From f7d1918469d763f46a7acbae437e6424ed49c0a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:18:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] object-file: generalize counting objects

Generalize the function introduced in the preceding commit to not only
be able to approximate the number of loose objects, but to also provide
an accurate count. The behaviour can be toggled via a new flag.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 builtin/gc.c  |  5 +++--
 object-file.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 object-file.h |  5 +++--
 odb.h         |  9 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index a08c7554cb..3a64d28da8 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -474,8 +474,9 @@ static int too_many_loose_objects(int limit)
 	int auto_threshold = DIV_ROUND_UP(limit, 256) * 256;
 	unsigned long loose_count;
 
-	if (odb_source_loose_approximate_object_count(the_repository->objects->sources,
-						      &loose_count) < 0)
+	if (odb_source_loose_count_objects(the_repository->objects->sources,
+					   ODB_COUNT_OBJECTS_APPROXIMATE,
+					   &loose_count) < 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	return loose_count > auto_threshold;
diff --git a/object-file.c b/object-file.c
index da67e3c9ff..d35cec201f 100644
--- a/object-file.c
+++ b/object-file.c
@@ -1868,40 +1868,56 @@ int odb_source_loose_for_each_object(struct odb_source *source,
 					     NULL, NULL, &data);
 }
 
-int odb_source_loose_approximate_object_count(struct odb_source *source,
-					      unsigned long *out)
+static int count_loose_object(const struct object_id *oid UNUSED,
+			      struct object_info *oi UNUSED,
+			      void *payload)
+{
+	unsigned long *count = payload;
+	(*count)++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int odb_source_loose_count_objects(struct odb_source *source,
+				   enum odb_count_objects_flags flags,
+				   unsigned long *out)
 {
 	const unsigned hexsz = source->odb->repo->hash_algo->hexsz - 2;
-	unsigned long count = 0;
-	struct dirent *ent;
 	char *path = NULL;
 	DIR *dir = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	path = xstrfmt("%s/17", source->path);
+	if (flags & ODB_COUNT_OBJECTS_APPROXIMATE) {
+		unsigned long count = 0;
+		struct dirent *ent;
 
-	dir = opendir(path);
-	if (!dir) {
-		if (errno == ENOENT) {
-			*out = 0;
-			ret = 0;
+		path = xstrfmt("%s/17", source->path);
+
+		dir = opendir(path);
+		if (!dir) {
+			if (errno == ENOENT) {
+				*out = 0;
+				ret = 0;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			ret = error_errno("cannot open object shard '%s'", path);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		ret = error_errno("cannot open object shard '%s'", path);
-		goto out;
-	}
+		while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+			if (strspn(ent->d_name, "0123456789abcdef") != hexsz ||
+			    ent->d_name[hexsz] != '\0')
+				continue;
+			count++;
+		}
 
-	while ((ent = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
-		if (strspn(ent->d_name, "0123456789abcdef") != hexsz ||
-		    ent->d_name[hexsz] != '\0')
-			continue;
-		count++;
+		*out = count * 256;
+		ret = 0;
+	} else {
+		ret = odb_source_loose_for_each_object(source, NULL, count_loose_object,
+						       out, 0);
 	}
 
-	*out = count * 256;
-	ret = 0;
-
 out:
 	if (dir)
 		closedir(dir);
diff --git a/object-file.h b/object-file.h
index b870ea9fa8..f8d8805a18 100644
--- a/object-file.h
+++ b/object-file.h
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ int odb_source_loose_for_each_object(struct odb_source *source,
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise.
  */
-int odb_source_loose_approximate_object_count(struct odb_source *source,
-					      unsigned long *out);
+int odb_source_loose_count_objects(struct odb_source *source,
+				   enum odb_count_objects_flags flags,
+				   unsigned long *out);
 
 /**
  * format_object_header() is a thin wrapper around s xsnprintf() that
diff --git a/odb.h b/odb.h
index 7a583e3873..e6057477f6 100644
--- a/odb.h
+++ b/odb.h
@@ -500,6 +500,15 @@ int odb_for_each_object(struct object_database *odb,
 			void *cb_data,
 			unsigned flags);
 
+enum odb_count_objects_flags {
+	/*
+	 * Instead of providing an accurate count, allow the number of objects
+	 * to be approximated. Details of how this approximation works are
+	 * subject to the specific source's implementation.
+	 */
+	ODB_COUNT_OBJECTS_APPROXIMATE = (1 << 0),
+};
+
 enum {
 	/*
 	 * By default, `odb_write_object()` does not actually write anything