check_item` records it. There are three macros to check these: `ATTR_TRUE()`:: @@ -48,49 +53,51 @@ value of the attribute for the path. Querying Specific Attributes ---------------------------- -* Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` to define the list of - attributes you would want to check. To populate this array, you would - need to define necessary attributes by calling `git_attr()` function. +* Prepare `struct attr_check` using attr_check_initl() + function, enumerating the names of attributes whose values you are + interested in, terminated with a NULL pointer. Alternatively, an + empty `struct attr_check` can be prepared by calling + `attr_check_alloc()` function and then attributes you want to + ask about can be added to it with `attr_check_append()` + function. * Call `git_check_attr()` to check the attributes for the path. -* Inspect `git_attr_check` structure to see how each of the attribute in - the array is defined for the path. +* Inspect `attr_check` structure to see how each of the + attribute in the array is defined for the path. Example ------- -To see how attributes "crlf" and "indent" are set for different paths. +To see how attributes "crlf" and "ident" are set for different paths. -. Prepare an array of `struct git_attr_check` with two elements (because - we are checking two attributes). Initialize their `attr` member with - pointers to `struct git_attr` obtained by calling `git_attr()`: +. Prepare a `struct attr_check` with two elements (because + we are checking two attributes): ------------ -static struct git_attr_check check[2]; +static struct attr_check *check; static void setup_check(void) { - if (check[0].attr) + if (check) return; /* already done */ - check[0].attr = git_attr("crlf"); - check[1].attr = git_attr("ident"); + check = attr_check_initl("crlf", "ident", NULL); } ------------ -. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared array of `struct git_attr_check`: +. Call `git_check_attr()` with the prepared `struct attr_check`: ------------ const char *path; setup_check(); - git_check_attr(path, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check); + git_check_attr(path, check); ------------ -. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check[]`: +. Act on `.value` member of the result, left in `check->items[]`: ------------ - const char *value = check[0].value; + const char *value = check->items[0].value; if (ATTR_TRUE(value)) { The attribute is Set, by listing only the name of the @@ -109,20 +116,39 @@ static void setup_check(void) } ------------ +To see how attributes in argv[] are set for different paths, only +the first step in the above would be different. + +------------ +static struct attr_check *check; +static void setup_check(const char **argv) +{ + check = attr_check_alloc(); + while (*argv) { + struct git_attr *attr = git_attr(*argv); + attr_check_append(check, attr); + argv++; + } +} +------------ + Querying All Attributes ----------------------- To get the values of all attributes associated with a file: -* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which returns an array of `git_attr_check` - structures. +* Prepare an empty `attr_check` structure by calling + `attr_check_alloc()`. + +* Call `git_all_attrs()`, which populates the `attr_check` + with the attributes attached to the path. -* Iterate over the `git_attr_check` array to examine the attribute - names and values. The name of the attribute described by a - `git_attr_check` object can be retrieved via - `git_attr_name(check[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items will be - returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return false - for all returned `git_array_check` objects.) +* Iterate over the `attr_check.items[]` array to examine + the attribute names and values. The name of the attribute + described by a `attr_check.items[]` object can be retrieved via + `git_attr_name(check->items[i].attr)`. (Please note that no items + will be returned for unset attributes, so `ATTR_UNSET()` will return + false for all returned `attr_check.items[]` objects.) -* Free the `git_array_check` array. +* Free the `attr_check` struct by calling `attr_check_free()`. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt index a3f020cd9e..ccc634bbd7 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-hashmap.txt @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ that the hashmap is initialized. It may also be useful for statistical purposes `cmpfn` stores the comparison function specified in `hashmap_init()`. In advanced scenarios, it may be useful to change this, e.g. to switch between case-sensitive and case-insensitive lookup. ++ +When `disallow_rehash` is set, automatic rehashes are prevented during inserts +and deletes. `struct hashmap_entry`:: @@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ Functions `unsigned int strihash(const char *buf)`:: `unsigned int memhash(const void *buf, size_t len)`:: `unsigned int memihash(const void *buf, size_t len)`:: +`unsigned int memihash_cont(unsigned int hash_seed, const void *buf, size_t len)`:: Ready-to-use hash functions for strings, using the FNV-1 algorithm (see http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/fnv). @@ -65,6 +69,9 @@ Functions `memihash` operate on arbitrary-length memory. + `strihash` and `memihash` are case insensitive versions. ++ +`memihash_cont` is a variant of `memihash` that allows a computation to be +continued with another chunk of data. `unsigned int sha1hash(const unsigned char *sha1)`:: @@ -184,6 +191,21 @@ passed to `hashmap_cmp_fn` to decide whether the entry matches the key. + Returns the removed entry, or NULL if not found. +`void hashmap_disallow_rehash(struct hashmap *map, unsigned value)`:: + + Disallow/allow automatic rehashing of the hashmap during inserts + and deletes. ++ +This is useful if the caller knows that the hashmap will be accessed +by multiple threads. ++ +The caller is still responsible for any necessary locking; this simply +prevents unexpected rehashing. The caller is also responsible for properly +sizing the initial hashmap to ensure good performance. ++ +A call to allow rehashing does not force a rehash; that might happen +with the next insert or delete. + `void hashmap_iter_init(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_iter *iter)`:: `void *hashmap_iter_next(struct hashmap_iter *iter)`:: `void *hashmap_iter_first(struct hashmap *map, struct hashmap_iter *iter)`:: diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-oid-array.txt index dcc52943a5..b0c11f868d 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-sha1-array.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-oid-array.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -sha1-array API +oid-array API ============== -The sha1-array API provides storage and manipulation of sets of SHA-1 +The oid-array API provides storage and manipulation of sets of object identifiers. The emphasis is on storage and processing efficiency, making them suitable for large lists. Note that the ordering of items is not preserved over some operations. @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ not preserved over some operations. Data Structures --------------- -`struct sha1_array`:: +`struct oid_array`:: - A single array of SHA-1 hashes. This should be initialized by - assignment from `SHA1_ARRAY_INIT`. The `sha1` member contains + A single array of object IDs. This should be initialized by + assignment from `OID_ARRAY_INIT`. The `oid` member contains the actual data. The `nr` member contains the number of items in the set. The `alloc` and `sorted` members are used internally, and should not be needed by API callers. @@ -20,22 +20,22 @@ Data Structures Functions --------- -`sha1_array_append`:: - Add an item to the set. The sha1 will be placed at the end of +`oid_array_append`:: + Add an item to the set. The object ID will be placed at the end of the array (but note that some operations below may lose this ordering). -`sha1_array_lookup`:: - Perform a binary search of the array for a specific sha1. +`oid_array_lookup`:: + Perform a binary search of the array for a specific object ID. If found, returns the offset (in number of elements) of the - sha1. If not found, returns a negative integer. If the array is - not sorted, this function has the side effect of sorting it. + object ID. If not found, returns a negative integer. If the array + is not sorted, this function has the side effect of sorting it. -`sha1_array_clear`:: +`oid_array_clear`:: Free all memory associated with the array and return it to the initial, empty state. -`sha1_array_for_each_unique`:: +`oid_array_for_each_unique`:: Efficiently iterate over each unique element of the list, executing the callback function for each one. If the array is not sorted, this function has the side effect of sorting it. If @@ -47,25 +47,25 @@ Examples -------- ----------------------------------------- -int print_callback(const unsigned char sha1[20], +int print_callback(const struct object_id *oid, void *data) { - printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1)); + printf("%s\n", oid_to_hex(oid)); return 0; /* always continue */ } void some_func(void) { - struct sha1_array hashes = SHA1_ARRAY_INIT; - unsigned char sha1[20]; + struct sha1_array hashes = OID_ARRAY_INIT; + struct object_id oid; /* Read objects into our set */ - while (read_object_from_stdin(sha1)) - sha1_array_append(&hashes, sha1); + while (read_object_from_stdin(oid.hash)) + oid_array_append(&hashes, &oid); /* Check if some objects are in our set */ - while (read_object_from_stdin(sha1)) { - if (sha1_array_lookup(&hashes, sha1) >= 0) + while (read_object_from_stdin(oid.hash)) { + if (oid_array_lookup(&hashes, &oid) >= 0) printf("it's in there!\n"); /* @@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ void some_func(void) * Instead, this will sort once and then skip duplicates * in linear time. */ - sha1_array_for_each_unique(&hashes, print_callback, NULL); + oid_array_for_each_unique(&hashes, print_callback, NULL); } ----------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 27bd701c0d..36768b479e 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: Introduce an option with string argument. The string argument is put into `str_var`. +`OPT_STRING_LIST(short, long, &struct string_list, arg_str, description)`:: + Introduce an option with string argument. + The string argument is stored as an element in `string_list`. + Use of `--no-option` will clear the list of preceding values. + `OPT_INTEGER(short, long, &int_var, description)`:: Introduce an option with integer argument. The integer is put into `int_var`. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt index c59ac9936a..a34917153f 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt @@ -351,14 +351,19 @@ ACK after 'done' if there is at least one common base and multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed is enabled. The server always sends NAK after 'done' if there is no common base found. +Instead of 'ACK' or 'NAK', the server may send an error message (for +example, if it does not recognize an object in a 'want' line received +from the client). + Then the server will start sending its packfile data. ---- - server-response = *ack_multi ack / nak + server-response = *ack_multi ack / nak / error-line ack_multi = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id ack_status) ack_status = "continue" / "common" / "ready" ack = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id) nak = PKT-LINE("NAK") + error-line = PKT-LINE("ERR" SP explanation-text) ---- A simple clone may look like this (with no 'have' lines): @@ -468,13 +473,10 @@ that it wants to update, it sends a line listing the obj-id currently on the server, the obj-id the client would like to update it to and the name of the reference. -This list is followed by a flush-pkt. Then the push options are transmitted -one per packet followed by another flush-pkt. After that the packfile that -should contain all the objects that the server will need to complete the new -references will be sent. +This list is followed by a flush-pkt. ---- - update-request = *shallow ( command-list | push-cert ) [packfile] + update-requests = *shallow ( command-list | push-cert ) shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id) @@ -495,12 +497,35 @@ references will be sent. PKT-LINE("pusher" SP ident LF) PKT-LINE("pushee" SP url LF) PKT-LINE("nonce" SP nonce LF) + *PKT-LINE("push-option" SP push-option LF) PKT-LINE(LF) *PKT-LINE(command LF) *PKT-LINE(gpg-signature-lines LF) PKT-LINE("push-cert-end" LF) - packfile = "PACK" 28*(OCTET) + push-option = 1*( VCHAR | SP ) +---- + +If the server has advertised the 'push-options' capability and the client has +specified 'push-options' as part of the capability list above, the client then +sends its push options followed by a flush-pkt. + +---- + push-options = *PKT-LINE(push-option) flush-pkt +---- + +For backwards compatibility with older Git servers, if the client sends a push +cert and push options, it MUST send its push options both embedded within the +push cert and after the push cert. (Note that the push options within the cert +are prefixed, but the push options after the cert are not.) Both these lists +MUST be the same, modulo the prefix. + +After that the packfile that +should contain all the objects that the server will need to complete the new +references will be sent. + +---- + packfile = "PACK" 28*(OCTET) ---- If the receiving end does not support delete-refs, the sending end MUST |