From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] cat-file: disable refs/replace with --batch-all-objects
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 16:33:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adfa8780-197f-56a7-4977-d9ff96280ab4@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YVy3N7ZX+s6Mi93y@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On 10/5/2021 4:36 PM, Jeff King wrote:
> When we're enumerating all objects in the object database, it doesn't
> make sense to respect refs/replace. The point of this option is to
> enumerate all of the objects in the database at a low level. By
> definition we'd already show the replacement object's contents (under
> its real oid), and showing those contents under another oid is almost
> certainly working against what the user is trying to do.
...
> So it has worked reliably this way for over 7 years, and we should make
> sure it continues to do so. That could also be an argument that
> --batch-all-objects should not change behavior (which this patch is
> doing), but I really consider the current behavior to be an unintended
> bug. It's a side effect of how the code is implemented (feeding the oids
> back into oid_object_info() rather than looking at what we found while
> reading the loose and packed object storage).
I'm with you on thinking this is a bug.
> The implementation is straight-forward: we just disable the global
> read_replace_refs flag when we're in --batch-all-objects mode. It would
> perhaps be a little cleaner to change the flag we pass to
> oid_object_info_extended(), but that's not enough. We also read objects
> via read_object_file() and stream_blob_to_fd(). The former could switch
> to its _extended() form, but the streaming code has no mechanism for
> disabling replace refs. Setting the global flag works, and as a bonus,
> it's impossible to have any "oops, we're sometimes replacing the object
> and sometimes not" bugs in the output (like the ones caused by
> 98e2092b50 above).
...
> Reading between the lines, you might guess that I also introduced a
> "whoops, our size/content do not match" bug while trying the other
> approach. ;)
I understand this perspective. Turning the feature off is the only
way to be sure.
Patch makes sense. I just wanted to :+1: your reasoning.
Thanks,
-Stolee
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2021-10-05 20:29 [PATCH 0/5] cat-file replace handling and optimization Jeff King
2021-10-05 20:30 ` [PATCH 1/5] t1006: clean up broken objects Jeff King
2021-10-05 20:31 ` [PATCH 2/5] cat-file: mention --unordered along with --batch-all-objects Jeff King
2021-10-05 21:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-05 21:41 ` Jeff King
2021-10-06 9:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-06 16:15 ` Jeff King
2021-10-07 10:18 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-08 2:30 ` Jeff King
2021-10-08 7:54 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-08 20:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-08 21:44 ` Jeff King
2021-10-08 22:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-11-06 21:46 ` [PATCH 00/10] cat-file: better usage UX & error messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-06 21:46 ` [PATCH 01/10] cat-file tests: test bad usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-07 1:07 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-11-06 21:46 ` [PATCH 02/10] cat-file tests: test messaging on bad objects/paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-06 21:46 ` [PATCH 03/10] parse-options API: add a usage_msg_optf() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-06 21:46 ` [PATCH 04/10] cat-file docs: fix SYNOPSIS and "-h" output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-06 21:46 ` [PATCH 05/10] cat-file: move "usage" variable to cmd_cat_file() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-06 21:46 ` [PATCH 06/10] cat-file: make --batch-all-objects a CMDMODE Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-07 3:00 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-11-06 21:46 ` [PATCH 07/10] cat-file: fix remaining usage bugs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-06 21:47 ` [PATCH 08/10] cat-file: correct and improve usage information Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-06 21:47 ` [PATCH 09/10] object-name.c: don't have GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE imply *_QUIETLY Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-07 3:05 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-11-06 21:47 ` [PATCH 10/10] cat-file: improve --(textconv|filters) disambiguation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:19 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] cat-file: better usage UX & error messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:19 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] cat-file tests: test bad usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] cat-file tests: test messaging on bad objects/paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] parse-options API: add a usage_msg_optf() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] cat-file docs: fix SYNOPSIS and "-h" output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] cat-file: move "usage" variable to cmd_cat_file() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] cat-file: make --batch-all-objects a CMDMODE Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] cat-file: fix remaining usage bugs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] cat-file: correct and improve usage information Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] object-name.c: don't have GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE imply *_QUIETLY Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-12 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] cat-file: improve --(textconv|filters) disambiguation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] cat-file: better usage UX & error messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] cat-file tests: test bad usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] cat-file tests: test messaging on bad objects/paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] parse-options API: add a usage_msg_optf() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] cat-file docs: fix SYNOPSIS and "-h" output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] cat-file: move "usage" variable to cmd_cat_file() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] cat-file: make --batch-all-objects a CMDMODE Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] cat-file: fix remaining usage bugs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-06 1:19 ` Jiang Xin
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] cat-file: correct and improve usage information Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] object-name.c: don't have GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE imply *_QUIETLY Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-11-29 19:57 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] cat-file: use GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE in --(textconv|filters) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] cat-file: better usage UX & error messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] cat-file tests: test bad usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] cat-file tests: test messaging on bad objects/paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] parse-options API: add a usage_msg_optf() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] cat-file docs: fix SYNOPSIS and "-h" output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] cat-file: move "usage" variable to cmd_cat_file() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] cat-file: make --batch-all-objects a CMDMODE Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] cat-file: fix remaining usage bugs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-20 16:00 ` John Cai
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] cat-file: correct and improve usage information Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] object-name.c: don't have GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE imply *_QUIETLY Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-08 12:34 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] cat-file: use GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE in --(textconv|filters) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 00/10] cat-file: better usage UX & error messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 01/10] cat-file tests: test bad usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 02/10] cat-file tests: test messaging on bad objects/paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 03/10] parse-options API: add a usage_msg_optf() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 04/10] cat-file docs: fix SYNOPSIS and "-h" output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 05/10] cat-file: move "usage" variable to cmd_cat_file() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:12 ` [PATCH v5 06/10] cat-file: make --batch-all-objects a CMDMODE Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:13 ` [PATCH v5 07/10] cat-file: fix remaining usage bugs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-26 0:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-22 4:13 ` [PATCH v5 08/10] cat-file: correct and improve usage information Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:13 ` [PATCH v5 09/10] object-name.c: don't have GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE imply *_QUIETLY Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-22 4:13 ` [PATCH v5 10/10] cat-file: use GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE in --(textconv|filters) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 00/10] cat-file: better usage UX & error messages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 01/10] cat-file tests: test bad usage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 02/10] cat-file tests: test messaging on bad objects/paths Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 03/10] parse-options API: add a usage_msg_optf() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 04/10] cat-file docs: fix SYNOPSIS and "-h" output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 05/10] cat-file: move "usage" variable to cmd_cat_file() Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 06/10] cat-file: make --batch-all-objects a CMDMODE Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 07/10] cat-file: fix remaining usage bugs Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 08/10] cat-file: correct and improve usage information Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-01-08 2:58 ` Jiang Xin
2022-01-10 22:08 ` [PATCH 0/2] fixups for issues in next-merged ab/cat-file Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-01-10 22:08 ` [PATCH 1/2] cat-file: don't whitespace-pad "(...)" in SYNOPSIS and usage output Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-01-10 22:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] cat-file: s/_/-/ in typo'd usage_msg_optf() message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-01-10 22:20 ` [PATCH 0/2] fixups for issues in next-merged ab/cat-file Junio C Hamano
2022-01-11 15:48 ` Taylor Blau
2022-01-12 18:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 09/10] object-name.c: don't have GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE imply *_QUIETLY Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-12-28 13:28 ` [PATCH v6 10/10] cat-file: use GET_OID_ONLY_TO_DIE in --(textconv|filters) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-10-05 20:36 ` [PATCH 3/5] cat-file: disable refs/replace with --batch-all-objects Jeff King
2021-10-06 20:33 ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2021-10-07 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-05 20:36 ` [PATCH 4/5] cat-file: split ordered/unordered batch-all-objects callbacks Jeff King
2021-10-05 20:38 ` [PATCH 5/5] cat-file: use packed_object_info() for --batch-all-objects Jeff King
2021-10-07 20:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-08 2:35 ` Jeff King
2021-10-06 20:41 ` [PATCH 0/5] cat-file replace handling and optimization Derrick Stolee
2021-10-07 0:32 ` Jeff King
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