From: Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: "Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
"Derrick Stolee" <stolee@gmail.com>,
"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Taylor Blau" <me@ttaylorr.com>,
"Bagas Sanjaya" <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Phillip Wood" <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
"Emily Shaffer" <emilyshaffer@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/8] Sparse Index: integrate with reset
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:44:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9c5b7067-b0e3-0153-5cd3-042bae92f91e@github.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BG0iDHf268UAnRyA=0y0T69YTc+bLMdxCmSbrL8s=9ziA@mail.gmail.com>
Elijah Newren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 7:52 AM Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Changes since V5
>> ================
>>
>> * Update t1092 test 'reset with wildcard pathspec' with more cases and
>> better checks
>> * Add "special case" wildcard pathspec check when determining whether to
>> expand the index (avoids double-loop over pathspecs & index entries)
>
> Looks pretty good. However, I'm worried this special case you added
> at my prodding might be problematic, and that I may have been wrong to
> prod you into it...
>
>> Thanks! -Victoria
>>
>> Range-diff vs v5:
>>
>> 7: a9135a5ed64 ! 7: 822d7344587 reset: make --mixed sparse-aware
>> @@ Commit message
>>
>> Remove the `ensure_full_index` guard on `read_from_tree` and update `git
>> reset --mixed` to ensure it can use sparse directory index entries wherever
>> - possible. Sparse directory entries are reset use `diff_tree_oid`, which
>> + possible. Sparse directory entries are reset using `diff_tree_oid`, which
>> requires `change` and `add_remove` functions to process the internal
>> contents of the sparse directory. The `recursive` diff option handles cases
>> in which `reset --mixed` must diff/merge files that are nested multiple
>> @@ builtin/reset.c: static void update_index_from_diff(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
>> + * (since we can reset whole sparse directories without expanding them).
>> + */
>> + if (item.nowildcard_len < item.len) {
>> ++ /*
>> ++ * Special case: if the pattern is a path inside the cone
>> ++ * followed by only wildcards, the pattern cannot match
>> ++ * partial sparse directories, so we don't expand the index.
>> ++ */
>> ++ if (path_in_cone_mode_sparse_checkout(item.original, &the_index) &&
>> ++ strspn(item.original + item.nowildcard_len, "*") == item.len - item.nowildcard_len)
>
> I usually expect in an &&-chain to see the cheaper function call first
> (because that ordering often avoids the need to call the second
> function), and I would presume that strspn() would be the cheaper of
> the two. Did you switch the order because you expect the strspn call
> to nearly always return true, though?
>
This is a miss on my part, the `strspn()` check is probably less expensive
and should be first.
> Could the strspn() call be replaced by a `item.len ==
> item.nowildcard_len + 1`? I mean, sure, folks could list multiple
> asterisks in a row in their pathspec, but that seems super unlikely
> and even if it does happen the code will just fall back to the slower
> codepath and still give them the right answer. And the simpler check
> feels a lot easier to parse for human readers.
>
Agreed on wanting better readability - if the multiple-wildcard case is
unlikely, the `PATHSPEC_ONESTAR` flag would indicate whether the pathspec
ends in a single wildcard character. If that flag is still too obscure,
though, I can stick with the length comparison.
> But I'm worried there's a deeper issue here:
>
>
> Is the wildcard character (or characters) in path treated as a literal
> by path_in_cone_mode_sparse_checkout()? I think it is...and I'm
> worried that may be incorrect. For example, if the path is
>
> foo/*
>
> and the user has done a
>
> git sparse-checkout set foo/bar/
>
> Then 'foo/baz/file' is not in the sparse checkout. However, 'foo/*'
> should match 'foo/baz/file' and yet 'foo/*' when treated as a literal
> path would be considered in the sparse checkout by
> path_in_cone_mode_sparse_checkout. Does this result in the code
> returning an incorrect answer? (Or did I misunderstand something so
> far?)
>
Correct: `path_in_cone_mode_sparse_checkout` interprets the wildcard
literally, and the checks here take that into account. The goal of
`pathspec_needs_expanded_index` is to determine if the pathspec *may* match
only partial contents of a sparse directory (like '*.c', or 'f*le'). For a
`git reset --mixed`, only this scenario requires expansion; if an entire
sparse directory is matched by a pathspec, the entire sparse directory is
reset.
Using your example, 'foo/*' does match 'foo/baz/file', but it also matches
'foo/' itself; as a result, the `foo/` sparse directory index entry is reset
(rather than some individual files contained within it). The same goes for a
patchspec like 'fo*' ("in-cone" and ending in a wildcard). Conversely, a
pathspec like 'foo/ba*' would _not_ work (it wouldn't match something like
'foo/test-file'), and neither would 'f*o' (it would match all of 'foo', but
would only match files ending in "o" in a directory 'f/').
Hope that helps!
> I'm wondering if I misled you earlier in my musings about whether we
> could avoid the slow codepath for pathspecs with wildcard characters.
> Maybe there's no safe optimization here and wildcard characters should
> always go through the slower codepath.
>
>> ++ continue;
>> ++
>> + for (pos = 0; pos < active_nr; pos++) {
>> + struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[pos];
>> +
>> 8: f91d1dcf024 = 8: ddd97fb2837 unpack-trees: improve performance of next_cache_entry
>>
>> --
>> gitgitgadget
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Thread overview: 114+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-30 14:50 [PATCH 0/7] Sparse Index: integrate with reset Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-09-30 14:50 ` [PATCH 1/7] reset: behave correctly with sparse-checkout Kevin Willford via GitGitGadget
2021-09-30 18:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-01 14:55 ` Victoria Dye
2021-09-30 14:50 ` [PATCH 2/7] sparse-index: update command for expand/collapse test Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-09-30 19:17 ` Taylor Blau
2021-09-30 20:11 ` Victoria Dye
2021-09-30 21:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-30 22:59 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-01 0:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-04 13:47 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-01 9:14 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-09-30 14:50 ` [PATCH 3/7] reset: expand test coverage for sparse checkouts Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-09-30 14:50 ` [PATCH 4/7] reset: integrate with sparse index Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-09-30 14:50 ` [PATCH 5/7] reset: make sparse-aware (except --mixed) Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-09-30 14:51 ` [PATCH 6/7] reset: make --mixed sparse-aware Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-01 15:03 ` Victoria Dye
2021-09-30 14:51 ` [PATCH 7/7] unpack-trees: improve performance of next_cache_entry Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-05 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] Sparse Index: integrate with reset Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-05 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] reset: behave correctly with sparse-checkout Kevin Willford via GitGitGadget
2021-10-05 19:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-05 21:59 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-06 12:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-06 1:46 ` Elijah Newren
2021-10-06 20:09 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-06 10:31 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-10-05 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] update-index: add --force-full-index option for expand/collapse test Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-06 2:00 ` Elijah Newren
2021-10-06 20:40 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-08 3:42 ` Elijah Newren
2021-10-08 17:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-06 10:33 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-10-05 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] reset: expand test coverage for sparse checkouts Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-06 2:04 ` Elijah Newren
2021-10-05 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] reset: integrate with sparse index Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-06 2:15 ` Elijah Newren
2021-10-06 17:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-05 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] reset: make sparse-aware (except --mixed) Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-06 3:43 ` Elijah Newren
2021-10-06 20:56 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-06 10:34 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-10-05 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] reset: make --mixed sparse-aware Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-06 4:43 ` Elijah Newren
2021-10-07 14:34 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-05 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] unpack-trees: improve performance of next_cache_entry Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-06 10:37 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-10-05 15:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] Sparse Index: integrate with reset Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-05 20:44 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-06 5:46 ` Elijah Newren
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] reset: rename is_missing to !is_in_reset_tree Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] reset: preserve skip-worktree bit in mixed reset Kevin Willford via GitGitGadget
2021-10-08 9:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] update-index: add --force-full-index option for expand/collapse test Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-08 2:50 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-10-08 5:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-08 15:47 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-08 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-11 14:12 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-10-11 15:05 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-11 15:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] reset: expand test coverage for sparse checkouts Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] reset: integrate with sparse index Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] reset: make sparse-aware (except --mixed) Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-08 11:09 ` Phillip Wood
2021-10-08 17:14 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-08 18:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-09 11:18 ` Phillip Wood
2021-10-10 22:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-11 15:55 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-11 16:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-12 10:16 ` Phillip Wood
2021-10-12 19:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-12 10:17 ` Phillip Wood
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] reset: make --mixed sparse-aware Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-20 22:02 ` Elijah Newren
2021-11-22 16:46 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-07 21:15 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] unpack-trees: improve performance of next_cache_entry Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] Sparse Index: integrate with reset Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] reset: rename is_missing to !is_in_reset_tree Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] reset: preserve skip-worktree bit in mixed reset Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-22 4:19 ` Emily Shaffer
2021-10-25 15:59 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] sparse-index: update command for expand/collapse test Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] reset: expand test coverage for sparse checkouts Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] reset: integrate with sparse index Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] reset: make sparse-aware (except --mixed) Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] reset: make --mixed sparse-aware Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-11 20:30 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] unpack-trees: improve performance of next_cache_entry Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] Sparse Index: integrate with reset Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] reset: rename is_missing to !is_in_reset_tree Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] reset: preserve skip-worktree bit in mixed reset Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] sparse-index: update command for expand/collapse test Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] reset: expand test coverage for sparse checkouts Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] reset: integrate with sparse index Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] reset: make sparse-aware (except --mixed) Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] reset: make --mixed sparse-aware Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-20 22:05 ` Elijah Newren
2021-11-22 16:54 ` Victoria Dye
2021-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] unpack-trees: improve performance of next_cache_entry Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-20 22:13 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] Sparse Index: integrate with reset Elijah Newren
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 " Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] reset: rename is_missing to !is_in_reset_tree Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] reset: preserve skip-worktree bit in mixed reset Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] sparse-index: update command for expand/collapse test Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] reset: expand test coverage for sparse checkouts Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] reset: integrate with sparse index Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] reset: make sparse-aware (except --mixed) Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] reset: make --mixed sparse-aware Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 15:52 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] unpack-trees: improve performance of next_cache_entry Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget
2021-11-29 18:37 ` [PATCH v6 0/8] Sparse Index: integrate with reset Elijah Newren
2021-11-29 19:44 ` Victoria Dye [this message]
2021-11-30 3:59 ` Elijah Newren
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