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As the code is written today index_bulk_checkin only accepts blobs. Remove the enum object_type parameter and rename index_bulk_checkin to index_blob_bulk_checkin, index_stream to index_blob_stream, deflate_to_pack to deflate_blob_to_pack, stream_to_pack to stream_blob_to_pack, to make this explicit. Not supporting commits, tags, or trees has no downside as it is not currently supported now, and commits, tags, and trees being smaller by design do not have the problem that the problem that index_bulk_checkin was built to solve. Before we start adding code to support the hash function transition supporting additional objects types in index_bulk_checkin has no real additional cost, just an extra function parameter to know what the object type is. Once we begin the hash function transition this is not the case. The hash function transition document specifies that a repository with compatObjectFormat enabled will compute and store both the SHA-1 and SHA-256 hash of every object in the repository. What makes this a challenge is that it is not just an additional hash over the same object. Instead the hash function transition document specifies that the compatibility hash (specified with compatObjectFormat) be computed over the equivalent object that another git repository whose storage hash (specified with objectFormat) would store. When comparing equivalent repositories built with different storage hash functions, the oids embedded in objects used to refer to other objects differ and the location of signatures within objects differ. As blob objects have neither oids referring to other objects nor stored signatures their storage hash and their compatibility hash are computed over the same object. The other kinds of objects: trees, commits, and tags, all store oids referring to other objects. Signatures are stored in commit and tag objects. As oids and the tags to store signatures are not the same size in repositories built with different storage hashes the size of the equivalent objects are also different. A version of index_bulk_checkin that supports more than just blobs when computing both the SHA-1 and the SHA-256 of every object added would need a different, and more expensive structure. The structure is more expensive because it would be required to temporarily buffering the equivalent object the compatibility hash needs to be computed over. A temporary object is needed, because before a hash over an object can computed it's object header needs to be computed. One of the members of the object header is the entire size of the object. To know the size of an equivalent object an entire pass over the original object needs to be made, as trees, commits, and tags are composed of a variable number of variable sized pieces. Unfortunately there is no formula to compute the size of an equivalent object from just the size of the original object. Avoid all of those future complications by limiting index_bulk_checkin to only work on blobs. Inspired-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
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The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks