multi-pack-index: prepare for 'expire' subcommand

The multi-pack-index tracks objects in a collection of pack-files.
Only one copy of each object is indexed, using the modified time
of the pack-files to determine tie-breakers. It is possible to
have a pack-file with no referenced objects because all objects
have a duplicate in a newer pack-file.

Introduce a new 'expire' subcommand to the multi-pack-index builtin.
This subcommand will delete these unused pack-files and rewrite the
multi-pack-index to no longer refer to those files. More details
about the specifics will follow as the method is implemented.

Add a test that verifies the 'expire' subcommand is correctly wired,
but will still be valid when the verb is implemented. Specifically,
create a set of packs that should all have referenced objects and
should not be removed during an 'expire' operation. The packs are
created carefully to ensure they have a specific order when sorted
by size. This will be important in a later test.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/midx.h b/midx.h
index 3eb29731f2..505f1431b7 100644
--- a/midx.h
+++ b/midx.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int prepare_multi_pack_index_one(struct repository *r, const char *object_dir, i
 int write_midx_file(const char *object_dir);
 void clear_midx_file(struct repository *r);
 int verify_midx_file(struct repository *r, const char *object_dir);
+int expire_midx_packs(struct repository *r, const char *object_dir);
 
 void close_midx(struct multi_pack_index *m);