Tests to ensure interoperability between reftable written by jgit
and our code have been added and enabled in CI.
* ps/ci-test-with-jgit:
t0612: add tests to exercise Git/JGit reftable compatibility
t0610: fix non-portable variable assignment
t06xx: always execute backend-specific tests
ci: install JGit dependency
ci: make Perforce binaries executable for all users
ci: merge scripts which install dependencies
ci: fix setup of custom path for GitLab CI
ci: merge custom PATH directories
ci: convert "install-dependencies.sh" to use "/bin/sh"
ci: drop duplicate package installation for "linux-gcc-default"
ci: skip sudo when we are already root
ci: expose distro name in dockerized GitHub jobs
ci: rename "runs_on_pool" to "distro"
The tests in t06xx exercise specific ref formats. Next to probing some
basic functionality, these tests also exercise other low-level details
specific to the format. Those tests are only executed though in case
`GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT` is set to the ref format of the respective
backend-under-test.
Ideally, we would run the full test matrix for ref formats such that our
complete test suite is executed with every supported format on every
supported platform. This is quite an expensive undertaking though, and
thus we only execute e.g. the "reftable" tests on macOS and Linux. As a
result, we basically have no test coverage for the "reftable" format at
all on other platforms like Windows.
Adapt these tests so that they override `GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT`,
which means that they'll always execute. This increases test coverage on
platforms that don't run the full test matrix, which at least gives us
some basic test coverage on those platforms for the "reftable" format.
This of course comes at the cost of running those tests multiple times
on platforms where we do run the full test matrix. But arguably, this is
a good thing because it will also cause us to e.g. run those tests with
the address sanitizer and other non-standard parameters.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
When running `git maintenance run --auto`, then the various subtasks
will only run as needed. Thus, we for example end up only packing loose
objects if we hit a certain threshold.
Interestingly enough, the "pack-refs" task is actually _never_ executed
when the auto-flag is set because it does not have a condition at all.
As 41abfe15d9 (maintenance: add pack-refs task, 2021-02-09) mentions:
The 'auto_condition' function pointer is left NULL for now. We could
extend this in the future to have a condition check if pack-refs
should be run during 'git maintenance run --auto'.
It is not quite clear from that quote whether it is actually intended
that the task doesn't run at all in this mode. Also, no test was added
to verify this behaviour. Ultimately though, it feels quite surprising
that `git maintenance run --auto --task=pack-refs` would quietly never
do anything at all.
In any case, now that we do have the logic in place to let ref backends
decide whether or not to repack refs, it does make sense to wire it up
accordingly. With the "reftable" backend we will thus now perform
auto-compaction, which optimizes the refdb as needed.
But for the "files" backend we now unconditionally pack refs as it does
not yet know to handle the "auto" flag. Arguably, this can be seen as a
bug fix given that previously the task never did anything at all.
Eventually though we should amend the "files" backend to use some
heuristics for auto compaction, as well.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Calling git-pack-refs(1) will unconditionally cause it to pack all
requested refs regardless of the current state of the ref database. For
example:
- With the "files" backend we will end up rewriting the complete
"packed-refs" file even if only a single ref would require
compaction.
- With the "reftable" backend we will end up always compacting all
tables into a single table.
This behaviour can be completely unnecessary depending on the backend
and is thus wasteful.
With the introduction of the `PACK_REFS_AUTO` flag in the preceding
commit we can improve this and let the backends decide for themselves
whether to pack refs in the first place. Expose this functionality via a
new "--auto" flag in git-pack-refs(1), which mirrors the same flag in
both git-gc(1) and git-maintenance(1).
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The test helper provides a "ref-store <store> pack-refs" wrapper that
more or less directly invokes `refs_pack_refs()`. This helper is only
used in a single test with the "PACK_REFS_PRUNE" and "PACK_REFS_ALL"
flags. Both of these flags can directly be accessed via git-pack-refs(1)
though via the `--all` and `--prune` flags, which makes the helper
superfluous.
Refactor the test to use git-pack-refs(1) instead of the test helper.
Drop the now-unused test helper command.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Move a few tests into t0601 since they specifically test the packed-refs
file and thus are specific to the reffiles backend.
Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Move this test into t0601 with other reffiles pack-refs specific tests
since it checks for individual loose refs and thus is specific to the
reffiles backend.
Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Move this test to t0601 with other reffiles specific pack-refs tests
since it is reffiles specific in that it looks into the loose refs
directory for an assertion.
Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Move t3210 to t0601, since these tests are reffiles specific in that
they modify loose refs manually. This is part of the effort to
categorize these tests together based on the ref backend they test. When
we upstream the reftable backend, we can add more tests to t06xx. This
way, all tests that test specific ref backend behavior will be grouped
together.
Signed-off-by: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
