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<title>delta/git.git/dir.c, branch sb/unpack-trees-dead-code-removal</title>
<subtitle>github.com: git/git.git
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<entry>
<title>dir: revert work-around for retired dangerous behavior</title>
<updated>2013-09-17T17:08:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Sunshine</name>
<email>sunshine@sunshineco.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-17T07:06:17+00:00</published>
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directory_exists_in_index_icase() dangerously assumed that it could
access one character beyond the end of its directory argument, and that
that character would unconditionally be '/'.  2eac2a4c (ls-files -k: a
directory only can be killed if the index has a non-directory,
2013-08-15) added a caller which did not respect this undocumented
assumption, and 680be044 (dir.c::test_one_path(): work around
directory_exists_in_index_icase() breakage, 2013-08-23) added a
work-around which temporarily appends a '/' before invoking
directory_exists_in_index_icase().

Since the dangerous behavior of directory_exists_in_index_icase() has
been eliminated, the work-around is now redundant, so retire it (but not
the tests added by the same commit).

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine &lt;sunshine@sunshineco.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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directory_exists_in_index_icase() dangerously assumed that it could
access one character beyond the end of its directory argument, and that
that character would unconditionally be '/'.  2eac2a4c (ls-files -k: a
directory only can be killed if the index has a non-directory,
2013-08-15) added a caller which did not respect this undocumented
assumption, and 680be044 (dir.c::test_one_path(): work around
directory_exists_in_index_icase() breakage, 2013-08-23) added a
work-around which temporarily appends a '/' before invoking
directory_exists_in_index_icase().

Since the dangerous behavior of directory_exists_in_index_icase() has
been eliminated, the work-around is now redundant, so retire it (but not
the tests added by the same commit).

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine &lt;sunshine@sunshineco.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>name-hash: stop storing trailing '/' on paths in index_state.dir_hash</title>
<updated>2013-09-17T17:08:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Sunshine</name>
<email>sunshine@sunshineco.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-17T07:06:16+00:00</published>
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When 5102c617 (Add case insensitivity support for directories when using
git status, 2010-10-03) added directories to the name-hash there was
only a single hash table in which both real cache entries and leading
directory prefixes were registered. To distinguish between the two types
of entries, directories were stored with a trailing '/'.

2092678c (name-hash.c: fix endless loop with core.ignorecase=true,
2013-02-28), however, moved directories to a separate hash table
(index_state.dir_hash) but retained the (now) redundant trailing '/',
thus callers continue to bear the burden of ensuring the slash's
presence before searching the index for a directory. Eliminate this
redundancy by storing paths in the dir-hash without the trailing '/'.

An important benefit of this change is that it eliminates undocumented
and dangerous behavior of dir.c:directory_exists_in_index_icase() in
which it assumes not only that it can validly access one character
beyond the end of its incoming directory argument, but also that that
character will unconditionally be a '/'. This perilous behavior was
"tolerated" because the string passed in by its lone caller always had a
'/' in that position, however, things broke [1] when 2eac2a4c (ls-files
-k: a directory only can be killed if the index has a non-directory,
2013-08-15) added a new caller which failed to respect the undocumented
assumption.

[1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/232727

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine &lt;sunshine@sunshineco.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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When 5102c617 (Add case insensitivity support for directories when using
git status, 2010-10-03) added directories to the name-hash there was
only a single hash table in which both real cache entries and leading
directory prefixes were registered. To distinguish between the two types
of entries, directories were stored with a trailing '/'.

2092678c (name-hash.c: fix endless loop with core.ignorecase=true,
2013-02-28), however, moved directories to a separate hash table
(index_state.dir_hash) but retained the (now) redundant trailing '/',
thus callers continue to bear the burden of ensuring the slash's
presence before searching the index for a directory. Eliminate this
redundancy by storing paths in the dir-hash without the trailing '/'.

An important benefit of this change is that it eliminates undocumented
and dangerous behavior of dir.c:directory_exists_in_index_icase() in
which it assumes not only that it can validly access one character
beyond the end of its incoming directory argument, but also that that
character will unconditionally be a '/'. This perilous behavior was
"tolerated" because the string passed in by its lone caller always had a
'/' in that position, however, things broke [1] when 2eac2a4c (ls-files
-k: a directory only can be killed if the index has a non-directory,
2013-08-15) added a new caller which failed to respect the undocumented
assumption.

[1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/232727

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine &lt;sunshine@sunshineco.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>employ new explicit "exists in index?" API</title>
<updated>2013-09-17T17:07:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Sunshine</name>
<email>sunshine@sunshineco.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-17T07:06:15+00:00</published>
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Each caller of index_name_exists() knows whether it is looking for a
directory or a file, and can avoid the unnecessary indirection of
index_name_exists() by instead calling index_dir_exists() or
index_file_exists() directly.

Invoking the appropriate search function explicitly will allow a
subsequent patch to relieve callers of the artificial burden of having
to add a trailing '/' to the pathname given to index_dir_exists().

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine &lt;sunshine@sunshineco.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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Each caller of index_name_exists() knows whether it is looking for a
directory or a file, and can avoid the unnecessary indirection of
index_name_exists() by instead calling index_dir_exists() or
index_file_exists() directly.

Invoking the appropriate search function explicitly will allow a
subsequent patch to relieve callers of the artificial burden of having
to add a trailing '/' to the pathname given to index_dir_exists().

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine &lt;sunshine@sunshineco.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'jc/ls-files-killed-optim'</title>
<updated>2013-09-11T22:03:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Junio C Hamano</name>
<email>gitster@pobox.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-11T22:03:28+00:00</published>
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"git ls-files -k" needs to crawl only the part of the working tree
that may overlap the paths in the index to find killed files, but
shared code with the logic to find all the untracked files, which
made it unnecessarily inefficient.

* jc/ls-files-killed-optim:
  dir.c::test_one_path(): work around directory_exists_in_index_icase() breakage
  t3010: update to demonstrate "ls-files -k" optimization pitfalls
  ls-files -k: a directory only can be killed if the index has a non-directory
  dir.c: use the cache_* macro to access the current index
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"git ls-files -k" needs to crawl only the part of the working tree
that may overlap the paths in the index to find killed files, but
shared code with the logic to find all the untracked files, which
made it unnecessarily inefficient.

* jc/ls-files-killed-optim:
  dir.c::test_one_path(): work around directory_exists_in_index_icase() breakage
  t3010: update to demonstrate "ls-files -k" optimization pitfalls
  ls-files -k: a directory only can be killed if the index has a non-directory
  dir.c: use the cache_* macro to access the current index
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'jl/submodule-mv'</title>
<updated>2013-09-09T21:36:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Junio C Hamano</name>
<email>gitster@pobox.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-09-09T21:36:15+00:00</published>
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"git mv A B" when moving a submodule A does "the right thing",
inclusing relocating its working tree and adjusting the paths in
the .gitmodules file.

* jl/submodule-mv: (53 commits)
  rm: delete .gitmodules entry of submodules removed from the work tree
  mv: update the path entry in .gitmodules for moved submodules
  submodule.c: add .gitmodules staging helper functions
  mv: move submodules using a gitfile
  mv: move submodules together with their work trees
  rm: do not set a variable twice without intermediate reading.
  t6131 - skip tests if on case-insensitive file system
  parse_pathspec: accept :(icase)path syntax
  pathspec: support :(glob) syntax
  pathspec: make --literal-pathspecs disable pathspec magic
  pathspec: support :(literal) syntax for noglob pathspec
  kill limit_pathspec_to_literal() as it's only used by parse_pathspec()
  parse_pathspec: preserve prefix length via PATHSPEC_PREFIX_ORIGIN
  parse_pathspec: make sure the prefix part is wildcard-free
  rename field "raw" to "_raw" in struct pathspec
  tree-diff: remove the use of pathspec's raw[] in follow-rename codepath
  remove match_pathspec() in favor of match_pathspec_depth()
  remove init_pathspec() in favor of parse_pathspec()
  remove diff_tree_{setup,release}_paths
  convert common_prefix() to use struct pathspec
  ...
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"git mv A B" when moving a submodule A does "the right thing",
inclusing relocating its working tree and adjusting the paths in
the .gitmodules file.

* jl/submodule-mv: (53 commits)
  rm: delete .gitmodules entry of submodules removed from the work tree
  mv: update the path entry in .gitmodules for moved submodules
  submodule.c: add .gitmodules staging helper functions
  mv: move submodules using a gitfile
  mv: move submodules together with their work trees
  rm: do not set a variable twice without intermediate reading.
  t6131 - skip tests if on case-insensitive file system
  parse_pathspec: accept :(icase)path syntax
  pathspec: support :(glob) syntax
  pathspec: make --literal-pathspecs disable pathspec magic
  pathspec: support :(literal) syntax for noglob pathspec
  kill limit_pathspec_to_literal() as it's only used by parse_pathspec()
  parse_pathspec: preserve prefix length via PATHSPEC_PREFIX_ORIGIN
  parse_pathspec: make sure the prefix part is wildcard-free
  rename field "raw" to "_raw" in struct pathspec
  tree-diff: remove the use of pathspec's raw[] in follow-rename codepath
  remove match_pathspec() in favor of match_pathspec_depth()
  remove init_pathspec() in favor of parse_pathspec()
  remove diff_tree_{setup,release}_paths
  convert common_prefix() to use struct pathspec
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>dir.c::test_one_path(): work around directory_exists_in_index_icase() breakage</title>
<updated>2013-08-23T23:26:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Sunshine</name>
<email>sunshine@sunshineco.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-23T23:26:59+00:00</published>
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directory_exists_in_index() takes pathname and its length, but its
helper function directory_exists_in_index_icase() reads one byte
beyond the end of the pathname and expects there to be a '/'.

This needs to be fixed, as that one-byte-beyond-the-end location may
not even be readable, possibly by not registering directories to
name hashes with trailing slashes.  In the meantime, update the new
caller added recently to treat_one_path() to make sure that the path
buffer it gives the function is one byte longer than the path it is
asking the function about by appending a slash to it.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine &lt;sunshine@sunshineco.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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directory_exists_in_index() takes pathname and its length, but its
helper function directory_exists_in_index_icase() reads one byte
beyond the end of the pathname and expects there to be a '/'.

This needs to be fixed, as that one-byte-beyond-the-end location may
not even be readable, possibly by not registering directories to
name hashes with trailing slashes.  In the meantime, update the new
caller added recently to treat_one_path() to make sure that the path
buffer it gives the function is one byte longer than the path it is
asking the function about by appending a slash to it.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine &lt;sunshine@sunshineco.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ls-files -k: a directory only can be killed if the index has a non-directory</title>
<updated>2013-08-15T20:50:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Junio C Hamano</name>
<email>gitster@pobox.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-15T19:13:46+00:00</published>
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"ls-files -o" and "ls-files -k" both traverse the working tree down
to find either all untracked paths or those that will be "killed"
(removed from the working tree to make room) when the paths recorded
in the index are checked out.  It is necessary to traverse the
working tree fully when enumerating all the "other" paths, but when
we are only interested in "killed" paths, we can take advantage of
the fact that paths that do not overlap with entries in the index
can never be killed.

The treat_one_path() helper function, which is called during the
recursive traversal, is the ideal place to implement an
optimization.

When we are looking at a directory P in the working tree, there are
three cases:

 (1) P exists in the index.  Everything inside the directory P in
     the working tree needs to go when P is checked out from the
     index.

 (2) P does not exist in the index, but there is P/Q in the index.
     We know P will stay a directory when we check out the contents
     of the index, but we do not know yet if there is a directory
     P/Q in the working tree to be killed, so we need to recurse.

 (3) P does not exist in the index, and there is no P/Q in the index
     to require P to be a directory, either.  Only in this case, we
     know that everything inside P will not be killed without
     recursing.

Note that this helper is called by treat_leading_path() that decides
if we need to traverse only subdirectories of a single common
leading directory, which is essential for this optimization to be
correct.  This caller checks each level of the leading path
component from shallower directory to deeper ones, and that is what
allows us to only check if the path appears in the index.  If the
call to treat_one_path() weren't there, given a path P/Q/R, the real
traversal may start from directory P/Q/R, even when the index
records P as a regular file, and we would end up having to check if
any leading subpath in P/Q/R, e.g. P, appears in the index.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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"ls-files -o" and "ls-files -k" both traverse the working tree down
to find either all untracked paths or those that will be "killed"
(removed from the working tree to make room) when the paths recorded
in the index are checked out.  It is necessary to traverse the
working tree fully when enumerating all the "other" paths, but when
we are only interested in "killed" paths, we can take advantage of
the fact that paths that do not overlap with entries in the index
can never be killed.

The treat_one_path() helper function, which is called during the
recursive traversal, is the ideal place to implement an
optimization.

When we are looking at a directory P in the working tree, there are
three cases:

 (1) P exists in the index.  Everything inside the directory P in
     the working tree needs to go when P is checked out from the
     index.

 (2) P does not exist in the index, but there is P/Q in the index.
     We know P will stay a directory when we check out the contents
     of the index, but we do not know yet if there is a directory
     P/Q in the working tree to be killed, so we need to recurse.

 (3) P does not exist in the index, and there is no P/Q in the index
     to require P to be a directory, either.  Only in this case, we
     know that everything inside P will not be killed without
     recursing.

Note that this helper is called by treat_leading_path() that decides
if we need to traverse only subdirectories of a single common
leading directory, which is essential for this optimization to be
correct.  This caller checks each level of the leading path
component from shallower directory to deeper ones, and that is what
allows us to only check if the path appears in the index.  If the
call to treat_one_path() weren't there, given a path P/Q/R, the real
traversal may start from directory P/Q/R, even when the index
records P as a regular file, and we would end up having to check if
any leading subpath in P/Q/R, e.g. P, appears in the index.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>dir.c: use the cache_* macro to access the current index</title>
<updated>2013-08-15T19:08:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Junio C Hamano</name>
<email>gitster@pobox.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-15T19:08:45+00:00</published>
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These codepaths always start from the_index and use index_*
functions, but there is no reason to do so.  Use the compatibility
cache_* macro to access the current in-core index like everybody
else.

While at it, fix typo in the comment for a function to check if a
path within a directory appears in the index.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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These codepaths always start from the_index and use index_*
functions, but there is no reason to do so.  Use the compatibility
cache_* macro to access the current in-core index like everybody
else.

While at it, fix typo in the comment for a function to check if a
path within a directory appears in the index.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'nd/const-struct-cache-entry'</title>
<updated>2013-07-22T18:24:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Junio C Hamano</name>
<email>gitster@pobox.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-07-22T18:24:00+00:00</published>
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* nd/const-struct-cache-entry:
  Convert "struct cache_entry *" to "const ..." wherever possible
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* nd/const-struct-cache-entry:
  Convert "struct cache_entry *" to "const ..." wherever possible
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>parse_pathspec: accept :(icase)path syntax</title>
<updated>2013-07-15T19:14:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy</name>
<email>pclouds@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-07-14T08:36:09+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy &lt;pclouds@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy &lt;pclouds@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
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